Gate Fees and Dash Passes

May 2024

What types of passes are there?

1. Day Use - $16
2. Season Pass - $42

Who pays for one?

1. Any vehicle entering the park with out of state tags if there is not someone in the vehicle with a Maine License

Are there exceptions?

1. Active Duty Military
2. Staff Guests

I don’t have a Maine driver's license but I own a camp in Maine!

I don’t have a Maine driver’s license but I go to college in Maine!

I don’t have a Maine driver’s license but here is a piece of mail!

I don’t have a Maine driver’s license but I used to live in Maine!

Do I get in for free?!

Season Passes

• Non-transferable
• Must be adhered by staff to the vehicle
• Can ask where they would like it on the vehicle but typically placed on front driver side bumper or rear drivers side window
• Write down vehicle description and purchasers last name on Season Pass log sheet
• Rental Vehicle
• Must still be adhered to vehicle
• Indicate on log sheet that it was a rental vehicle
• Inform purchaser that they should take a picture for future reference and will be required to show an ID with the name matching the log sheet if they come back at a later date

Dash Passes

Who gets one?

1. Every vehicle entering the park, unless:
1. They are a park employee with a staff sticker
2. They are a contractor (ex: Honey wagon, Propane truck, Fuel truck, wood delivery, etc.)
3. They have a Day Use Parking Reservation
2. People on foot coming through the gate
3. Bicyclists

Features:

• Name

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• Date

• Emergency contact #

• Time

• License Plate Info

• Number of people in vehicle

• Did you tell them these?

• Day Use Options

• Campgrounds

Be sure to:

• Use a ballpoint pen
• Press hard when writing

‘Moose’ Passes

• A free first come first serve pass that allows visitors wanting to get to Sandy Stream Pond and the RB Nature Trail when the Roaring Brook lot is closed
• 5 passes total
• Not for hiking Katahdin, South Turner or to Chimney Pond
• 3 hours long
• Keep track on log sheet
• Can write time due back on pass with marker
• Make sure they know to drop off the pass if planning to go onto Tote Rd after SSP - people are waiting
• Still get a dash pass
• Write “Moose pass & #” on the dash pass

Escorts :

• Honey Wagon, Fuel Truck, Wood Dump Truck, Large Equipment, Propane, Etc.
• Should be set up prior to arrival by a supervisor
• You may or may not have gotten word, hopefully, you will have a heads up
• Have them wait for the ranger to come and lead them to wherever they are going if not already there
• Mountain view or pull over at gatehouse - use your best judgement depending on time or day, traffic, vehicle size
• Alert visitors coming in that they may see them and what to do if they do
• Contractors:
• Get a Yellow contractor pass that they return each day when they leave, this helps us keep track of who is in

Just to get you thinking….

• A visitor comes in and says their daughter is hiking the Appalachian trail and they are to meet her at her campsite at Abol, you check the reservations and do not see anyone by her name camping at Abol campground… what could be the reason?
• She is actually staying at Abol Bridge (also happens with Nesowadnehunk)
• She is staying in a campsite with “tramily” under someone else’s name
• A visitor comes in wanting to do “Trail Magic” at Katahdin Stream… what do you do? What is “Trail Magic”?!
• Inform them they cannot leave food/drinks/coolers unattended
• They cannot sell items
• Let the KS ranger know

Let’s practice filling out dash passes!

1. Day Use
2. Camping - One Night
3. Camping - Multiple Nights Multiple Campgrounds
4. Camping at Slaughter Pond

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