In the last few years, the Northwest Trail Alliance has signed several new stewardship agreements, grown its membership, and built a much larger community of trail stewards. The NWTA has grown the size of its operations by 500%. But another important thing has changed as well. Most of Portland’s mountain bike industry has become actively … Read More
Written by Ted Dodd ([email protected]) On Saturday, October 9th, the first Stub trail project of the season was a big success! Great weather, lots of laughs, and a huge feeling of accomplishment. When riding lower ShooFly and the switchback on William Creek, you can thank the following volunteers for their hard work: Aaron Stanek, Richard … Read More
The gravity lines at Gateway Green, built during the park’s Phase 2 construction, were very popular amongst mountain bikers of all skill levels. Once the news of the impending closure of ⅔ of the lines, the feedback was swift and not kind. Trimet’s A Better Red project has been in the works since the inception of the … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone ([email protected]) Who knew that having a gear swap and two guided rides would be so much fun? The Trail Sisters did! So many of us have extra gear that we have accumulated over time that is just sitting in our closets, collecting dust, and taking up space. At the same time, … Read More
Trek Portland awards Northwest Trail Alliance a grant to support Community Based Mountain Bike Programming. The award includes eight Trek Marlin 6 bicycles, Rally Wave cell helmets, Bontrager hip packs, multi-tools, pumps, tire levers, and water bottle cages. A retail value of over $9,000. “The Portland Trek Bicycle Stores are extremely excited to be teaming … 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
All photos by S. Benesh After having to reschedule due to the excessive heat we had in mid-August, NWTA & BikePOCpnw celebrated the diversity in Portland’s mountain bike community by gathering at Gateway Green for “Gateway – A BIPOC mountain bike event” on Sunday, September 5th. Throughout the day riders came out to the central … Read More
Gateway Green’s Phase 3 construction begins on Tuesday, September 7th. This project will significantly impact the South End of the Park (all other areas will remain open). During construction, the unofficial south entrance will be closed as well as the top portions of The Gravity Lines (Rebar Ridge & Linda’s Line). NWTA will be working … Read More
Please be cautious when driving from Highway 30 to the Rocky Point main parking area. Logging activity at Rocky Point will affect traffic flow on Rocky Point Road just downhill from the parking area. Large trucks and equipment will be entering and leaving the North side gate regularly throughout the next several months. The North … Read More
A small group gathered on Friday evening (8/20) at a grey and misty Marble Mountain Sno-Park to spend the weekend riding trails at the Mount St. Helens National Monument. Saturday’s weather slightly improved and groups formed to do different activities for the day. Those who brought their kayaks went to paddle at Merrill Lake. A … Read More