Supporters of the NWTA showed up in force at a Forest Park rally in October of last year.(Photos © J. Maus)

2010 was a landmark year for the Northwest Trail Alliance and now the up and coming off-road bicycling advocacy group is hiring their first ever paid staff member.
Last year was full of controversy and [...]

Detail of new trail.s

The Sandy Ridge Trail System just gets better and better. The trail network, already a huge hit with off-road biking enthusiasts around the region (check out our coverage of it here), has just added a new bridge and a new section of trail.
According to the Northwest Trail Alliance, a temporary closure [...]

"If implemented, this project could cause significant potential harm to soils, water, and wildlife." -- From letter signed by members of Restore Mt. Hood Coalition

"This will attract more riders to Oregon, increasing tourism dollars in the area. This list of benefits goes on and on... the impact will be minimal." -- Michael Whitesel, member [...]

KGW TV ran a story Monday night titled, "Another rogue bike path in Forest Park." Here's the opening of the story:
"A new illegal bike path in Forest Park has trail users upset, with near misses between docile people on foot and speeding mountain bikers emerging out of nowhere.
And here's the video:
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Committee member Les Blaize at a recent open house.(Photo © J. Maus)

After nine months of meetings, the 15-member Forest Park Single Track Cycling Advisory Committee will present their recommendations to Parks Commissioner Nick Fish and Parks Director Zari Santner tonight.
According to a statement put out by Portland Parks & Recreation, the report, "will represent the [...]

Cover of Forest Park: A Call to Action.

A recent report on the health of Forest Park published by the City Club of Portland has a noted off-road biking advocate crying foul. Frank Selker, the man who launched an effort to improve biking opportunities in the park back in December 2008 and who sits on [...]

Riding in Scappoose.(Photo: Jordan Norris)

Local mountain bike advocates are working to strengthen their relationship with a timber company in Scappoose.
Longview Timber, LLC owns a large tract of land just 20 miles north of Portland that has become a popular riding area over the years. The problem is, while Longview has been gracious [...]

Cover of City Club's Forest Park: A Call to Action.-Download PDF here-

Deciding how to move forward with improved and expanded biking opportunities in Forest Park got a lot more complicated last week.
On Thursday, the City Club of Portland released a 65-page report on Forest Park that, among other things, states unequivocally that there should be [...]

KGW-TV video of bike trail discovered in Madrona Park in North Portland. If video does not load, see KGW story here.
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Enjoying the 1/3 mile of single track in Forest Park. (Photo © J. Maus)

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Parks staffer Dan Moeller on the illegal trail back in February.(Photo © J. Maus)

A work party scheduled for tomorrow will work to decommission a rogue bike trail that was discovered in Forest Park back in February.
The event has been jointly organized by Portland Parks & Recreation and the Northwest Trail Alliance. Volunteers will restore [...]

Big crowd fills the Chris King employee cafe at kickoff event for Portland Trail Fest.(Photos © J. Maus)

The kickoff of the first annual Portland Trail Fest last night served as an inspirational kick-in-the-pants for local off-road riding advocates.
It has been nearly three years since the lack of local trails was first brought to [...]

[This article was written by long time BikePortland reader and active community member and volunteer Kronda Adair. She recently borrowed a mountain bike from River City Bicycles and headed out to explore the Sandy Ridge Trail System.]

Kronda on some of Sandy Ridge's "awesome,
flowy, and swooping," singletrack.
(Photo: Jessica Niggemann)

Mountain biking season is coming. [...]

IMBA Executive Director Mike Van Abel will keynote tonight's kickoff party.(Photo © J. Maus)

In case you haven't noticed, off-road riding is the new commuting in Portland.
Our regional mountain bike advocacy group, the Northwest Trail Alliance, is hitting their stride and there are a lot of new trails being built and talked about in [...]

The .75 mile Tolinda Trail, shown herein orange, would be opened to bike access.(Download full map PDF here)

Portland Parks and Recreation has just published their Forest Park Singletrack Cycling online comment form. The form includes the list of 12 proposed actions to improve and expand bike access in the park and a list of [...]

Tonight's open house will look at several options for improved bike access in Forest Park.(Photo © J. Maus)

Tonight is the long-awaited open house to view bike trail access options recommended by the Forest Park Single Track Cycling Committee. At the event, you'll have the opportunity to learn about all the options on the table, [...]

If you want to see more of this in Forest Park, come to the openhouse on Tuesday.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland Parks & Recreation will host an open house on Tuesday (April 20th) to hear feedback on how to improve access to single track mountain bike trails in Forest Park. The event comes after eight [...]

Detail of Timberline Lodge brochure.

Timberline Lodge -- about 55 miles east of downtown Portland -- is working with the U.S. Forest Service and the consulting firm that created the world-famous Whistler Mountain Bike Park to create a world-class mountain bike area on Mt. Hood.
According to Timberline's website (pointed out to me by a friend yesterday [...]

Portland-based mountain bike advocacy group Northwest Trail Alliance has signed what they are calling a "landmark agreement" with Oregon State Parks. The agreement -- the first of its kind between the agency and a user group -- gives the NWTA the authority to design, build and maintain a network of new mountain bike-specific trails [...]

Portland resident Daniel Fleischer will host a slideshow and video presentation of his 2,900+ mile mountain bike ride at The Mountain Shop tonight.(Photos: Daniel Fleischer)

Portland realtor Daniel Fleischer turned the big 4-0 last May, "So, instead of buying a red Camaro," he told me recently, "I thought I'd take a bike ride." But not [...]