Gateway Green

Beginner Class: Corners, Climbing, Descents – 8/10

Class offered in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation. Registration required through ActiveNet. Click on the button below. Rider Experience: From beginners to off-road riders with at least 1 year of cycling experience. Beginners are riders with some experience but want to be more confident and have more fun riding a bike off road on dirt, … Read More

Beginner Class: Body Position, Trail Basics, Braking – 8/3

Class offered in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation. Registration required through ActiveNet. Click on the button below. Rider Experience: From beginners to off-road riders with at least 1 year of cycling experience. Beginners are riders with some experience but want to be more confident and have more fun riding a bike off road on dirt, … Read More

Adult Trail Basics & Beyond for Beginners – 7/29-8/19

Adult Camp offered in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation. Registration required through ActiveNet. Click on the button below. What is covered:  This 4-week class series runs weekly on Mondays from 7/29-8/19. Skills covered include body position, trail basics, braking, corners, climbing, descents, ratcheting and balance skills.  Rider experience: From beginners to off-road riderswith at least … Read More

Portland Parks & Rec Spring Break Kids Camp

Word and photos by Elaine Bothe March 25-18, 2024, Gateway Green Bike Park and Montavilla Community Center Spring Break 2024 provided winter weather but summer fun during our Gateway Green Bike Park Kids Camp! Spring Break in the Pacific Northwest is always a mixed-weather bag. Fortunately we got only one full on rainy day during … Read More

Trail Sustainability Institute: Gateway Green Planting Event

Photos by Ruandy Albisurez On Saturday, March 1, 2024, over 30 people came together to improve the ecosystem at Gateway Green! NWTA joined with Portland Parks & Recreation, Warpaint, and Friends of Gateway Green to plant 625 native plants on the north end of the park. A little snow and rain didn’t stop this family-friendly … Read More

Camp – Green Geckos Mountain Biking Skills (Ages 11-14) – 3/25-28

These classes are for kids who are already comfortable riding a bike on some “green (beginner)” level mountain bike dirt trails/grass and can ride down features such as curbs and roots approximately 3-4 inches high. During this class, Riders will continue to improve their balance over varying terrain, including trails and pump tracks (or rolling … Read More

Trail Sustainability Institute: Planting at Gateway Green – 3/2

Join us for a fun day of planting & restoration with partners PP&R, Friends of Gateway Green & Warpaint Outdoors. Join us on Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation, Friends of Gateway Green & Warpaint Outdoors for a fun-filled planting day at Gateway Green Park. This event is … Read More

Warpaint x NWTA DIG DAY – Gateway Green – 12/16

Join us for a fun-filled day at Gateway Green, where families come together to spruce up the park and enjoy quality time outdoors! Family Trail Maintenance Day at Gateway Green hosted by NWTA & Warpaint Join us for a fun-filled day at Gateway Green, where families come together to maintain and enhance our beloved bike … Read More

NWTA/Warpaint BIPOC Intro to Pump Track/Jump Clinic

By Ruandy Albisurez On Sunday, October 21, NWTA partnered with Warpaint Magazine to host a BIPOC Intro to Pump Track/Jump Clinic. The weather ended up being a little gray, but that didn’t stop the crew that came out. We had to skip most of the work on the pump track because it was a little … Read More

Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day 2023 Recap

The sunny and warm weather came out to greet us all on Saturday, October 7, 2023, for Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day!   The local celebration of this annual celebration gathered nearly 150 people together in Gateway Green to ride bikes and have FUN. Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA), in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation, … Read More