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Come HawkWatch with us at Commissary Ridge!
Dates:Â September 13, 2025
Departure: 8:00 am
Return: 4:00 pm
Price: $200 per person
Spaces Remaining: 5 (DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 5pm Mountain 9/11/25!)
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Overview
Want to experience the magic of migration, but intimidated about visiting a site on your own? We’ve got just the trip for you!
Join Field Biologist and former Commissary Ridge HawkWatch crewmember Frankie Vierela for this one-day trip to the Commissary Ridge HawkWatch in Kemmerer, Wyoming. In addition to expert hawkwatching instruction from our team, you’ll enjoy a gourmet boxed lunch from our friends at Caputo’s as well as round-trip transportation from our headquarters in Salt Lake City.
What to Expect
After meeting your fellow participants at our headquarters in Salt Lake City, you’ll board a spacious private van for a ~2.5-hour drive to the Commissary Ridge HawkWatch, located just outside Kemmerer, Wyoming. From there, it’s a short hike up to the HawkWatch, making this site far more accessible than many ridgetop migration sites.
We’ll arrive just as the temperatures begin to rise and the day’s flight begins to pick up. You’ll have plenty of time to hawkwatch with Frankie and this year’s crew, learning more about how raptors use mountain ridges and updrafts to make their way south each fall. You also may have the opportunity to see a wild bird of prey up close if the banding blind is open that day.
We’ll head back to Salt Lake City around 4:00 pm so you’re home in time for dinner.
What’s Included
- Guide costs
- Daily transportation in a spacious private van from our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Boxed lunch
What’s Not Included
- Accommodations
- Gratuities for guides
- Meals other than lunch
- Other personal items
Terms & Conditions
- This trip is subject to HWI’s Field Trip and Tour Policies. Payment in full is due at the time of registration
- This tour is limited to 20 people to ensure an intimate, high-quality experience for everyone.
- The minimum number of participants is 8. In the event the minimum is not reached, we will refund your ticket or issue a receipt for your tax-deductible donation, whichever you prefer.