Mount Diablo Multimedia Guide Guide Explores 190 Million Years of Geologic History

From Mount Diablo Interpretive Society:

The Mount Diablo Interpretive Society (MDIA) is adding a new multimedia guide to its Audible Mount Diablo series for the Trail Through Time, a six-mile walk from the top to the bottom of the mountain. The free guide explores 190 million years of the mountain’s geologic history through videos narrated by MDIA naturalist Ken Lavin. Easy to download on computers, tablets or mobile phones, at home or the mountain, the guide informs and entertains at 19 stops along the trail route. This is the 12th multimedia guide exploring Devil Mountain, one of the Bay Area’s most beloved hiking and biking destinations.

Part one examines the ancient rocks at the top of the mountain, some of which have traveled 3,000 miles to get there. Part two introduces younger rocks farther down the mountain that date back to the times when dinosaurs and, millions of years later, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves roamed the Earth. Part three explains how Mount Diablo’s geologic secrets were discovered and how the Trail Through Time was built.

“This tour is not just for students of geology,” says MDIA president Mike Woodring. “It’s for people who want to understand how Mount Diablo and the rest of the Bay Area came to be and what’s happening right beneath our feet today.”

The Audible Mount Diablo series is jointly produced by MDIA, Save Mount Diablo, and Audio Guides to the Outdoors.

MDIA is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that assists the California Department of Parks and Recreation in maintaining and interpreting Mount Diablo State Park for its 700,000 visitors each year. Through education, sponsored activities and publications, MDIA, founded in 1974, fosters appreciation and the enlightened use of Mount Diablo State Park. MDIA is proud to provide the resources necessary to keep the Summit Museum and Mitchell Canyon Visitor Center open throughout the year and through the Volunteers in the Park Program, train and manage the many park docents, sponsor guided hikes, and help maintain trails. For more information, please visit the Mount Diablo Interpretive Society website.

Photo courtesy of Mount Diablo Interpretive Society