A dozen people stand facing an aquaduct full of water and a person with their back to the watercourse gesturing, around the aquaduct path is desert scrub and mountains in the distance under a blue sky.

Los Angeles Aqueduct Tour (FULL)

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

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September 10, 2022 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Mono Basin extension of the Los Angeles Aqueduct began exporting water 350 miles south to the City of LA in 1941. Today, the aqueduct must balance competing needs instead of exclusively serving one. Join Mono Lake Committee Education Director Rose Nelson for a focused, field-based investigation of the north end of the aqueduct. This field seminar will provide a great overview of the Mono Basin system, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and a few of the historical, engineering, and ecological anecdotes that make up this fascinating water infrastructure.

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Date: September 10, 2022

Instructor: Rose Nelson

Price: $130 for members / $145 for the public

Registration: Begins February 17, 2022 at 9:00am PST for Mono Lake Committee members.

Questions? Contact the field seminar team by email or phone at (760) 647-6595.

Activity level: EASY

This seminar’s activity level: easy. We will be walking short distances from cars on mostly graded or well-established flat trails. There will be a few short off trail sections in soft sand on relatively flat ground. Many locations are in full sun and the seminar will require quite a bit of standing.

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A dozen people stand facing an aquaduct full of water and a person with their back to the watercourse gesturing, around the aquaduct path is desert scrub and mountains in the distance under a blue sky.