If successful, a January grant application for a brand new single track building machine will form the nucleus of a new trail building partnership between Northwest Trail Alliance and more than a dozen government agencies and mountain biking organizations in NW Oregon and SW Washington. The Single Track ST240, built specifically for trail construction, comes with a price tag of $94,000 (including accessories, closed trailer, and operator training), but the majority of the funds would be covered by the grant from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), which would be awarded in May 2010. By regulation, 20 percent of the cost of the project must come from other sources, and Northwest Trail Alliance project lead Joe Rykowski hopes donations from business supporters will help make up for a good chunk of that sum.

Will be flagging 1/4 mile Viewpoint loop extension to the north trail loop, and then scouting terrain across the next drainage - along the creek for possible lower trail along bottom of canyon.    (Team from Westside Trail Federation will also be doing some finalization work on the proposed Freeride skill lines to determine locations for possible trail features - capture GPS points to put on a project map).  So have two teams out there!

Aim is to get 2009/2010 trail plan for XC finalized to begin having build days in October.