This course will introduce participants to the bedrock geology of northern Vermont. Two day-long field trips will visit areas where key aspects of the area’s geology can be observed and understood. Along a generally west to east transect, we will see good exposures of some of the major rocks underlying both the Champlain Valley and the Green Mountains. We will learn how to identify these different rocks and see how different aspects of our geologic history can be interpreted from rocks like these. Some of the field stops will also provide insight into the myriad of processes that have been eroding the landscape since the mountains formed.