November 12 and 13 was a BUSY weekend for Northwest Trail Alliance volunteers and members! All told, there was over 400 hours of volunteer work put in over the course of the weekend spread across 6 different locations including a night ride social at Stub Stewart. Here are some highlights. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS AT STUB … Read More
Written by Susan Martin The Historic Hiking Trail is a loop ride close to Portland and offers 8 miles of whoops, rocks, hooting and hollering, but fun cascading drops down a trail system before embarking on doable uphill rock gardens to yet another fast downhill through the deep rich natural rain forest that comprises the … Read More
Written by Nathan Frechen, Tillamook LST On Saturday, March 5th, 28 people showed up to put the finishing touches on the .35 mile Gales Creek re-route in the Tillamook State Forest. In 3 hours, another stump was removed, rock armoring installed over roots, and the entire line was refined. It was a full-day success in … Read More
Written by Nathan Frechen, Tillamook LST ([email protected]) On Saturday, February 5th, 13 folks gathered to continue tread work that was started in December on the .35 mile Gales Creek re-route in the Tillamook State Forest. In 3 hours, we finished roughing in the entire line and removed a couple of stumps – one with mechanical … Read More
Written by Nathan Frechen, Tillamook LST ([email protected]) On Saturday (12/4), 22 brave souls braved the logging roads and impending rain to break ground on the .35 mile Gales Creek re-route in the Tillamook State Forest. The re-route will avoid a 200-yard section of the existing fall line trail that is challenging to ride in both … Read More
Written by Jim Lemonds (Mt. St. Helens & Growlers Gulch LST) [email protected] Nathan Frechen is the new NWTA Local Stewardship Team Lead in the Tillamook State Forest, building on the great work that PUMP/NWTA has done in the past and most recently by Ben McCormack and Tim Mathews. His focus will be on typical maintenance … Read More
After a great summer of riding, this is the time of the year where we ramp up our trail maintenance efforts. Here is what is being planned this fall at the various trail systems and bike parks. SANDY RIDGE This fall, we will spend a lot of time working on Little Monkey. It will be … Read More
Written by Tim Mathews On Saturday, June 12th, a crew of 4 volunteers set out in the Tillamook State Forest to put the final touches on the Sickter Lars trail. As the crew hiked out to the job site, the fog that was trapped in the valley, slowly burned off to a beautiful day, leaving … Read More
Information from Oregon.gov There are two planned timber sales that would/will heavily impact the trails negatively on the Gales Creek and Browns Camp loop network. Due by June 21st. Affected areas: Round Bell timber sale: This sale basically clearcuts nearly a mile of the best single track on all of Gales Creek Trail, on the descent … Read More
Starting Monday, June 30th, we’re rounding out the month with the NWTA member packet pickup for Rocky Point access. These are required to ride at Rocky Point (new members get a one week grace period). You will get a cool ID tag for your bike, and a parking pass for your car. It’s a process … Read More