Bletterbach Gorge is a magical place where you can go back in time through geology. You start at the trail that runs along the gorge up high…
You go off the main trail and head down a small windy path and get to the riverbed where your journey begins.
There, you walk up the gorge toward the mountains and see different sections of rocks that have been carried down by the water.
As the mountains came more into view, you could compare the rocks in the gorge to the rock layers exposed on the mountainside.
My favorite part was searching for specific rocks to make geologically accurate rock towers which helped me finally understand the difference between some of the layers.
Although we were supposed to be looking for fossils…
It was also great to find minerals and animal prints.
Having the prints in the sediments and witnessing the water moving the sediments also showed us how the fossils came to be preserved long ago.
