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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 at 9:48 am.
Ride, learn, and mingle at the upcoming Trail Fest.(Photos © J. Maus)
The Northwest Trail Alliance has announced the first annual Portland Trail Fest. The event, which organizers says will become their annual signature event, will be a four day "celebration of trails, knobby tires, and the planet."
Beginning on Earth Day (4/22), the Trail Fest [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2010 at 9:10 am.
At the committee meeting last night.(Photos © J. Maus)
Commissioner Nick Fish's promise to improve and expand access for bicycles in Forest Park might be harder to keep than he expected.
With emotions still raw over the construction of an unauthorized trail in a sensitive habitat area of the park, tonight's meeting of the Forest Park Single [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2010 at 1:25 pm.
Commissioner Fish in front of a map of Forest Park at a roundtable discussion last April.(Photo © J. Maus)
Exactly one year ago today, newly elected City Commissioner Nick Fish made a bold proclamation about the future of mountain bike access in Forest Park. Following an unprecedented groundswell of community enthusiasm and activism calling more [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2010 at 11:39 am.
NWTA President Tom Archer.(Photos © J. Maus)
In light of the discovery of an unauthorized bike trail in the northern reaches of Forest Park, I spoke about the situation this morning with Tom Archer, President of the non-profit off-road advocacy group the Northwest Trail Alliance.
Archer was clearly disappointed by the discovery and expressed hope that attention [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 at 1:22 pm.
Parks employee Dan Moeller with the illegal trail behind him.- Slideshow below - (Photo © J. Maus)
Portland Parks & Recreation staff have discovered an unauthorized mountain bike trail built in the northern end of Forest Park. Parks spokesperson Beth Sorensen said the trail was found at the end of last week in "one of [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2009 at 10:44 am.
Powell Butte could become a nicer place to ride.(Graphic: City of Portland)
The Portland Water Bureau is constructing a second reservoir at Powell Butte Nature Park and the project comes with an exciting opportunity to improve the park's off-road trail network.
The 600-plus acre extinct cinder cone in outer southeast Portland already allows multiple uses -- including [...]
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 4:27 pm.
Commissioner Nick Fish talks Forest Park and "freak-outs".(Photos © J. Maus)
It's been almost one year since citizen activist Frank Selker re-energized the issue of increased bicycle access in Forest Park. Since then his effort has sparked widespread momentum for the issue and now the City of Portland's Bureau of Parks and Recreation has convened [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 5:08 pm.
Former Parks Bureau staffer Gregg Everheart enjoys a rare piece of Forest Park single track.(Photos © J. Maus)
Ever since citizen activist Frank Selker launched his grassroots campaign to garner support for more bicycle access in Forest Park, progress has followed at a steady clip.
The community responded quickly, business support followed, and even City Commissioner Nick [...]
Posted on August 5th, 2009 at 9:57 am.
Riding in Scappoose is in jeopardy if fire closures are not honored.(Photo: jordan_n22/Flickr)
A popular mountain bike trail riding area in Scappoose, a town just 20 miles north of Portland, has been closed due to high fire season brought on by recent record-setting heat. The closure affects hundreds of thousands of acres of private forest [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2009 at 10:13 am.
The Forest Park Conservancy recognizes that off-road cyclists are a legitimate user group whose needs are not currently being met.-- from the introduction of White Paper on Off-Road Cycling in Forest Park
The Forest Park Conservancy (FPC), in collaboration with a range of stakeholders, has released the final version of its White Paper on Off-Road Cycling [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 11:11 am.
Bikes in Forest Park.(Photo © J. Maus)
The efforts by the Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA, formerly the Portland United Mountain Pedalers) to thaw relations with Portland Parks and Recreation (PP&R) and the Forest Park Conservancy (FPC) in order to hasten increased access for bikes in Forest Park are moving faster than I can keep up with.
I [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2009 at 11:10 am.
The new logo and name was unveiled last night.(Photos © J. Maus)
The Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) are now known as the Northwest Trail Alliance and a new era in off-road advocacy has begun.
PUMP, a group that celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, has gone through big changes in recent months and with last night's [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2009 at 10:48 am.
At a meeting in City Hall last night, Parks Commissioner Nick Fish (in suit in upper left corner) learned more about urban mountain biking issues from a host of experts and advocates.(Photos © J. Maus)
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Posted on April 6th, 2009 at 12:29 pm.
Universal Cycles storefront at NW 18th and Thurman.(Photos © J. Maus)
Universal Cycles in northwest Portland has committed $10,000 a year for the next five years in order to help push local advocates and community leaders into creating more singletrack mountain bike trails in Forest Park.
Universal general manager Mike Doolittle told me this morning that, [...]
Posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm.
Scene from a Cross Crusade race at Horning's Hideout in 2007(Photos © J. Maus)
Two of the year's most challenging rides are slated for this weekend: the infamously, absurdly hilly De Ronde van Oeste Portlandia (a.k.a. the Tour of Flanders) on Saturday and the Horning's Hustle mountain bike circuit race on Sunday.
Many participants will find satisfaction [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2009 at 7:39 am.
Commissioner Nick Fish wants to open up the dialogue on off-road biking.(Photo © J. Maus)
Last month, rookie City Commissioner Nick Fish made his opinion of off-road biking clear. He told BikePortland that he was not satisfied with the current status quo of riding in the city and that he would work quickly to learn [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2009 at 7:14 am.
PUMP will host an off-road advocacy presentation tonight in Northwest Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)
As Portland moves in on creating more off-road, urban riding areas, interest in skills parks and pump tracks is growing. However, unlike in the transportation cycling realm -- where Portland is often looked upon as a leader -- when it [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2009 at 9:45 am.
Local mountain bike advocates are gearing up for a day of trail work in Forest Park.(Photo © J. Maus)
This Saturday, trails throughout Forest Park will be full of mountain bikers. Is it a rogue protest for equal access? No. The off-road riding enthusiasts will have their hands on shovels and pick-axes, not [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm.
With the voting in of six new board members at their monthly meeting earlier this week, the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) are set to embark a new era of off-road advocacy.
These new board members mark a significant turning point for PUMP, a group that some advocates for more off-road riding opportunities in Portland had [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2009 at 10:35 am.
"My interest is not in studying this to death, it's seeing what we can actually do...I am committed to finding ways to significantly expand our current inventory of singletrack trails."-- Nick Fish, Portland City Commissioner
The idea of mountain bike access in Forest Park has been an issue for Portlanders for over two decades. Local [...]
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