Month: June 2024

Montavilla Community Center Kids Class Recap

By Elaine Bothe It’s been an amazing ride all year, every Monday afternoon at Montavilla Community Center! We ran this program for 7-8 weeks during Fall Term ’23, and Winter and Spring Terms in ’24. Each term, 15 amazing kids were signed up, and we regularly had 12-15 participants each day. Most were in grade … Read More

Spring 2024 Sandy Ridge Trails Update

Hot off the heels of bringing back the Sandy Ridge Shuttle (IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! [read about it HERE]), we have some exciting updates about the Sandy Ridge Trail system! First, a long-awaited MTB skills area will be built in the parking lot. A skills area had been identified in the parking lot master … Read More

Sandy Ridge Shuttle Day is Back and Better Than Ever

The Sandy Ridge Shuttle Day is back! After a four-year hiatus, NWTA partnered with Cyclepath PDX to bring back this amazing event on Saturday, June 8, 2024. The forecast called for perfect weather, not too hot but sunny skies, and the week before brought just enough rain for hero dirt. The Sandy Ridge Stewardship team … Read More

LapQuest Was a Huge Hit in Cascade Locks!

Written by Tedd Dodd, Cascade Locks Trail Steward Thank you to everyone who attended LapQuest over the weekend to celebrate all the trail work we have done in and around Cascade Locks. It was fantastic to see so many enthusiastic faces, both familiar and new, coming together for this event. We were blessed with amazing trail conditions and perfect … Read More

Hagg Lake Work Party: A Success!

Written by Dan Werle, Hagg Lake LST On Saturday, May 11th, NWTA, in conjunction with Washington County Parks, hosted our first trail work party at Scoggins Valley Park. Nancy Stone and Addison Wardwell led nine volunteers, divided into two groups, to the South Shore and Walnut Grove sections of the Henry Hagg Lake Trail, where trail stabilization, irrigation, and … Read More