Nooksack Nordic Ski Club N 48 degrees 54.189 min. W 121 degrees, 41.699 min

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Sno park information ...

You must have a sno-park permit to use the Salmon Ridge and Anderson Creek trails, and any of 40 other Washington State locations.    Parking is not free    The parking areas on both sides of the road (highway 542) at Salmon Ridge are designated as a Washington State Sno-Park and thus a Sno-Park permit is required.

Washington Sno-Park permits are accepted in Washington, Oregon & Idaho.   Where do the permit fees go?  Specifically, they go to SALMON RIDGE among others! Proceeds from permit sales are used to maintain and improve nonmotorized Sno-Park facilities.   They pay for snow removal, sanitation facilities, trail grooming, trail signs, mapping, parking lot construction, education, enforcement and program administration.   There are more than 40 SnoParks in Washington alone.   Print a map by clicking: here.

Please note a parking fine of $66.00 per offense is levied by the Forest Service and Whatcom County for parking in a Sno-Park without a permit. The fine is much more than the cost of buying a pass, and no fun.

Seasonal parking permits are available for $40.00 per year at NNSC meetings, by mail from the Nooksack Nordic Ski Club (mailing address, Nooksack Nordic Ski Club P.O. Box 28793 Bellingham, WA 98228) or give Norm Miller, the club treasurer a call at 360-756-2170.    From the club website you can apply for a SnoPark Permit at the same time you apply for membership.   This link takes you to a form. We also sell 1-day permits, for $20.00.
at the North Cascades National Park office in Sedro-Woolley: tel: 360-854-7200
U.S. Forest Service Office in Sedro Woolley. (Tel: 360-856-5700.
Glacier Public Service Center, open on weekends from 9am to 3pm. They will be open through sometime in February (possibly closing after President's Day, possibly staying open through the month).   They are selling both day and season Sno-Park permits. : tel: 360-599-2714
  

Cost: 1 day permit: $20; Seasonal permit: $40 through NNSC.   There is a $1 vendor fee added to the permits if you buy them through a merchant.

Cost: The cost of a 1-day permit and a seasonal permit are $21.00 and $41.00 respectively when bought through merchants and other vendors.

Here are Bellingham merchant locations (see link)
Backcountry Essentials 214 W. Holly - Bellingham (360) 543-5678
G.I. Joes 300 E Bellis Fair Pkwy Bellingham (360) 756-1120
REI - Bellingham (360) 647-8955 400 36TH St. - Bellingham
Sportsman Chalet (360) 671-1044 114 W. Holly - Bellingham
Fairhaven Bike and Mountain Sports 1108 11th St. (360)733-4433

Here is a merchant location closer to the trails we groom: Crossroads Grocery and Video (360) 599-9657 (located at the intersection of Silver Lake Road and the Highway 542, in Maple Falls.)

You can obtain a mail in order form on line and access 125 merchant locations in other areas by clicking here