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Mark Your Calendars: Portland Trail Fest (April 22 -25) (page)

 

From April 22 through April 25, Northwest Trail Alliance and IMBA will kick off the 2010 trail riding & trail care season in earnest, with the inaugural edition of the PORTLAND TRAIL FEST, a four-day-long celebration of trails, knobby tires, and the planet (yes, April 22 is Earth Day!). And we enthusiastically invite you to join us for the festivities!

This new event - slated to become our annual signature spring event - will provide a great opportunity to connect with fellow riders, get your hands dirty working the trail (and earning good trail karma!), and get out there with new and old friends alike to ride some awesome trails.

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Portland Bike Swap Meet 2010 a Huge Success! (story)

Submitted by Kris Schamp on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 9:05am.

Northwest Trail Alliance would like to thank everyone who attended our 2010 Portland Bike Swap Meet, and all those who volunteered, sponsored, or otherwise helped us making it such a fun and successful event! It was great to see so many cyclists getting together to buy, sell, trade anything related to bikes, and overall having a good time. 

Here are the winners of our grand raffle and silent auction:
- Damian Riehl was the highest bidder in the silent auction of the Spot 29er, donated by Cyclepath.
- Linda Delacy won the admission to Mountain Bike Oregon.
- John Joy won the Yakima Roof Rack, courtesy of Rack Attack.
- Anthony Baysore won the Wabi Woolens jersey.
- Garrett Peck won the free dynamic foot positioning custom boot insoles donated by Alpine Racing Center.
- Tim Greiner and Cliff Shaw won the tuneups donated by Performance Bicycle, Tualatin.
- Yeston Bilecki won the fully decked-out 29-er Kona "Donor Build," donated by Shimano, Sellwood Cycle Repair, Cyclepath, Bike N Hike, Revolver Bikes, Camas Bike & Sport, and Oregon Bike Shop AND the $100 Sellwood Cycle Repair gift certificate.

Northwest Trail Alliance would like to thank Sandbox Studio and Cyclepath for their very generous donations.

We also like to thank Mountain Bike Oregon, Sellwood Cycle Repair, Shimano, Bike N Hike, Alpine Racing Center, Camas Bike & Sport, Oregon Bike Shop, Revolver Bikes, Performance Bicycle, Tualatin, Wabi Woolens, Rack Attack, Nossa Familia Coffee, BikeRacker, and Gracie's Wrench for their generous donations to the Portland Bike Swap and Northwest Trail Alliance.

All proceeds of the event will benefit Northwest Trail Alliance's efforts to maintain and build sustainable bike trails, advocate for offroad cycling opportunities, and promote responsible mountain biking.

Thanks to the wonderful group of volunteers who made it all happen! Thanks to Will Cortez, Ann Spencer, Fred MacGregor, Todd Brochu, Juntu Oberg, David Blan, John Dickinson, John Joy, Ron Strasser, Don Whitehead, Shane Oberg, Susan Martin, Ray Bayley and Dennis Veatch.

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Outreach Alert to Forest Park mountain bikers (story)

Submitted by TomArcher on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 8:25am.

Please abstain from unauthorized trail building, riding on trails that are off-limits to bikes.

February 17, 2010 -- Northwest Trail Alliance has been alerted by Portland Parks & Recreation staff about a recent case of unauthorized trail building and illegal riding in the North Management Unit of Forest Park – the area located north of Germantown Road. This is a very serious matter, as this area has the highest habitat values in the entire park, and is actively used by elk and other wildlife.

While riding is currently allowed on some roads and trails in the North Management Unit, the area is not being considered for expansion of off-road riding opportunities, primarily because of its habitat value. This is clearly spelled out in the Forest Park Natural Resource Management Plan, and Northwest Trail Alliance fully supports this management approach.

Northwest Trail Alliance asks all bike riders to abide by the regulations that are currently in effect in Forest Park. Unauthorized trail building and illegal riding negatively impact our on-going discussions with Portland Parks - and with other land managers - to create more riding opportunities in and around Portland.

We have initiated actions in collaboration with Portland Parks & Recreation to help prevent any further unauthorized trail building/riding in this area. We are also developing an outreach plan to educate off-road cyclists about riding options, regulations, and restrictions in Forest Park. We will also be discussing this issue at our next Monthly Meeting & Social, which will take place on Tuesday February 23rd, at the NW Lucky Lab (details). 

For more info on where you can ride in Forest Park, click here or download the official Forest Park mountain bike map (PDF). For a good summary of where IMBA and Northwest Trail Alliance stand on the issue of unauthorized trails, please read this article.

Northwest Trail Alliance launches all-new Trail Development Partnership Program; applies for grant for trail building machine (story)

Submitted by Frederick on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 2:28pm.
If successful, a January grant application for a brand new single track building machine will form the nucleus of a new trail building partnership between Northwest Trail Alliance and more than a dozen government agencies and mountain biking organizations in NW Oregon and SW Washington. The Single Track ST240, built specifically for trail construction, comes with a price tag of $94,000 (including accessories, closed trailer, and operator training), but the majority of the funds would be covered by the grant from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), which would be awarded in May 2010. By regulation, 20 percent of the cost of the project must come from other sources, and Northwest Trail Alliance project lead Joe Rykowski hopes donations from business supporters will help make up for a good chunk of that sum.
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