PSA: National Park Service Senior Pass Prices Increasing on August 28th

[galibier_numero_un]

Ok all you "experienced" maggots (62 and over). The National Park Service will be bumping the price of the lifetime Senior Pass to $80 on August 28th. Up until that time, the lifetime pass costs a whoppin' $10.00 - that's the cost of two lattes.

Details are here: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/pa...P_JUMP_5088578

.... Thom

[Meadow Skipper]

Is anyone here that old?

[galibier_numero_un]

Is anyone here that old?

We just act like we're 17 ;-)

... Thom

[fiddler]

We just act like we're 17 ;-)

... Thom

Seventeen year old dentists.

[bigdude2468]

Is anyone here that old?

Hell yes

[Benny Profane]

And, that's the replacement cost if you lose your old pass, too, so, keep it safe.

[GeezerSteve]

Is anyone here that old?

I'm 13-1/2 months away from shelling out my $80 for my ATB pass. $80 is still a bargain in the PNW, where a NW FS pass costs $40/year. My bud recently got in under the line.

[Cruiser]

My in-laws got theirs a couple years back. They've used it plenty since then. At $10 it was basically free. At $80 it's still an outstanding deal.

[hutash]

I was looking forward to getting old just so I can get a $10 pass. Fuck that, I'm stayin' young.

[cl1953]

I think you also get 1/2 price camping with the pass.

[schindlerpiste]

Blame it on Trump. Ruining it for all the old bastards too.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Was just at a National Monument (NPS) with my parents and we did not pay to get in.
What are you guys talking about? I've always heard (and then finally experienced) that old people and everyone else in the car get in free.
Also, there's this back way into Glacier...

[galibier_numero_un]

I was looking forward to getting old just so I can get a $10 pass. Fuck that, I'm stayin' young.

To quote Eubie Blake: "If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself" (always thought it was attributed to Pete Townsend or Mickey Mantle).

The pass deal is so good, that I almost feel guilty taking advantage of it - what with the funding problems the National Park Service has been having the past few years.

... Thom

[Benny Profane]

Was just at a National Monument (NPS) with my parents and we did not pay to get in.
What are you guys talking about? I've always heard (and then finally experienced) that old people and everyone else in the car get in free.
Also, there's this back way into Glacier...

Yeah, I think The parks are so understaffed that the entry booths have nobody there a lot of times. I entered Arches this March three times with nobody manning the booth, twice before 8am and once after 5.

[hutash]

It's always been that way. Back in my college climbing day we always hit the entrance to Yosemite when we knew it would would be unstaffed. We couldn't afford the $3 entry fee.

[Meadow Skipper]

Yeah, <0800 and >1700 you can get into Teton NP w/out paying.

[GeezerSteve]

It's always been that way.

Yup. East Coast Bunny is slow on the uptake. The stations were unmanned when we drove through Yellowstone NP last Friday night on our return from the Beartooths. No biggie cuz one of our guys had an annual pass.

Our buds in a second car hit a bison.

[Benny Profane]

Aayyyyyyyyy.......we got some national parks back heya, too, buddy.

[stuckathuntermtn]

What, The Mall?

[PNWbrit]

Aayyyyyyyyy.......we got some national parks back heya, too, buddy.

Nobody cares though.

[Tye 1on]

Yeah, <0800 and >1700 you can get into Teton NP w/out paying.

when i worked there last summer hours got stretched to 0700-2100 during peak season, have no idea how the staffing is this year.

[brutah]

Was just at a National Monument (NPS) with my parents and we did not pay to get in.
What are you guys talking about? I've always heard (and then finally experienced) that old people and everyone else in the car get in free.
Also, there's this back way into Glacier...

There are plenty of National Parks and Monuments that don't charge at all. The national parks are set up on a sliding scale with the most popular charging the most to substitize the least popular. Only the most popular entry points have booths and those booths aren't always manned. Glacier National Park has plenty of entry points that don't charge/have a booth. Probably around 10 years ago there was a people counter on the trail from spingdale to the zion visitor center (where you catch the bus for the rest of the canyon). I'm pretty sure NPS knows about the loopholes.

[Meadow Skipper]

Aayyyyyyyyy.......we got some national parks back heya, too, buddy.

Cannon ball parks

Yeah, <0800 and >1700 you can get into Teton NP w/out paying.

when i worked there last summer hours got stretched to 0700-2100 during peak season, have no idea how the staffing is this year.

Oh right. I haven't been there in summer for a long time. I was thinking spring skiing season.

[Game Over]

Our buds in a second car hit a bison.

Damn. How bad was the damage?

[Cruiser]

Damn. How bad was the damage?

Right? Don't tease us like that. Post the pics of the carnage!