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Hiking orientation
Free hiking orientation and slide show Bend Library, Brookes Room, April 26, 12:30 to 2pm.

Hiking orientation
Free hiking orientation and slide show Tuesday, April 27, Redmond Library 5:30-7pm.

Hiking Orientation
Free hiking orientation and slide show Bend Library, Brooks Room, May 11, 5-6:30pm.

Hiking orientation
Free hiking orientation and slide show, Monday, May 10, Redmond Library 5-6:30pm.

Hiking Orientation
Free hiking orientation and slide show, Tuesday May 11, 5-6:30pm, Bend Library. Learn about what to bring on a day hike, day packs, boots, clothing (the newest fabrics) and water systems.

Outback Trek overnight hiking trip
June 2 & 3: Outback Trek overnight hiking trip in Eastern Oregon: crack-in-the-ground, Black Hills botanical area, Native American drawings picture rock pass, Summer Lake and Derrick Cave. See shedule for more details.

Ochoco Big Summit Prairie Wildflower hikes
Ochoco Big Summit Prairie Wildflower hikes: overnight at ranger residence June 17 & 18. See schedule for more details.



Overnight hiking trip John Day
Overnight June 30 & July 1 in the John Day area: hike the Barn house trail, visit Kam Wa Chung Museum, overnight in John Day (Best Western motel), guided tour of Blue Basin by a National Park ranger in the John Day Fossil Beds and a guided tour of the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center by National Park Service staff.

Intermediate hiking overnights in the Fremont
Two intermediate hiking trips in the Fremont National Forest, 2 nights' lodging at Aspen Ridge Resort. Deadline for signup 6/15. See scheule for more details.

Two easy hiking days in the Fremont
Two easy hikes in the Fremont National Forest with one night's stay at Aspen Ridge Resort. Deadline for signup 7/1. See schedule for more details.

   
Parking Passes
 
Northwest Forest Pass

For most hikes, each vehicle must have a Northwest Forest Pass (or, if you are 62 or older, you may use a Golden Age Pass, see below) to legally park at the trailheads in the Deschutes and Willamette Forests (this pass is not required in the Crooked River National Grasslands and the Ochoco National Forest). A pass is $30, and is transferrable to any vehicle. This pass is good for one year from the date of purchase.

 Golden Age Pass

If you are age 62 or over, you qualify for a Golden Age Pass, which is $10, transferrable to any vehicle the person of golden age is riding in, and does not expire. You use this pass instead of the Northwest Forest Pass to park at trailheads. For more specific information, contact the Forest Service at the Bend Ft. Rock Ranger Forest Service District Office, 1230 NE 3rd St, 383-4000.

State Park Pass

The Silver Striders guide will provide temporary State Park Passes when we park at a State Park; you do not need to purchase these.


Sno-Park Pass

Participants driving their vehicles to a snowshoe trip must have a Sno-Park Pass to park in the Sno-Park parking lots (including the Ochocos) November 1 - April 30. (You may not use a Golden Age Pass or a NW Forest Pass as a substitute for a Sno-Park Pass.).

Cost is $20 for a season pass at any DMV or the Bend Visitor Center at 917 NW Harriman, 382-8048. Prices for Sno-Park passes at various sporting goods stores may be $21-$25; $20.75 at G.I. Joe's at 65455 N. Highway 97, 388-3773.

Call, 541-383-8077, or email, strideon@silverstriders.com, Silver Striders for information on where passes can currently be obtained.

  
Silver Striders Guide Service
  Silver Striders Guide Service, central Oregon 
541-383-8077  
 strideon@silverstriders.com  
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