NWTA members are familiar with the annual “tradition” of collecting your bike bands and parking passes for Rocky Point access. For NWTA, using the bike bands and parking tags has been expensive and required a lot of time to manage. On the member side, we know that this requirement came with carving out the time … 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
Written by Nathan Frechen, Tillamook LST Hi all – many thanks for the folks that braved the cold conditions on Saturday. We were able to get several trees cut out on Gales Creek trail between Summit TH and Gales Creek campground, and a number of rootwad tread issues mostly resolved. We’ll be back at it … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone, Education & Sustainability Director ([email protected]) The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) headed west to visit our friends and trails at Klootchy Creek this Saturday. It may come as no surprise that our 15 volunteers and 4 instructors were greeted with a downpour of rain and gusts of wind. Such is life on the … Read More
Written by Nathan Frechen, Tillamook LST Work completed Saturday, January 14th: All downed trees on Step Creek & Gales Creek (between Reehers & Storey Burn junction) were removed. Total of 43 trees were cut out, and 12.5 miles of trail were cleared by six folks. Huge thanks to Brad, Pam, and Jay, who cleared 26 … Read More
Written by Daveed Fleischer Portland Parks asked NWTA for some volunteers to help with trail work at Powell Butte. On Saturday, January 7, at 9 AM, one person from Portland Parks and five people from NWTA gathered on a cool, misty morning. We built a small fence to divert trail traffic. Another group worked together … Read More
** Trail work report ** Written by Nathan Frechen, Tillamook LST On Saturday, January 7th, 2023, 16 volunteers made their way out to the Tillamook State Forest to remove trees knocked down in recent wind events. Breaking into three crews, they managed to clear over 7 miles worth of non-motorized trails and removed around 45 … Read More