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Trek Portland Grant

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

Upcoming Fall Dig Days

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

Celebrating Diversity in Portland Mountain Biking

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

Impacts to Gateway Green

Trimet’s A Better Red – Impacts to Gateway Green.

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

Logging truck activity to/from north side of Rocky Point

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

St. Helens Moon-rise Weekend Social

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

NWTS Sandy Ridge Beginner Ride – RECAP

Written by Nancy Stone [email protected] On Tuesday 8/17 we had 12 women arrive for the beginner’s ride at Sandy Ridge. The enthusiasm and stoke were high the entire evening. This is likely contributed to the positive attitudes everyone brought to the table and the light rain falling from the sky. Rain! Which translated into tacky tread and a much-needed … Read More

All about Rocky Point Access: Tags, Waivers… Everything

There are quite a few questions that come up on a regular basis about Rocky Point. Q&A is below, but it comes down to NWTA’s lease agreement with Weyerhaeuser, and the requirement that NWTA keeps track of who is using the property for safety and security reasons. Access to the property is free for all … Read More

Press Release – New Trail Alert from USFS

August 10, 2021 – Cascade Locks, OR As featured in USFS The Scene Newsletter – August 2021 “The Forest Service is partnering with The Port of Cascade Locks and Northwest Trail Alliance to develop a 15-mile shared-use trail system that will expand opportunities for mountain biking, hiking, and equestrian use in the vicinity of Cascade … Read More