Written by Juntu Oberg In March 2020, NWTA formally partnered with Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) as the official trail steward of Forest Parks Firelane 5. Since then, our leadership team has worked with PP&R & Forest Park Conservancy (FPC) to improve the singletrack portion of the trail. In 2021, we installed a juniper retaining … Read More
Written by Sarah Rogers On Saturday, September 30th, River City Bicycles hosted their second women-led ride of the year at Rocky Point. The weather was perfect, and the trails even more so — as close to “hero dirt” as one could get! We split into two groups of about ten each, with ride leaders Dani … Read More
The sunny and warm weather came out to greet us all on Saturday, October 7, 2023, for Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day! The local celebration of this annual celebration gathered nearly 150 people together in Gateway Green to ride bikes and have FUN. Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA), in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation, … Read More
Written by Ahmed Yusuf, Stewardship Coordinator – City Nature, Portland Parks & Rec Portland Parks & Recreation’s Youth Conservation Crew (YCC) was proud to collaborate with Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA) in early August! Together, we provided a chance for eight young people and four adults to experience mountain biking. This was the first time that … Read More
On Saturday, September 30th, NWTA hosted its first Open House at Chris King. Dozens of members showed up and were able to interact with NWTA leadership at one of our 16 stations. Each station was dedicated to a key aspect of the organization, led by one of our dedicated super-volunteers. Our team shared great conversations … Read More
By Janelle Bickford Our Falls Creek NW Trail Sisters journey on Sunday, September 17 was amazing! We could not have had a better day. Our participants were the stars of the day, so we will let them share a bit about their experience. Allison: “Falls creek guided ride was the best time! I went in … Read More
By Jered Bogli, NWTA Board President The NWTA Board of Directors and staff carved out some time to spend the weekend of September 15-17 planning for the next year. We’ve been running full gas all year and it was great to spend some quality time together as a team. We found a cost effective out … Read More
Over 50 dedicated volunteers joined Northwest Trail Alliance for the St. Helens International Festival of Trails (SHIFT) August 18-20. This annual NWTA tradition brings together volunteers of all ages for trail work on trail systems in the Mt. St. Helens District of the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest. Saturday’s work party required a quick change in plans, … Read More
By Derek Kidd Every June the rainbow flags come out, and without fail, the questions of Pride’s relevance soon follows. Inevitably, we hear “Why do we still need to showcase Pride, isn’t the LGBTQ+ community well-represented enough?”, “Nobody cares if you’re gay, so just stay quiet about it.” or, my favorite, “Where’s my parade?” again … Read More
On a wonderfully sunny Saturday afternoon on July 1, NWTA dedicated the new North Side trails at Rocky Point! The Rocky Point trail system has been around for a long time, having been previously referred to as “Scappoose.” The original North Side trails were largely built by two people: Ron Strasser and John Joy. Two … Read More