More pictures, this time from a geology tour of eastern Washington earlier in the week led by Kevin Pogue of Whitman College. Click on the pictures for larger images. The first picture is of the Yakima Valley from Chandler Butte in the Horse Heaven Hills.


Rocks types, including petrified wood to the left, at StoneTree Vineyard on the Wahluke Slope.

Looking down from StoneTree Vineyard toward the Columbia River.

Looking up at Snipes Mountain from the south side.

Stones on the surface of Snipes Mountain.

Stoney soils at Snipes Mountain. This is looking at an exposed cross section.


Old Cabernet Sauvignon vines at Cold Creek Vineyard.

Cross section of soils in Yakima Valley showing layering.



Caliche deposits in vineyard rows at DuBrul Vineyard.

Caliche deposited on the underside of a rock at DuBrul Vineyard.