BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:960@onc-pdx.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20230217 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20230222 DTSTAMP:20230114T150330Z URL:https://onc-pdx.org/events/glacier-national-park-3/ SUMMARY:Glacier National Park DESCRIPTION:Essex\, Montana\nFeb. 17-21\, Fri-Tue\nAll Abilities Ski or Sno wshoe\n\nImagine President’s Weekend without the crowds and without driv ing your car! \; Imagine taking an overnight train to the historic Iza ak Walton Inn\, providing the opportunity to ski in Glacier National Park in Montana! \; Imagine staying in a former train caboose or historic l odge or large cabin! \; Imagine the opportunity to do track skiing and /or backcountry skiing! \; Imagine doing this with your new and old No rdic Club friends! \; That is what the ONC-PDX Glacier National Park t rip at the historic Izaak Walton Inn is all about!\n\nWe will take Amtrak overnight to Izaak Walton Inn\, Essex\, Montana\, adjacent to Glacier Nati onal Park for a wonderful ski vacation! \; We will leave Portland on F riday afternoon\, February 17 and arrive Saturday morning\, to (hopefully) sparkling snow and the cozy Izaak Walton Inn. \; On Saturday through Monday\, we will ski or snowshoe on the 30 km of groomed trails\, or explo re the backcountry in the Magnificent Dickey Bowl\, Marias Pass\, and othe r trails. \; Relax in the Finnish sauna or Olympic size hot tub. \ ; Each night\, we can enjoy a gourmet meal in the restaurant (or prepare y our own dinner in the cabin or caboose)\, read a good book by the fire\, p articipate in exciting board games\, have a drink in the bar\, or relax. W e have reserved a large cabin\, a train caboose\, and rooms in the histori c Izaak Walton Inn. \; On Monday night\, February 20\, we will board t he westbound overnight train back to Portland in the evening. \; As we pull back into the train station in Portland on Tuesday morning\, you wil l wonder why you waited so long to take this trip.\n\nA limited number of sleeper accommodations will be available on Amtrak for an additional cost of $420 per person. \; You may select this option when you sign up.&nb sp\; Check the link for details of choosing this option.\n\nIf online sign up (in October) shows the trip as full\, please join the waitlist. There are almost always cancellations so chances are very good you will be able to get on the trip. \;\n\nTake a peek at the fun from last year\, clic k here.\n\nTrip limit: 20 participants\, including the leader and co-leade r\nCost: $415 per person\; includes three days of skiing (trail passes inc luded)\, all transportation\, two nights lodging\, double occupancy at Iza ak Walton Inn. Meals on the train and at Izaak Walton Inn are available fo r purchase at an additional cost. \; Optional sleeper cost of $420 per person.\nTravel miles: \; No carpool is planned. 14.5 hours via Amtra k one-way. \;\nTrip Leader: \; Ted Scheinman\, tedskier@gmail.com\ nCo-leader: \; Becky Eastman\, rebeccaweastman@gmail.com CATEGORIES:Cross Country Ski,Skate Ski,Snowshoe END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR