Join NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) for an Advanced Trail School that covers the soup to nuts of trail building! Are you curious about how to build a trail from start to finish? Join NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) for an Advanced Trail School that will take volunteers through the process of determining where to … Read More
This past Saturday the 10th, the Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) brought rock work to life on the Ouroboros Trail in Cascade Locks with a hands-on Rock Work and Armoring clinic that was equal parts education, sweat, and puzzling stones together. Volunteers were joined by guest instructor Shane Wilson of Trailhaus, whose depth of experience as … Read More
NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute hosted its second Trail School: Fundamentals of the season on Saturday, December 15 at Newell Creek Canyon. The park, managed by Metro, is one of NWTA’s newest stewardship areas, having joined the organization’s trail portfolio just two months ago. What Trail School Teaches: Fundamentals of Sustainable Trail Maintenance Trail School is designed as … Read More
Join us for the third and final installment of the NW Trail Sisters’ Trail Building Training Series back at Stub Stewart! Sponsored by River City Bicycles Join us at Stub Stewart along with our friends and generous sponsor River City Bicyles for the third and final installment of the NW Trail Sisters Training Series where we will … Read More
Join NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) for a day of learning the fine art of rock work and armoring trails. Join NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) for the first Advanced Trail School of the season! Participants will be gaining skills in rock work and armoring.
Join us for the second installment of the NW Trail Sisters’ Trail Building Training Series at Gateway Green! Join us at Gateway Green for the second installment of the NW Trail Sisters Training Series where we will be learning all about maintaining jump lines with hand tools! This outdoor education series is made possible through … Read More
In the last year alone, NWTA hosted over 100 dig days across the region, keeping 250 miles of trails maintained while continuing to build more! This monumental effort would be absolutely impossible without the skill and support of our trained Crew Leaders. Building on this momentum, NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) held its eleventh Crew Leader Training … Read More
Join us for NWTA’s first stewardship event at Newell Creek! Trail School teaches the fundamental skills needed to maintain our trails. Participants will be learning safety techniques and tool identification/uses, as well as hands-on training of corridor clearing, drainage, tread repair and benchwork. Northwest Trail Alliance’s Trail Sustainability Institute’s goal is to foster a culture of … Read More
On the heels of our newly signed stewardship agreement with Metro, NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) launched its first Trail School: Fundamentals class of the 25–’26 dig season on Sunday, November 16, at Chehalem Ridge. Trail School: Fundamentals is designed to introduce volunteers to the core principles of sustainable trail maintenance. Participants learn safety practices, … Read More
NWTA’s Trail Sustainability Institute will be hosting Crew Leader Training at Stub Stewart State Park. Crew Leaders are essential to the success of trail building work parties. These individuals provide guidance, vision and share their knowledge with their crew of trail builders. If you are a seasoned Trail Steward who is interested in expanding your … Read More