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Eichler Bike Park Update: It’s on!

Eichler BMX Park in Beaverton, Oregon, was just a couple of mounds of dirt a year ago. That is all about to change. Raul Atencio of the Northwest Trail Alliance has officially taken over my spot as the guy who’s in charge of the Eichler BMX Park project in Beaverton, Oregon. (a suburb of Portland) The [...]

05.26.2011 Oregon Bike Parks Read the full story →
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MTB News Roundup for January 2011

Spending way too much time searching the interwebs, so you don’t have to, brought to you via the pipelines that are Twitter, Facebook, and Google. Northwest – Oregon, Washington Mt. Hood & Columbia River Gorge Area – Bad news for riders that love to ride in the Syncline area, otherwise known as the winter riding [...]

01.19.2011 News Read the full story →
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Black Rock Shuttle Day Fundraiser for NWTA

(Via Joe Rykowski) Northwest Trail Alliance is hosting a shuttle day event at Black Rock Mountain Bike Area (near Falls City, Oregon) on Sunday, July 25 for people who have donated $55 or more towards the match funding needed for purchase of ST240 singletrack trail construction machine. The Cause NWTA has been recommended for funding [...]

05.27.2010 Features Read the full story →
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NWTA Meeting with updated Scappoose Trails info

Last night the NWTA held their monthly meeting in their new venue in southeast Portland, at the Roots Brewery. One of the main talking points was regarding the trails in Scappoose on land owned by Longview Fiber, now known as Longview Timber. Recently Tom Archer and Slovak of the NWTA met with representatives with Longview [...]

05.26.2010 News Read the full story →

Rally for single track in Portland Tuesday April 20th

Portland Parks and Recreation is holding a community open house Tuesday, April 20, 5:30–7:30 PM at the Holiday Inn Express, 2333 NW Vaughn. The Northwest Trails Alliance has put out the call to support our fellow riders who have put in countless volunteer hours to try and get us more single track in Forest Park, [...]

04.16.2010 News Read the full story →
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UPDATE: Marmot is out, Road 14 is in

<UPDATED>We’ll just get to the point regarding the Flow Trails at the Marmot Dam area. Freeride trails were not authorized for the area, and will not be sanctioned at this time. All the wood structures featured in the previous post have been decommissioned. Does it suck? Yes. It is heart breaking to see the hard [...]

03.19.2010 Blog Read the full story →

Portland Trail Fest is coming

The Northwest Trail Alliance is a lot more than PUMP (the group known as the Portland United Mountain Pedalers) rebranded. No, this is a group focused and dedicated to making places to ride a reality. And that includes DH, Freeride trails, and dirt jumps too. Not the PUMP of old. I’ve been spending a good [...]

03.12.2010 News Read the full story →