GUADALUPE NARRATIVE OVERVIEW

Course: GLY3352C - Sedimentary Rocks and Processes

Term: Fall, 2025

Instructor: Prof. Bogdan P. Onac

Duration: 5 Days (September 26, 2025 → September 30, 2025)

Contents & Map Overview:

1. Day 1, Stop 1: Salt Flat
2. Day 1, Stop 2: Black Bedded Micritic Limestone
3. Day 1, Stop 3: El Capitan Viewpoint 

4. Day 2, Stop 1: Trail Canyon Road Cut - Castile Formation
5. Day 2, Stop 2: Permian Reef Trail - McKittrick Canyon
6. Day 2, Stop 3: Bell Canyon Road Cut
7. Day 2, Stop 4: Bell Canyon Road Cut 2
8. Day 2, Stop 5: Rattlesnake Springs
9. Day 2, Stop 6: Tufa Dam

10. Day 3, Stop 1: Bottomless Lakes State Park
11. Day 3, Stop 2: Sitting Bull Falls

12. Day 4, Stop 1: Carlsbad Caverns (Parking Lot Topography)
13. Day 4, Stop 2: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
14. Day 4, Stop 3: Walnut Canyon
15. Day 4, Stop 4: Park’s Ranch Cave System

• Day 5, Stop 1: Bottomless Lakes State Park (same coordinates as Day 3, Stop 1)

16. Day 5, Stop 2: Tunnel Vista Observational Site, Lincoln National Forest
17. Day 5, Stop 3: White Sands National Park