Written by Nancy Stone Our Trail Sister’s Dig Days started up in January with great success. The motivation behind holding these dig days was not only to have a fun trail built exclusively by womxn but to give them the foundational skills and knowledge of trail building. These skills are essential to trail work so … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute held our monthly Trail School on February 7th at Rocky Point. Keeping to our Covid-19 guidelines, 10 Trail Stewards arrived to learn the fundamentals of sustainable trail maintenance while enjoying a rare sunny day in the mossy forest. Trail School is split into two distinct types of … Read More
Written by Volunteer Director Jered Bogli After some back and forth with two of the assistant coaches Dan Brown and Duncan Parks, Nancy and I put a date on the calendar with the NICA Portland Composite team for a TSI Trail School and Dig Day on January 24th. NICA stands for National Interscholastic Cycling Association … Read More
Written by Jered Bogli Winter has settled in at Rocky Point. This is the time of year when we get all our trail building done, the soil is easy to work, and it is often too wet to ride, so if you can’t ride, you might as well still be out in the woods. Recently … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone If you are a skilled trail steward or have hopes and dreams to be a skilled trail steward, you will soon have the opportunity to build a brand new gravity trail on the north side of Rocky Point led by women and built by women/trans/femme. Building a fun new gravity trail … Read More
Written by Daniel Stuart With much buzz around Rocky Point, plans start to form for the transformation of forest to trails. Below is an outline of this year’s plan written with a map showing the general flow and size compared to existing trails and the lease boundary. Please be courteous and stay off the trails … Read More
Written by Jered Bogli Saturday Sessions have started Rocky Point is hosting weekly Saturday digs from now through the end of April. We’re keeping things small and safe with only ten volunteer spots available. Saturday Sessions are about building skill and confidence in trail maintenance and trail building. Keeping groups small ensures everyone comes away … Read More
Written by Daniel Stuart It’s been a long time coming, but we have finally gotten the clearance from the landowner that logging is complete and we are allowed to ride everywhere on the south side again! The logging operations were supposed to be completed in September, but for a number of reasons were delayed until … Read More
Written by Bob Lessard Much has been said about Rocky Point in the last year, and a lot has happened with the trails to back it up. This year is going to be big. As you know, we commissioned C2 Recreation Consulting to put together a long-term trail development plan for Rocky Point. The plan … Read More
Rocky Point is closed due to extreme fire danger, wind, and other hazards. This closure takes effect Tonight, September 7, 2020, and will remain in place until the weather forecast improves. This applies to all trails and parking areas including both North and South trail systems. Please DO NOT enter the property at all. If you have … Read More