Note you can do the Geo Labs outside - by creek for sedimentary and on top of Camp Mountain for metamorphic. The lava lamp works best inside, though - haha :)
Big Pine Mountains
Geologic History Cards
(background, optional)
Sound Experiment - optional but fun and ties in with Astronomy
Structural Geology and Volcanism of Owens Valley Region, California: A Geophysical Study (pdf)
Big Pine 15' Geologic Map (link is no longer working - keeping it in case it comes back)
Big Pine 15' Geologic Map link that still works
Roof Pendants - including Big Pine (from Geologic trips)
Petrology and Geochemistry of the Big Pine Volcanic Field Inyo County, California
The Owens Valley Fault Zone, Eastern California, and Surface Faulting Associated with the 1872 Earthquake (fault scarps in Big Pine and through Crater Mountain!)
But then again... "DID THE BIG PINE SEGMENT OF THE OWENS VALLEY FAULT RUPTURE DURING THE 1872 OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE?: EVIDENCE FOR DOUBT"
The BLM's Wilderness Study Area report for Crater Mountain
Crater Mountain (from a blog post - good information, though)
Consultants' Report for ATV Trails on Geology and Soils (good summaries)
"To understand the forces that raised the plateau, one must abandon any idea of solidity and endurance of hills, mountains, and rocks. Do not trust rocks. A rock resting on the rim of the Grand Canyon may give an impression of strength and permanence, but as soon as a man turns his back, the rock will resume disintegrating and sneaking off to California. And it is not only that particular rock that is unreliable. Every rock everywhere is growing smaller or larger, rising up or sinking down, or creeping about the planet in a scandalous manner."
― Time-Life Books
"Even stones have a love, a love that seeks the ground."
― Meister Eckhart