The annual Smith Rock Spring Thing is this Saturday, May 5th. Your volunteer efforts will help to provide better hiking trails, climbing access, as well as cleaning up and protecting park resources.

Volunteer for all or part of the day!

Sign up in the main parking lot from 8am to 10am. Free coffee and snacks. Pick a project and head to the site. Most projects are done around 1 or 2.

2012 Projects:
-Rock Wall-BBQ the Pope
-New Steps Main Area
-New stairs on Misery Ridge

In the evening at the State Park house/barn near the Northern Point, we will have:
Yoga - back lawn of house facing Marsupials at 3 and 4 pm.

Slackline - in the front lawn of the house.

Dinner - Starts at 5pm. Vegi and chicken mega-burritos. Terrebonne Depot brownies. Beverages.

Slideshow - Starts at 6pm Mark Hudon - Big wall hard man in the 70s. Former Smith Rock Mayor.

Auction and Raffle - Thousands of dollars of donated gear to help raise money to put on the event.

Cinco de Mayo...we will have a Pinata!

2012-Spring-Thing-Poster.pdf

Lots of fun! Spread the word and come on out. See you there!

The Smith Rock Summer Classic, an annual running race, will be on Saturday, July 9, 2011.

The race will start and finish in the Smith Rock State Park Parking Lot.

Crooked River Drive will be closed at approximately 6:15 am until 6:30 am and 7:00 am until 7:15 am.

There are two start times one at 6:15 am and one at 7 am. The event organizers have a permit with the county to close the road for approximately 15 minutes, for the start of each race.

There will be several hundred people at the event and racers will be running on the roads. Expect congestion. Park will remain open for other park visitors. Please try to avoid arriving at the park during these start times. Event participants will be parking in the RV/Overflow lot in the park and at the Pumpkin Patch just outside of the park.

For a map of the event or other information go to http://www.smithrockrace.com/

7 PM, Saturday May 28th

Location:
Smith Rock State Park
10260 NE Crooked River Drive
Terrebonne, Or 97760

Smith Rock State Park is hosting this event and Ian Caldwell will be the MC. Scheduled speakers include Alan Watts, Chris Jones, and Jim Ramsey. The event will take place in the barn and should last about 1-2 hours.

We are asking anyone with any climbing memorabilia they'd like to share including photos, old gear, sweet looking climbing tights etc. to bring it an hour earlier (6PM) to be set on tables outside the barn for people to see. Once the event has started all the memorabilia will be taken inside the house next to the barn and locked up for the duration of the presentation and can be picked up immediately after the event. We look forward to seeing everyone there and spread the word!

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SmithRockcom/312068176587

Ian Caldwell shot some great photos of the 2011 Smith Rock Spring Thing. Check them out on the SmithRock.com Facebook page.