On Sunday, November 14th, a group of volunteers gathered to work on NWTA’s revamp of the trail Little Monkey. With the funds raised from the Revel Bike Drawing this summer, NWTA hired professional trail builder Sasquatch Trails to help us rework the entire line. After the Sandy Ridge Trail System was established, the Bureau of … Read More
Weekly Rocky Point trail build and maintenance day – Registration is Required! REGISTER HERE About this event Join us on Saturdays through the winter and into the spring as we build and maintain the trails at Rocky Point. The “Saturday Sessions” are small-scale work events that are a great place to practice and grow your … Read More
On Thursday, November 18th, in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation, a group of volunteers gathered at the Visitors Center at Powell Butte Nature Park to support NWTA in our stewardship to maintain the trails open to mountain bikes. This was the 1st work party open to the public since NWTA signed its stewardship agreement … Read More
Congratulations, NWTA! Along with our partners at Port of Cascade Locks and the US Forest Service, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, we were awarded a Recreational Trails Program Grant for $150,000 to build a new trail system with bike optimized trails in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. To fulfill this grant, NWTA … Read More
Written by Nancy Stone ([email protected]) After soaking up all of this information, the trail stewards took this new knowledge and put it to work on Lower Hide and Seek. Considering how much rain we receive in the PNW, everyone paid special attention to drainage and slope to ensure that water flows off the trail quickly with … Read More
Weekly Rocky Point trail build and maintenance day – Registration is Required! REGISTER HERE About this event Join us on Saturdays through the winter and into the spring as we build and maintain the trails at Rocky Point. The “Saturday Sessions” are small-scale work events that are a great place to practice and grow your … Read More
Written by Jered Bogli, Board Member ([email protected]) Saturday Sessions at Rocky Point kicked off this past Saturday (11/6) with a ton of much-needed maintenance work. A full group of volunteers led by Bob Carey and Charles Kim made their way up Tres Amigos to Pipeline and over to Switchblade. On the way up Tres Amigos, … Read More
Join us on Thursday 11/18 to help get the South trail ready for winter riding. REGISTER HERE About this event All ages & trail maintenance skill levels are welcome! Where to Meet Powell Butte Nature Park’s Visitor’s Center at 9 am Scope of Work Work will include improvements on the upper sections of The South … Read More
Weekly Rocky Point trail build and maintenance day – Registration is Required! REGISTER HERE About this event Join us on Saturdays through the winter and into the spring as we build and maintain the trails at Rocky Point. The “Saturday Sessions” are small-scale work events that are a great place to practice and grow your … Read More
Written by Ted Dodd ([email protected]) Thank you for participating in the Shoofly Trail survey. All the votes have been counted, and your additional comments have been reviewed and considered. As you can imagine, it is hard to please everyone all the time. To be fair and inclusive, we organized the vote so that everyone had the … Read More