Northwest Glaciologists 
October 26-27, 2007

Department of Geology
Portland State University
Portland, OR  97201

 South Cascade Glacier, 1928:  Watson Photo

Welcome to the 2007 Northwest Glaciologists web page.  We are pleased to host the event and
 hope you all can make it to Portland, Oregon.  It's a great city (check out the Lonely Planet guide 
book for the USA) and the rains shouldn't start for another week or two.

Maps:  

1. For directions to Portland State University.  
   
   

2. For a campus map.  There is also a parking map for more details on parking. 
   
   

3. For a general map of Portland, including additional lodging locations, freeways, attractions(!)
   
   

Parking:  Street parking is a possibility if you are willing to feed the parking meters ($1/hour).
Some meters have maximum parking times 15 minutes, others 3 hours, and if you are lucky, 
even 4 or 5 hours.    As I recently discovered, you can't keep feeding the meter, the car has to 
be moved off the block.  

The only campus parking lot available for  all day parking (and the one recommended) is "Parking 
Structure 3" on the west side of campus.  It costs $8/day on Friday, $3 on Saturday and they only 
accept cash (American cash, sorry!). If you take I-405 (off I-5) south of the Willamette River, take 
the  SW 12th Street exit (just after the SW 6th exit) and the parking structure is on the left.  
Danger:  The 12th Street exit is shared by the on-ramp to Rt. 26 west and if you are not careful, you will be taking a drive to the 
coast for a couple of miles before you can turn around.

The University has short-term parking on campus. Both meters (coins) and "Pay-to-Park" (coins, bills, 
credit cards) are located at College and Broadway (next to the tennis courts) and street level of '
Ondine' housing, between 5th and 6th on College St. Also meters are located on the street levels of 
Parking Structures One and Two. Pay-to-park locations  are the Art Building Lot, 1990 SW 5th Avenue  
and Parking Structure 3, 1st Floor.  Campus meters and pay-to-park spaces are for short term parking 
of 4 hours or less, disabled meters 8 hours or less.   Unlike "da city", you can keep plugging the meters
and "pay-to-park" and remain in the same parking spot.

There is one commercial lot on the north side of campus, on the north (left) side of Market Street 
around the corner from Structure 3 (Market is one way east) for about the same price as campus 
parking and the machine accepts credit cards.  

Accommodations:  We have hotel information and floor space availability: click here

Meeting Room:       Smith Memorial Union Room 236, Campus Portland State University
                             adjacent to Broadway.

Meeting Time:         On the first day of the meeting, Friday, October 26, let's start at 0900.

Ice Breaker:            Friday Evening at Chez Walder-Stevens,