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 … Read more
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 … Read more
[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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 in … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more