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Interpretive Programs
Ranger presenting interpretive talk on mountaintop
NPS photo by Charles Strickfaden
Interpretive programs are presented each summer weekend at the top of the Snowbowl Sky Ride.

A unique partnership between the National Park Service and the US Forest Service provides interpretive talks and guided hikes at NPS and Forest locations throughout the summer.  

Click here for the schedule of programs in August, and here for the September schedule.
mock-up of lunar rover vehicle on cinder fields  

Did You Know?
In the 1960s, astronauts practiced for the first lunar landings on cinder fields in and around Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

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Last Updated: August 28, 2008 at 17:19 EST