By Jim LeMonds Forty volunteers came out on June 3rd for what has become an annual maintenance day at Coldwater Lake on the north side of Mount St. Helens. The effort, which was sponsored by Northwest Trail Alliance, was successful to say the least as the crew of 40 was able to clean 9.5 miles … Read More
Written by Juntu Oberg, NWTA Board Member After spending the summer of 2022 observing the launch of our successful mountain bike skills camps at Gateway Green, our Lead Trail Steward, Tim Copeman, noticed that the skills area in the park needed an upgrade. He wanted the skills area to be more utilized, and found it … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone, Education & Sustainability Director ([email protected]) The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) travels 6-7 months out of the year, holding Trail Schools at different trail systems within 60 miles of the Portland area. Each location boasts different ecosystems, soil types, forests, and land management restrictions/guidelines. So although the Trail School curriculum is consistent, oftentimes, … Read More
The cold and snow didn’t stop seven hardy NWTA sawyers from a massive project at Klootchy Creek on Saturday, March 25. The volunteers showed up at Klootchy Creek to clear hundreds upon hundreds of matted, snow-covered trees left on the ground from a commercial thinning project. The slash was 4-5 feet high in a freshly … Read More
Written by Andy Janksy ([email protected]) Thanks to your membership support, NWTA is in the process of finalizing eight new miles of trail on the North Side of Rocky Point! Through a combination of volunteer machine operations, hand building, and hiring a professional trail builder, we were able to rebuild the North side trails that were … Read More
Written by Chloé Hammond-Bradley On Saturday, March 18, a couple of crews went out to Rocky Point. One of the crews, which had nine members worked on some drainage release and treadway buffing for an old trail called Strasser! This is a trail that will hopefully be opening up in May 2023. It has an … Read More
Written by Tim Copeman, Gateway Green LST The Gateway Green skills area has been closed for almost a month as it undergoes a complete redesign! Currently the project is still in the rough stages of shaping, and things are going quite well. Rough shaping includes a dual slalom line that is looking amazing, and all … Read More
Written by Chloe Hammond-Bradley The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) held their first benching clinic this last Saturday. This clinic focused on how to cut in as well as re-establish a bench on a trail. When building and maintaining a trail, you focus on four areas; your line, flow, bench cuts and drainage. Bench cuts, or … Read More
Written by Nathan Frechen, Tillamook LST Photos by Aric Rist (@aricrist) Building off the work that was started in November, a crew of 15 completed the brushing & tread work on the two-mile Sickter Lars loop. The dirt & sightlines are the best they’ve been in recent memory, confirmed by test riders did a quality … Read More
Written by Carrie Johnston The second installment of the Trail Sisters Dig Series was at Sandy Ridge on Saturday—and what a day! With 16 volunteers and 6 instructors, our sizable crew tackled a number of drainage and berm issues along Flow Motion. We met in the main parking area in the morning, chilly but comforted … Read More