Phase 2 construction continued at Gateway Green. Gateway Green is a 25 acre-park located in East Portland, at the confluence of 2 major freeways. It has been home to The Dirt Lab, Portland’s first mountain bike park which was built in partnership by Northwest Trail Alliance, Friends of Gateway Green with Portland Parks & Recreation, … Read More
Starting Monday, June 30th, we’re rounding out the month with the NWTA member packet pickup for Rocky Point access. These are required to ride at Rocky Point (new members get a one week grace period). You will get a cool ID tag for your bike, and a parking pass for your car. It’s a process … Read More
Last year we cooked up an idea to bring some love to hard working trail stewards. They are really talented and dedicated people that deserve recognition for what they do. We all ride their trails. Do you know how much time it took to make that happen? One of the greatest pleasures of my job as president is … Read More
Northwest Trail Alliance is happy to introduce our new full time Operations Coordinator, Kelsea De Filippis. Growing up in the coastal town of Newport Oregon, Kelsea is used to the rugged scene of the Pacific Northwest and holds a strong bond with the outdoors and the community it draws. From biking to skiing, surfing to … Read More
Over the past year NWTA has gone through a huge effort to develop a new website. We set out to build something that would do a better job providing the information our members need (upcoming events, news, how to get involved), offer information to folks unfamiliar with the area about the trail regions we manage, … Read More
Written by Scooter Sutterer In these COVID times, we have seen a big increase in the number of people riding and parking at Rocky Point. It is one of the few places still open to riding. We want to keep it that way. One of the keys to keeping Rocky Point open is keeping Weyerhaeuser, … Read More
To our wonderful members, supporters & followers, Throughout the year, people ask “what can I do for NWTA?”, well, below are a few things you can do that will have a huge impact on the future of NWTA and our local mountain bike community as a whole. We want to get back outside and back … Read More
NWTA’s Spring Membership Drive is underway! We’ve been hard at work maintaining and creating mountain biking opportunities FOR YOU! Join or renew today and show your support for quality mountain bike access close to home. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to, what’s on our radar and the sweet Lolo Rack you … Read More
Our friends at Portland Parks and Recreation just recently shared the following pictures to let everyone know that construction at Gateway Green is continuing. Please note that the entire park is closed and there is no public access. Let’s do our part and let the professionals do their job and get this project done in … Read More
Written by Tim Mathews, NWTA’s Tillamook State Forest LST Tillamook State Forest could use your voice! Comments due by May 6, 2020. Please provide comments to ODF Annual Operations Plans for 2021 to support further expansion of Tillamook State Forest mountain bike accessible trails. All of the mountain bike accessible trails presently in the Tillamook … Read More