GeoFORCE Alaska

Navajo guides gave us a tour of Lower Antelope Canyon on Monday, June 16. Photos by Ryan Oeste.

GeoFORCE 2025 ended this weekend. Sorry for the lack of posts during the trip to the southwestern United States. Students and staff were busy! Here's a photo of one of our hikes in Zion National Park on Sunday, June 8. Photos of the six teams will follow!

Presenting the Dino Drifters! From left to right: Zyler Foster, Nolan Roslansky, counselor Ada Causey, Kandis Cabinboy, Melody Patterson, and Julieanne Cleveland.

Winners of the teamwork award, these are the Basalt Baddies! From left to right: Dereck Starr, Arianna Agnasagga, Zevadiah Dexter, counselor Rina Basaliso, Aiyana Patsy, and Moka Su'esu'e.

Here's team Pebble Minors! From left to right: Remmington Wiehl, counselor Jake Starkey, Treyvon Nukapigak, Violet Thomas, Jazzelle Moto, and Kayleigh Johnson.

The Crystal Clusters are a living demonstration of the Great Unconformity! From left to right: Makias Starr, Kai Nerguson, counselor Rixha Parsons, Dennis Aveoganna-Zabala, Arica Kassel, Camden Cleaver and Jolene Commack.

Introducing the Crazy Hipsters. From left to right: Iris Patterson, Lucas Aishanna, Peyton Segevan, Ida Bodony, counselor David Schweizer, and Quincy Sam

Meet the Horseshoe Housecats! From left to right: Chace Hawley, Zac Huntington, Jaylen Peter, Samantha Bodfish, Vee Kallenbach, and counselor Chloe Crossen.

GeoFORCE students explored cut banks and point bars on the Chena River Saturday.

A new cohort completed their first GeoFORCE Alaska Academy this week! Here they are with their teams and counselors last week, on the first day of the summer program.

UA Giving Day is off and running from 12pm March 26th to 1pm March 28th.

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Day 12 - The group rafted the Green River today! The views were spectacular! The group also had the opportunity to see petroglyphs left from the Fremont culture, the most famous being the Fremont petroglyph.
The Uinta Mountains are a large anticlinal fold that was formed by uplift. The Green River made its path through the canyon as the range rose around it. For some interesting reading: https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/the-curious-case-green-river-uinta-mountains/