Camping and Lodging
Students and Staff will be staying in inexpensive motels on the trip out and on the trip back. During our stay in New Mexico and Colorado, we will be camping or staying in dorm style rooms at lodges or in condo units. Hence, students will need camping gear including tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad-thermorest as well as personal items, such as towels and toiletries. For a complete list of personal, camping, and geologic supplies needed, please click the following link Essential Clothing and Gear.
Specifically, we will be camping at Abiquiu, NM and Cochiti, NM, as noted below. At Sipapu Lodge near Taos, NM, Ute Bluff Lodge at South Fork, CO, and San Moritz Condominiums in Crested Butte, CO, about 20 miles north of Gunnison, CO, students and staff will be housed in dorm style bunk rooms or condo units. At Sipapu Lodge, Ute Bluff Lodge, and San Moritz Condominiums, blankets, linens, and towels are furnished whereas students will need to supply their own blanket/sleeping bag, towels, etc at the other lodging or camping venues.
To see photos of most of the camping sites and lodges or hostels where we will be staying, please view the slideshow below.
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Camping versus Dorm
Style Bunk Room or Condo Unit Life Style
Camping: You will be camping at the following locations/situations:
7 nights at Abiquiu, NM at US Army corps of Engineers Abiquiu Dam Campground
6 nights at the US Army Corps of Engineers Cochiti Dam Campground
Indoor Lodging: You will be sleeping in dorm style bunk rooms or condo units with beds at these sites:
2 nights on trip out in Tennessee
and Oklahoma (both nights will be in a
Days Inn)
12
nights at the Sipapu Lodge, 22 miles east of Taos, NM
2 nights at Ute Bluff Lodge in South Fork, CO
12
nights at San Moritz Condominiums, Crested Butte, CO, 20 miles north of
Gunnison, CO
2
nights on trip back in Oklahoma and Tennessee (both nights will be in a
Days Inn)
Camping, Housing, and
Exercise Locations
for Parents, Spouses,
and Friends of Geology Students
at the 2019 North
Carolina Geology Field Course
Night of May 07
Days Inn at
Hurricane Mills, TN
Night of May 08
Days Inn at Clinton, OK
Nights of May 09 through May 16
US Army Corps of Engineers Abiquiu Lake, Riana Campground, Box 290, Abiquiu, NM 87510;
(505-685-4371)
Nights of May 16 through May 22
US
Army Corps of Engineers Cochiti Dam Campground
Nights of May 22 through June 03
Sipapu Lodge, Highway 518, Route Box 29, Vadito, NM 87579; (575-587-2240; 800-587-2240)
Nights of June 03-04
Lodge
at Ute Bluff Lodge in South Fork, CO
Ute Bluff Lodge, Cabins, & RV Park, 27680
US 160, South Fork, CO 81154
(719-873-5595;
800-473-0595)
Nights of June 05 through June 16
Lodge at San Moritz Condominiums,
Crested Butte, CO
18 Hunter Hill Road, Mt Crested Butte, CO
81224 (970-349-5150)
Night of June 17
Days Inn Motel at Clinton, OK
Night of June 18
Motel at Hurricane Mills, TN
June 19 – Return to North Carolina
Snail Mail Destinations
Address mail to
Student or Staff, at the address listed below within the suggested time frame.
Student Name North Carolina
Geology Field Course c/o Sipapu Resort HC 65 Route Box 29 Vadito, NM 87579 Send Mail No
Later Than May 28 Student Name East Carolina
Geology Field Course c/o San Moritz
Condominiums 18 Hunter Hill Road Mt Crested Butte, CO 81224 Send Mail No
Later Than June 11