| Day Hikes Day hikes are a safe, easy way to gain the skills you will need to stay safe in the wild--all while learning about the natural and social history of the area. You will learn about the 10 Essentials, map and compass, trip planning, risk management, and staying found. Your Guide will lend you a kit with some of the Ten Essentials, and you will hike +/- 7 miles while learning about Olympic National Park. Trips do not leave every day, so Reserve Your Spot Today! |
Backpacking Backpacking sweeps the backpacker into the wild world of wilderness with all its grandeur and intensity. Backpackers can hike for almost as many days and almost as far as they want: for example, from Staircase in the southeast corner of the park to the Grand Valley in the northeast, from the Dosewallips in the east to Quinault in the west, or from Elwah in the north to Sol Duc in the west. Consider these routes for your ultimate wildnerness experience. Then Reserve Your Spot! |
| Leave No Trace (LNT) Trainings Leave No Trace is the national standard for outdoor recreation ethics from a conservation perspective. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics has established two main basic trainings in LNT: Awareness Workshops and Trainer Courses. Awareness Workshops last only a couple hours and offer little or no outdoor training. Trainer Courses are an intensive overnight experience with some backpacking. Reserve Your Spot for the course that's right for you. |
Scouting Guide and owner Jason Bausher is an Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor recipient, and is Wood Badge-trained. He can advise your troop about 50-miler hikes, the Leave No Trace Awareness Award, and merit badges such as Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, and Climbing. Jason can also serve as a liaison with the National Park Service to organize work parties or service projects in Olympic National Park. PLUS: Grays Harbor Boy Scouts receive FREE TRAININGS! Reserve Time for Your Program. |
| Service Tourism on the Olympic Peninsula will only last if we work to conserve the resource by doing trailwork, raising money for political action, and by teaching wildness to the generation to whom we hand over the earth. Sign Up Today to do or give what you can for the preservation of our children's earth. Where are your talents? Clearing trails? Educating National Park visitors about Leave No Trace ethics and practices? Raising money from friends, family, and business associates? Leading Boy or Girl Scouts? YOU CAN HELP!!! |
Mountain Seminars Do the mountains, rivers, and glaciers of Olympic National Park merely form one big playground, or is wilderness essential to our Being as embodied Beings in the world? Jason Bausher works on questions such as this in his environmental philosophy, and he shares his research in mountain seminars. He received his master's degree in theology from Yale University and is finishing an M.A. while in a doctoral program in philosophy. Check out a few of the seminars. Don't see your burning "big questions" being asked on this list? Email Olympic Mountain School for a custom program. |
Best Rifleman of the Olympic Peninsula 2008
A Rifle Shooting Tournament Saturday, September 20
Firing will commence promptly at 8:15 a.m.
REGISTRATION, MORE INFORMATION, AND UPDATES ON THE WEB : http://www.olympicmountainschool.com/bestrifleman.com
Download the FLYER WITH REGISTRATION FORM HERE.
Download the FLYER WITHOUT REGISTRATION FORM HERE.
CONTACT : Jason Bausher, jason@olympicmountainschool.com, (360) 581-3936.
LOCATION : Shooting range on the Olympic Peninsula TBA.
REGISTRATION : 7:00-7:45 a.m. NO POST ENTRIES TAKEN AFTER 7:45 .
OPEN TO : All residents of the Olympic Peninsula (must have photo ID)
RULES : NRA classification system. Current NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE rules: http://www.nrahq.org/compete/RuleBooks/HPSR/hpsr-index.pdf. NRA Rules shall govern.
ENTRY FEE : Registration fee: $25 for adults. Juniors (16/under): FREE . “ Family Time ” entry for entrant and his/her immediate family: $50 . $35 for adult entries postmarked after Sept. 13 (“Post Entries”). Make checks out to "Olympic Mountain School" and mail to POB 624, Amanda Park, WA, 98526. Download the FLYER WITH REGISTRATION FORM HERE. PROFITS GO TO THE HOST RANGE FOR RANGE DEVELOPMENT, HUNTER EDUCATION, AND FIREARM SAFETY INSTRUCTION.
SQUADDING : All matches squadded on a first-come first-served basis.
SCORING : Competitors will pull and score their own targets. NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE.
RIFLES : A center fire rifle up to .35 caliber, not equipped with palm rest or Schuetzen type butt plate, weighing not over 9.5 pounds including detachable magazine and sights but excluding sling and ammunition. No rifle capable of full automatic fire is permitted; semi-automatic rifles are allowed. Any sighting system may be used. Rifle may not have a muzzle brake or compensator. See the NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE.
SIGHTING SHOTS : Two sighting shots may be taken in any position.
AMMUNITION : Ammunition may be commercial manufactured or hand loaded safe ammunition and will be provided by the competitor. Tracer, incendiary or armor piercing ammunition is prohibited. NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE.
EMPTY CHAMBER INDICATOR (ECI) : Required prior to match preparation time and after your firing is complete. ECI available for $1 at the match. NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE.
TARGETS : NRA No. SR-1 (SR target reduced for the 100-yard range). NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE. See the NRA's list of Licensed Target Manufactuers.
SCHEDULE : (For more information about competition format and range commands, see NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE. KNOWING THESE RANGE COMMANDS AND THE MATCH OPERATIONS ARE CRUCIAL TO YOUR SUCCESS AND EVERYONE'S SAFETY!!! STUDY! PRACTICE! LEARN FROM AN EXPERIENCED COMPETITOR!)
8:00 a.m.: Orientation and Safety meeting REQUIRED for all competitors
8:15 a.m.: High Power Sporting Rifle Match Course (32 shots) with sighting shots.
COURSE OF FIRE : (NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE)
- 2 Sighters and 8 shots for record, prone. Time limit: 10 min.
- 8 shots for record, standing. Time limit: 8 minutes.
- 8 shots for record, sitting or kneeling, rapid fire. Time limit: 30 seconds per 4 shot string.
- 8 shots for record, prone, rapid fire. Time limit: 30 seconds per 4 shot string.
For more information on The Four Positions, see NRA HIGHPOWER SPORTING RIFLE RULES HERE.
The match is the aggregate of the four stages. Rapid -fire courses are fired in two 4-shot strings.
AWARDS : Awards based on the number of competitors in each class. “Best Rifleman of the Olympic Peninsula” trophies will be presented to 1st , 2nd , and 3rd places by aggregate score.
FOOD : Local vendors will offer meals and snacks for sale throughout Saturday and Sunday. Saturday dinner will be “An All-American Barbecue” with family-style offerings at the range.
WHERE TO GO ON THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA
FOR FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, ADVICE, AND EQUIPMENT
ABERDEEN
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS: 1161 East Wishkah St., 360.532.2497
MIKE'S GUNS: 1601 Sumner Ave., 360.533.5579
WAL-MART: 909 East Market St., 360.532.7595
FORKS
FORKS OUTFITTERS: 950 South Forks Ave., 360.374.6161
OLYMPIC SPORTING GOODS: 190 South Forks Ave., 360.374.6330
TRUE VALUE HARDWARE: 10 South Forks Ave., 360.374.5564
PORT ANGELES
BLUE MOUNTAIN GUNWORKS: #10 Erving Jacobs Rd., 360.452.5918
HI-CALIBER GUNS: 2720 East HWY 101, 360.417.0300
SWAIN'S GENERAL STORE: 602 East 1st St., 360.452.2357
SEQUIM
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS: 174 Valley Center Place, 360.683.7851
SWAIN'S OUTDOOR: 551 West Washington St., 360.681.6561
PORT TOWNSEND
SWAIN'S OUTDOOR: 1121 Water St., 360.385.1313
ELMA
EAST COUNTY GUNS: 309 West Main St., 360.482.6770
MONTESANO
WESTERN SPORTS UNLIMITED: 204 South Main St., 360.249.2610
HIGHPOWER RIFLE SHOOTING RANGES ON THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA
FORKS: WEST END SPORTSMEN'S CLUB, 243 Sportsmen's Club Road, 360.374.2437
HOQUIAM: GRAYS HARBOR RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB, 1862 East Hoquiam Rd., 360.482.4849
PORT TOWNSEND: JEFFERSON COUNTY SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, 1590 South Jacob Miller, 360.301.5671 GO TO THEIR WEBSITE HERE
SHELTON: SHELTON RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB, 521 West Business Park Rd., 360.427.1102
BREMERTON: KITSAP RIFLE AND REVOLVER CLUB, 4100 Seabeck Highway, 360.373.1007 GO TO THEIR WEBSITE HERE
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