| Pickathon encourages everyone to make a difference by considering a number of alternative modes of transportation besides simply driving a car to the festival.
Listed below is a summary of the many possible options.
Please Note: We are currently working out details for the 2008 Bio-Fueled Shuttle Bus....when this is solidified, we will post that info.
TRAVEL TO PORTLAND WITHOUT RENTING A CAR
Option #1 - Travel to Portland by airplane, train, or bus and stay at one of our Lodging Partners who will provide free of charge shuttle service between the Hotel and Pickathon.
Option #2 - Travel to Portland by airplane, train, or bus and finish your journey to Pickathon by taxi or our Mass Transit Shuttle (see above) and camp onsite.
CARPOOL TO PICKATHON
One of the simplest ways to make a difference is to carpool with friends.
If you don't know someone carpooling and you live in Oregon, California, and Washington we encourage you to go to the website CarpoolMatchNW and follow the instructions below.
If you are already registered with CarpoolMatchNW, log in as a returning user. When you get to Going To (Destination) click the drop down arrow and select Pickathon, Pendarvis Farm and enter you preferred traveling times.
If you are not already registered on CarpoolMatchNW, then go ahead and register. When you get to Going To (Destination) click the drop down arrow and select Pickathon, Pendarvis Farm, and enter you preferred traveling times.
Note: Remember that being more flexible about your departure and return times and the distance you will travel to meet your carpool will increase the chances of finding a match.
Once your carpool match is created you should automatically get updates when a possible match is found.
TRAVEL BY BICYCLE
We suggest 3 possible bike routes below. We also encourage folks to research their own bike routes because there are tradeoffs (less traffic, less hills, best lighted, etc...) in picking which bike route is best.
Bike Route 1 (Easiest) - From I-205 Bikepath -- Easy riding on good bike lanes, well lit, and mostly flat.
From the I-205 Bikepath, take Sunnyside Rd all the way to 162nd. Bike lanes and good lighting exist the entire way up Sunnyside until you reach 162nd, but consider yourself warned that the intense suburban scenery is less than stunning.
Take a left onto 162nd and continue (.8 miles) until it bends right into Hagen Road. You will see Pendarvis Farm within 300 feet. 162nd and Hagen is the only portion of this journey without designated bike lanes.
Bike Route 2 - Springwater Corridor (Medium because of traffic on 172nd and Foster) - Mostly flat with road traffic and small road shoulders on both Foster (300 feet) and 172nd (~1.5miles)
Take 158th off of the Springwater Corridor trail and take a left on Foster.
Go 300 feet and take right onto 162nd.
Continue down 162nd until you come to the tee of SE Sager and SE Vrandenburg Rd. (Take a left onto Sager)
Sager Intersects 172 where you take a right and continue down 172nd until Hagen Rd.
Take a right down Hagen Rd and you will see Pendarvis Farm within .3 miles
Bike Route 3 - Springwater Corridor (Hard because of the big hills) - The most scenic route through Happy Valley with the least amount of traffic and a lot of big hill climbing.
Take 158th off of the Springwater Corridor trail and take a left on Foster.
Go 300 feet and take right onto 162nd.
Continue down 162nd until you come to the SE Clatsop Rd where you will take a right.
Continue ~4000ft uphill and take a right on 145th.
Continue straight on 145th about 1.5 miles (past King Street) until it merges with 147th and continue straight again for ~.2 miles until you see Monner Rd.
Take a left on Monner Rd. and be careful as this is a steep decent down to 162nd Ave.
Take a left on 162nd and follow it as it bends and turns into Hagen Rd (~.2 miles) and you will see Pendarvis Farm within 300 feet.
Here are two resources for finding your own bike route
Option 1 - Use the Bicycle Trip Planner at to look at routes from any starting address.
Option 2 - Follow the four easy steps to use Google Earth with Metro's Bike There! plug in to show recommended bike routes over a 3D topology.
Step 1 - Download the free Google Earth beta application and install the application on your PC or Mac by clicking here.
Step 2 -
Then download Metro's bike routes file "bike_there.kmz" by clicking here.
Step 3 -- Open Google Earth on your computer, and then from within Google Earth, go to file > open and open the Metro "Bike There" file.
Step 4 -- Use the dashboard in Google Earth to fly over the region and have a bird's eye view of the bike routes.
Here are three suggested bike routes you should consider.
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