Written by Juntu Oberg NWTA’s Local Stewardship Team ended a very productive Spring Dig season with a final workday on Saturday, June 5th. In celebration of National Trails Day with support from REI & Hopworks Brewing & with swag, a group of 23 volunteers gathered to make a final push to complete the improvements on … Read More
NEW TRAILS ARE OPEN. Over six miles of new trails built this winter are now open. Take it easy the first few laps; you have all summer to learn the trails. Come out and explore the new trails. CARPOOL. Parking is tight; if you are vaccinated, start carpooling to Rocky Point. This is especially true on weeknights … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone On May 20th, we held a clean-up at Rocky Point partnering with SOLVE. Thanks to the more than 35 people that showed up, Rocky Point has never looked so good! Folks in three different crews focused on cleaning up various areas of the greater Rocky Point area. Group A, our early … Read More
Written by Jered Bogli Today, Northwest Trail Alliance is proud to open over 6 miles of new and repurposed trails at Rocky Point. Building 6 miles of new trail this past winter during COVID was a massive undertaking and could not have happened without a dedicated group of crew leaders and all the folks who … Read More
Written by Jered Bogli What does six miles of trail look like? Six miles is the distance from the Leif Erickson Thurman Gate to the picnic table at the junction with Saltzman Road. Six miles is the distance from the Pearl District to the St. John’s bridge or from the Sellwood Bridge to the Broadway … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone NWTA, in collaboration with Portland Parks and Recreation, teamed up with Catlin Gabel students who are involved with the school’s Applied Leadership in the Outdoors after-school course to learn about trail maintenance at Powell Butte. In a fun exchange of knowledge, the students shared what they have learned of native plants … Read More
Written by Juntu Oberg In a time before a pandemic, we had a mountain bike shuttle festival in July 2019 at Sandy Ridge. This sold-out event was capped at 300 attendees. It was the largest fundraiser we had that year, with all the proceeds earmarked for the trail system. NWTA works in partnership with the … Read More
Written by Matt Novak On April 17th from 10 am to 1 pm a maintenance party commenced at EasyClimb in Cascade Locks. Before a maintenance party of this size can happen, the Port of Cascade Locks has to be notified, and NWTA (me) has to bring it to the monthly commissioner meeting if additional maintenance … Read More
Written by Ted Dodd STUB STEWART NEWS UPDATEOn 4/3/2021 we reached 85% completion on a large project to finally fix the Muck/Mud problem on Lower Shoofly. A hardworking crew finished the dirt work reshaping the trail for better drainage and we hauled a lot of rock to harden the tread. This weekend’s crew was: Kyle Carlson, Jeff … Read More
Have you stopped into Trek Bicycle PDX to vote for your favorite local cycling org? They will be giving away a total of $10,000 to three local groups— The Street Trust, Community Cycling Center, and the Northwest Trail Alliance—and there’s only one weekend left to vote. Visit any of the 6 locations now through April … Read More