Press Release

It’s election time for the NWTA Board of Directors!

APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON DEC. 12. Here’s a recorded video of our information session held last week. Click on VIDEO to watch it. Are you interested in filling a leadership position with NWTA? Here are the qualifications for becoming a candidate to join the 2024 NWTA Board of Directors.  Please read our full equity statement (https://nw-trail.org/about-us/). … Read More

NWTA Elections Announcement

Are you a volunteer with the NWTA and seeking something more? Do you have leadership experience, or maybe you would like to take a step into a decision-making role for the first time?  NWTA has a board of directors that is elected annually each January.  Each position has a tenure of two years. As with … Read More

NWTA/Warpaint BIPOC Intro to Pump Track/Jump Clinic

By Ruandy Albisurez On Sunday, October 21, NWTA partnered with Warpaint Magazine to host a BIPOC Intro to Pump Track/Jump Clinic. The weather ended up being a little gray, but that didn’t stop the crew that came out. We had to skip most of the work on the pump track because it was a little … Read More

Work on Upper Firelane 5 Finally Begins

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

River City Bicycle Women-Led Ride at Rocky Point Recap

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

Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day 2023 Recap

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

Youth Conservation Crew Mountain Biking Experience

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

RIVER CITY BIKES women-led ride SERIES AT Stub Stewart Recap

Written by Isabella Taylor of River City Bikes On the last Saturday of August, River City Bicycles and NWTA teamed up for the second year in a row to begin our Women-Led summer ride series. Partnering with NWTA to host these rides has truly been the most wonderful experience. It’s expanded the rider participation compared … Read More

New Rocky Point North Side Trail Dedication

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

Introducing…Stumpocalypse!

Photos by Jason Murray (@photomurray) On Saturday, June 24, NWTA officially opened up the new black flow jump line at Rocky Point. The trail was aptly named “Sumpocalypse” in honor of the sheer number of tree stumps that had to be removed in creating the trail!  Stumpocalypse is located on the Southside of Rocky Point … Read More