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09-01-2007, 07:43 AM
Dang, we should look into getting a shuttle between Greenwater and Sunrise!
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
The News Tribune
Published: August 30th, 2007 01:00 AM
The free bus shuttle service from Longmire to Paradise will be shutting down for the year after Monday. The service, which has been running Fridays through Sundays, will also operate on Labor Day.
The shuttle system has worked, according to the park’s Eric Walkinshaw. As of Aug. 17, 14,176 riders have taken a shuttle bus. He said between 1,200 and 2,400 people ride the weekend system, depending on the weather. Last year, the first year the system was in place, just over 15,000 people rode the shuttles.
Part of the increased ridership is because the buses started running almost a month earlier this year, Walkinshaw said.
With construction at Paradise continuing next season, the park plans to run the system again next year.
You can find a map and schedule at www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/upload/shuttleguide07.pdf.
A GREENER PARK
Expanding the shuttle service is just one part of the park’s long-term plan.
Superintendent Dave Uberuaga talked about efforts to reduce the park’s carbon footprint while discussing the Centennial Challenge, the effort to improve parks in time of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.
“We’re going to evaluate the entire organization’s carbon footprint. We want to be a very green organization,” he said.
One option is to run a shuttle service on the park’s east side. Uberuaga said staff is looking at system that would pick up visitors at Crystal Mountain and bring them to the park.
The park is also developing software where visitors can see what environmental impact they had in coming to the park, what is the carbon footprint of their home and how they can reduce their impacts.
Uberuaga also believes the park could be a prime location for the study of climate change.
MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL
The sixth annual Rainier Mountain Festival will again feature some of America’s most notable mountaineers. This year’s event will be Sept. 15-16 in Ashford. Among the climbers scheduled to be on hand are Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest; Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks without oxygen; and Lou Whittaker, founder of Rainier Mountaineering Inc.
Mount Rainier programs
Cougar Rock
Held at the campground amphitheater at 8:30 p.m.
Friday: “How They Beat the Odds.” How plants of Mount Rainier survive.
Saturday: “Rivers Gone Wild.” Rivers and flood damage.
Sunday: “Your Living, Moving & Changing Earth, It’s all around you.” Changes taking place within the park.
Monday: “Story Time: Native American Myths and Legends.”
Paradise
Held at the Jackson Visitor Center theater at 4 p.m.
Friday: “Around the Fire.” Volcano stories.
Saturday: “The Nature of Nature.” Issues that shape the park.
Sunday: “Story Time: Native American Myths and Legends.”
Monday: “How They Beat the Odds.” How plants of Mount Rainier survive.
Ohanapecosh
Held at the campground amphitheater at 8:30 p.m.
Friday: “The Hiaqua of Mount Rainier” by ranger Beth Scaccia. Hear a Nisqually legend.
Saturday: “Women Who Dared: Tales of Rainier’s Mountaineering Women” by ranger Annie Passarello.
from: http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/144085.html
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
The News Tribune
Published: August 30th, 2007 01:00 AM
The free bus shuttle service from Longmire to Paradise will be shutting down for the year after Monday. The service, which has been running Fridays through Sundays, will also operate on Labor Day.
The shuttle system has worked, according to the park’s Eric Walkinshaw. As of Aug. 17, 14,176 riders have taken a shuttle bus. He said between 1,200 and 2,400 people ride the weekend system, depending on the weather. Last year, the first year the system was in place, just over 15,000 people rode the shuttles.
Part of the increased ridership is because the buses started running almost a month earlier this year, Walkinshaw said.
With construction at Paradise continuing next season, the park plans to run the system again next year.
You can find a map and schedule at www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/upload/shuttleguide07.pdf.
A GREENER PARK
Expanding the shuttle service is just one part of the park’s long-term plan.
Superintendent Dave Uberuaga talked about efforts to reduce the park’s carbon footprint while discussing the Centennial Challenge, the effort to improve parks in time of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.
“We’re going to evaluate the entire organization’s carbon footprint. We want to be a very green organization,” he said.
One option is to run a shuttle service on the park’s east side. Uberuaga said staff is looking at system that would pick up visitors at Crystal Mountain and bring them to the park.
The park is also developing software where visitors can see what environmental impact they had in coming to the park, what is the carbon footprint of their home and how they can reduce their impacts.
Uberuaga also believes the park could be a prime location for the study of climate change.
MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL
The sixth annual Rainier Mountain Festival will again feature some of America’s most notable mountaineers. This year’s event will be Sept. 15-16 in Ashford. Among the climbers scheduled to be on hand are Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest; Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks without oxygen; and Lou Whittaker, founder of Rainier Mountaineering Inc.
Mount Rainier programs
Cougar Rock
Held at the campground amphitheater at 8:30 p.m.
Friday: “How They Beat the Odds.” How plants of Mount Rainier survive.
Saturday: “Rivers Gone Wild.” Rivers and flood damage.
Sunday: “Your Living, Moving & Changing Earth, It’s all around you.” Changes taking place within the park.
Monday: “Story Time: Native American Myths and Legends.”
Paradise
Held at the Jackson Visitor Center theater at 4 p.m.
Friday: “Around the Fire.” Volcano stories.
Saturday: “The Nature of Nature.” Issues that shape the park.
Sunday: “Story Time: Native American Myths and Legends.”
Monday: “How They Beat the Odds.” How plants of Mount Rainier survive.
Ohanapecosh
Held at the campground amphitheater at 8:30 p.m.
Friday: “The Hiaqua of Mount Rainier” by ranger Beth Scaccia. Hear a Nisqually legend.
Saturday: “Women Who Dared: Tales of Rainier’s Mountaineering Women” by ranger Annie Passarello.
from: http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/144085.html