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Huge Turnout and Tons of Fun at NWTA's 2011 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day

Submitted Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:51am by Jon Pheanis

The NWTA's 2011 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at Stub Stewart State Park was a big success with over 80 participants!

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Ventura Park pump track/bike skills area in photos

Submitted Mon, 10/03/2011 - 1:46am by Tom Slovak

Portland's first public pump track at Ventura Park takes shape...  read past the break for a photo-story of the progress since breaking ground two weeks ago.

A Finn rides Mount St Helens

Submitted Thu, 09/15/2011 - 8:21pm by DAnderson

 

Hello all, and greetings from Finland – land of thousands of lakes in Northern Europe.  I work for Nokia and recently got a chance to spend a weekend in Seattle before starting some work together with Microsoft. Some 14 years ago I was hiking in the Mt St Helens area and thought It would be nice to go and explore the area on mountain bike.  After some Googling around I found PUMP site and got in touch with David Anderson. Thanks David for excellent hints on selecting the trails to study.

Have you been "klunking" lately?

Submitted Thu, 09/01/2011 - 2:07pm by BlakeReed

If you haven't seen it already, there's a great post today on BikePortland.org called Historic news footage of "klunking" MTB pioneers

http://bikeportland.org/2011/08/31/amazing-historic-news-footage-of-mountain-biking-pioneers-58392

Helens Fest 2011

Submitted Mon, 08/29/2011 - 7:30pm by climbhigher

Helens Fest was a BLAST.

Matt (Climbhigher@wavecable.com)

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/104733480274081376083/HelensFest2011

Sandy Ridge: Quid Pro Flow - trail report

Submitted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:59am by BlakeReed

Amazing trail building continues at Sandy Ridge ... 

I had an opportunity to ride the new Quid Pro Flow trail at Sandy Ridge on Sunday.  It honestly blew me away how much work had gone into this short 1.75 mile trail at the bottom of Rock Drop, it loops out along the ridge and comes back to hook up with 338.  The BLM map has already been updated and trails are well marked so you shouldn't have trouble finding it.

http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/SandyRidgeMap_August2011.pdf

Post Canyon - late June ride report

Submitted Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:03pm by BlakeReed

Just a quick update on Post Canyon, I had heard it was already getting dusty after a few weeks of dry weather so I made plans to ride there after work yesterday.  After about an hour on the trail it actually rained a fair amount for about 30 minutes which made for some very nice tacky trail.  Even better news for those planning to ride with Ted on Saturday, after eating dinner in Hood River it was raining again on my way out of town.  

Bend: Funner and Whoops - trail report

Submitted Tue, 06/21/2011 - 12:49pm by BlakeReed

Quick props to COTA for doing some great trail work in the Bend area.  I've been fortunate enough to ride in Central Oregon three years in a row and despite trying something new every year, I've always left the trail extremely satisfied.

Report: Funner has been on my "must do" list for a few years but this year we had a goal to check out the new work done on Whoops and with only one trail day available, this is what we came up with.

Gauging Interesting in a Bike Patrol at Hagg Lake

Submitted Tue, 06/14/2011 - 1:36pm by gonzoleeman

Hi!

For those that don't know me, my name is Lee Duncan, and I'm a National Mountain Bike Patrol instructor.

We are considering starting a Bike Patrol at Hagg Lake, and I'd like to gauge initial interest.

There are a a few requirements, but most importantly you have to want to ride around on your bike and help other people!

Recent developments at Hagg Lagg (partly thanks to Bernie Taylor, the trail steward for NWTA at Hagg) make it possible that the land managers there might welcome us with open arms.

This is just preliminary. There is no gaurentee there will be a patrol, but I want to gauge how many might be interested.

Here are some General Requirements:

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