Please read the following before registering:

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2019

Affiliating yourself with your institution

If you are not the director of your program, or you do not hold a current NCHC Institutional, Professional, or Student Membership, and/or have not attended an NCHC program in the past year, you may not be in our new software system yet!

You must sign up as a "Contact" prior to registering for any NCHC program, using the link below. 

Sign up as a Contact!

Be sure to select “Contact” when creating a username for our website. If your institution has an Institutional Membership, signing up as a "Contact" will affiliate you with your institution, and you'll receive the member discount. If you sign up for any membership aside from "Contact," you will be asked to pay for that membership fee.

You'll receive an email notification, and THEN you may start registration for the intended institute.

(If your institution is not a member of NCHC, please proceed as a "Guest.")

*Members receive a 50% discount on NCHC Partners in the Parks registration pricing!

Questions? Contact the NCHC office at (402) 472-9150 or nchc@unl.edu.

Mandatory Documentation

This year, when you register, you will be required to turn in 3 forms stating your acknowledgement of different NCHC policies while you are a participant on your potential trip. To save you some time while registering, we recommend downloading these files now, digitally or physically signing them, and have them ready to be uploaded with your application.

• NCHC Student Participant Conduct Agreement
• NCHC Accident Waiver
• NCHC Participant Health Insurance Information
• NCHC Intent to Pay (If you are not paying by credit card upon registration)

Crater Lake National Park: Volcanic Legacy – Volcanic Mystery

(Tentative Outline)

DAY ONE: Arriving

1. Oregon Arrival in Medford (Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport [MFR])

2. Travel to Oregon Tech (1.5 hour trip)

3. Introductions, paper work, risk management

4. Lunch

5. Spend night at Oregon Tech Village

6. Dinner at Oregon Tech or Local Restaurant

7. Evening Reflection: What Do We Expect?

8. Debriefing the Day

DAY TWO: Mount Mazama—A Sacred Place

1. Breakfast at Oregon Tech

2. Crater Lake NP Arrival: Steel Visitor Center—Orientation Film

3. Hike to “Lady of the Woods”

4. Setup Campsite at Mazama Village

5. Lunch

6. Discuss Final Presentations

7. Deur, D. (2002). A most sacred place: The significance of Crater Lake among the Indians

of Southern Oregon. Oregon Historical Quarterly, 18-49.

8. Dinner

9. Evening Reflection: What Do We Now Know?

10. Debriefing the Day

DAY THREE: East Rim to West Rim Drive—Caldera and Picturesque Environs

1. Breakfast (Pack lunch for the road)

2. [Drive to] Vidae Falls

3. Pinnacles Road &

Plaikni Falls (Lunch Plaikni Falls)

4. Hike Mount Scott (Highest point in the park at 8929ft/2721m)

5. Continue along East Rim to West Rim Drive

6. Pumice Point

7. Hike to Watchman Overlook (8013ft/2442m)

8. Dinner

9. Evening Reflection: What Do We Now Know?

10. Debriefing the Day

DAY FOUR: Crater Lake

1. Breakfast (Pack lunch for the road)

2. Drive to Cleetwood Cove Trail

3. Hike down to Crater Lake!

4. Lunch at lakeside or on Wizard Island

5. Boat Trip to Wizard Island, the Old Man of the Lake, the Phantom Ship

6. Dinner

7. Evening Reflection: What Do We Now Know?

8. Debriefing the Day

DAY FIVE: Giving Back—A Day of Stewardship

1. Breakfast (Pack lunch for the road)

2. Drive to project site

3. Lunch

4. Shinrin-Yoku (Forrest Bathing)

6. Dinner

7. Evening Reflection: What Do We Now Know?

8. Debriefing the Day

DAY SIX:

1. Breakfast (Pack lunch for the road)

2. Crater Lake Lodge—Historic Lodge Architecture and the WPA

3. Crater Lake NP Archives

4. Lunch

5. Time for Final Presentation Preparation

6. Final Presentations—Site TBD

7. Dinner

DAY SEVEN: Departing

1. Breakfast

2. Break camp, clean up

3. Return to Oregon Tech or Medford (Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport [MFR])

If you have any questions regarding your trip specifically, please contact your trip facilitators listed below. They will be sending you more information regarding what to pack, and any supplies you may need for your trip.

Trip Facilitators

 Christopher Syrnyk, Oregon Institute of Technology

Refunds

All requests for refunds MUST be submitted in writing to the national office and RECEIVED no later than thirty days in advance of the trip departure date.

• Received prior to 30 days before trip departure:          Full refund, less a $50 per person administrative fee
• Received within 30 days before trip departure:            No refunds granted