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Broken and Coastal: Weekday Shreds at Gateway Green

Broken and Coastal has been producing some great content showcasing all kinds of riding around the PNW. This video showcases a playful weekday ride at Portland’s own Gateway Green! Check out their website for more motivation to get out there and ride!

The Oregon Trail Tax

In case you haven’t heard, pay it forward has a whole new meaning in Oregon. In response to the ‘bike tax’ recently implemented under Oregon House Bill 2017, Santa Cruz Bicycles will be matching the $15 per bike excise tax customers pay with an equal donation to three Oregonian trail building organizations–the Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA), … Read More

Fall Membership Drive – Join and be Eligible to Win!

When you join or renew your membership with NWTA in September, you will automatically be entered to win great weekly prizes AND the grand prize of a Banshee Spitfire full-suspension bike through IMBA’s fall membership drive! Weekly prizes include a Thule bike rack, Giro helmet, Lezyne tools and Stage power meter! Join or renew today … Read More

Shaping our Future

Our plans for 2018 are beginning to form. What would you like to see NWTA do more of in 2018? Is there something you’d prefer we do less of? We’re working for you — member, sponsor, and land manager alike — so please let us know how we can better reflect your desires. Email me … Read More

Caution! Horses on Banks-Vernonia Trail 9/16/2017…

On Saturday September 16, 2017 (between 9am to 3pm) the Northwest Chapter of Oregon Equestrian Trails club will be hosting a trail ride along Banks-Vernonia Trail.  More horse riders than usual will be on the B-V. This is good opportunity to remember trail etiquette. Remember… Slow and stop well before encountering horse riders,  say hello and see what they’d … Read More

Got Butte?

Weigh in on cycling in Gabbert Butte Nature Park Part of a swath of upland forest, Gabbert Butte sits nestled among the Gresham, Hogan, and Sunshine Buttes just south of downtown Gresham. One of a complex of extinct volcanoes, It’s a wonderful piece of nature in the city, with springs and streams feeding Johnson Creek, … Read More

SHIFT was a HUGE success!!

This year’s SHIFT produced great results and was a total blast!  Last weekend started with various group rides all over the mountain from Red Rocks, Blue Lake, Toutle Trail, to the epic Plains of Abraham and Smith Creek.  Saturday consisted with 80 people scattered over the mountain like a well orchestrated army working to clear … Read More

Help out NWTA for FREE!!!

Do you shop at Amazon or Fred Meyer? If so, help us out! Amazon:  Search Smile.Amazon.com. Under the search bar, click “supporting”. Scroll down to “click your own charitable organization”. If you search “Northwest Trail Alliance”, we should be the first result. Next, click select on the right side. It is as simple as that. … Read More

Stub Fest 2017 VIDEO & PHOTOS

Thank You for helping make Stub Fest another success! Last weekend motivated volunteers gathered to work on multiple trail projects at L.L. Stub Stewart State Park during this multi-day event/campout. The weekend’s activities included a trail building class, BBQ social and night ride on Friday. On Saturday we put the tools to work and then … Read More

All Riders, All Trails

Observe the action at the Dirt Lab and it becomes readily clear that the experiment is engaging riders outside the NWTA’s current realm: Weekdays, you’ll see neighborhood moms, encouraging their charges (soon to be chargers) and, on weekends, adults on mountain bikes that were state-of-the-art a decade ago, all intermixed with our usual suspects on … Read More