Join Celebration of Our Mountains Board member on a field trip to this famous volcano, which is not only the youngest volcano in the El Paso/Juarez region, it is also where Apollo astronauts trained. Kilbourne Hole erupted tons of the August birthstone "peridot" which can be found all around the volcano. You will need a high clearance vehicle for this trip, or arrange ahead of time to carpool with someone in a high clearance vehicle. We will do a small amount of walking off trail, but the skill level is still beginner.

Meet on the north side of Rudy's BBQ, 6401 South Desert Blvd. (MAP) and caravan from there. High clearance vehicles only. The trip is 6-hours long so make sure you have a full tank of gas, plenty of water, snacks, sturdy shoes and a hat.

Co-Leaders: Dr. Eric Kappus and Katalina Salas.

Schematic illustration of a maar explosion. During phreatomagmatic eruptions, surface or groundwater interacts with hot magma, shattering pre-existing bedrock and fragmenting fresh magma in violent eruptions. These eruptions form small eruption columns and send out base surges.

Graphic by Trista Thornberry-Ehrlich (Colorado State University).