Written by Nell Stamper, NWTA Board Member What a race weekend at the Coast, and what great weather to kick off the first ever Ride the Dirt Wave Race Series at Klootchy Creek. On Saturday, there were guided rides, a Transition bike demo and SRAM tent, a beer garden and a food truck. On Sunday, … Read More
NWTA community members have let us know that they value the opportunity to give feedback to the organization. So to expand feedback opportunities, we made a survey! We want to hear from everyone, members and non-members. Interested in changes? We want to hear where we could improve. Like what we’re already doing? Let us know. … Read More
Written by Juntu Oberg, NWTA Board Member After spending the summer of 2022 observing the launch of our successful mountain bike skills camps at Gateway Green, our Lead Trail Steward, Tim Copeman, noticed that the skills area in the park needed an upgrade. He wanted the skills area to be more utilized, and found it … Read More
Written by Juntu Oberg, NWTA Board Member NWTA kicked off celebrating Earth Month with Friends of Gateway Green (FoGG) on Saturday, April 8th, with a trash pick-up event at Gateway Green. Volunteers split into groups focused on picking up trash at the park and the I-205 Multi-use Path that provides access to the park. NWTA … Read More
Written by Elaine Bothe, NWTA Instructor Chilly but no rain during 2023’s first Kids’ Ride at L.L. Stub Stewart State Park! Stub Stewart State Park has quite the range of trails to suit every level of rider! At the NWTA’s first Kids’ Ride of 2023, a good crew showed up with all the right layers … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone, Education & Sustainability Director ([email protected]) The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) travels 6-7 months out of the year, holding Trail Schools at different trail systems within 60 miles of the Portland area. Each location boasts different ecosystems, soil types, forests, and land management restrictions/guidelines. So although the Trail School curriculum is consistent, oftentimes, … Read More
The cold and snow didn’t stop seven hardy NWTA sawyers from a massive project at Klootchy Creek on Saturday, March 25. The volunteers showed up at Klootchy Creek to clear hundreds upon hundreds of matted, snow-covered trees left on the ground from a commercial thinning project. The slash was 4-5 feet high in a freshly … Read More
Written by Andy Janksy ([email protected]) Thanks to your membership support, NWTA is in the process of finalizing eight new miles of trail on the North Side of Rocky Point! Through a combination of volunteer machine operations, hand building, and hiring a professional trail builder, we were able to rebuild the North side trails that were … Read More
Written by Isabella Taylor On March 3rd, the NW Trail Sisters and River City Bicycles teamed up to host a women-led brake bleed clinic, and it was truly a night to be remembered. It’s been a while since River City has held tech clinics in-house, so Sarah and I were ready to scheme up a … Read More
Written by Chloé Hammond-Bradley On Saturday, March 18, a couple of crews went out to Rocky Point. One of the crews, which had nine members worked on some drainage release and treadway buffing for an old trail called Strasser! This is a trail that will hopefully be opening up in May 2023. It has an … Read More