Users of Olympic National Park can expect fee increases in 2017, part of a three-year phased rise in user fees that started in 2015.

Effective Jan. 10, Overnight Wilderness Use Permits have increased in price, from $5 to $8 nightly and $35 to $45 for an Annual Wilderness Pass.

On June 1, the seven-day motorcycle entrance fee increases from $15 to $20.

Entrance fees apply to people 16 years of age and older; youths 15 years old and younger enter the park for free.

Olympic National Park’s regular entrance fee is $25 per car. On fee free days (see below), other park fees, including wilderness camping and campground fees, remain in effect. The Olympic National Park Annual Pass costs $50.

For more information about senior, access and military passes that provide free entry, visit www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/fees.htm.

Free dates set

With other national park areas across the country, Olympic National Park offered free admission on Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The park will also offer free days on the following six other dates/weekends in 2017:

Feb. 20: Presidents Day

April 15-16, 22-23: Weekends of National Park Week

Aug. 25: National Park Service Birthday

Sept. 30: National Public Lands Day

Nov. 11-12: Veterans Day Weekend