Hundreds to attend ride to protest River View bike ban
Feeling helpless and powerless, hundreds plan to ride illegally in River View Natural Area on March 16th.
River View Natural Area
River View is a formerly private 146-acre parcel jointly purchased in 2011 by the City of Portland Parks & Recreation bureau, the Bureau of Environmental Services, the Trust for Public Land, and Metro. The land was previously owned by River View Cemetery. While people have been riding bikes and hiking on the property for decades, that use was illegal but not often enforced. The City of Portland is now leading an effort to re-develop the land and make it a nature area and public park.
Oregonian editorial calls on city to ‘reconsider its bike ban’ in River View
It’s an unfair breach of trust with mountain bikers, the paper’s editorial said.
Citing environmental concerns, City says no to mountain biking at River View Natural Area
Dreams of mountain biking trails at River View Natural Area have been dashed.
Off-road advocates propose biking trails at River View Natural Area
The Northwest Trail Alliance has unveiled their proposal for the future of mountain biking at River View Natural Area.
Go off-road in River View Natural Area
As we noted last week, the planning process for River View Natural Area is already well underway. This 146 acre parcel of land sandwiched between the Willamette River, Lewis & Clark College, River View Cemetery, and SW Palatine Hill Road, is being restored and re-imagined for public use and conservation. One of the uses being … Read more
MTB roundup: Helltrack, River View planning, Sandy Ridge award, and more
Helltrack is coming! Just because Portland isn’t known as a mountain biking mecca (yet), doesn’t mean we don’t have our share of mountain bike news. Check out the updates on several fronts below… Helltrack at The Lumberyard The Lumberyard has partnered up with PlusSizeBMX on an interesting event next month: They call it “Helltrack.” According … Read more
Portland Parks seeks members for River View Natural Area advisory committee
A trail in River View Natural Area.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) If you care about off-road bicycling in Portland, take note that a very important planning process is getting underway. Portland Parks & Recreation is seeking members of the public to sit on an advisory committee that will help plan the future of their River View … Read more
Regional mountain biking news roundup
Portland Parks is moving forward with trail planning at River View Natural Area. It’s a great sign of progress when there’s enough mountain biking news for a roundup. In Portland and in hills in almost every direction there are plans afoot to improve and expand off-road riding opportunities. We are very fortunate around here to … Read more
Trail work party Saturday at Riverview property
As we’ve shared in the past, the Riverview property (nestled between Terwilliger and Highway 43) could be awesome for bikes. On Saturday, trail advocates will host a work party to invest some sweat equity to make it happen. Join them. See details below: Please join Portland Parks and Recreation, NWTA and Sellwood Cycle in River … Read more
Riverview property holds major mountain biking potential
Volunteers gathered at the Riverview property for a work party yesterday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Yesterday I rolled out to southwest Portland to get a closer look at the Riverview property — and I am now even more optimistic about its potential as a riding area. Riverview could become what is now major missing element of … Read more
At Riverview property, off-road riding advocates invest sweat equity
A trail into the Riverview natural area. Portland Parks & Recreation will host a trail work party at their newly acquired Riverview natural area next week and many of the volunteers that show up will be from the Northwest Trail Alliance, a group eager to expand local off-road riding opportunities and willing to invest sweat … Read more
Off-road bike trails figure into new property acquired by Parks Bureau
River View Forest will soon be owned by the City.(Photo: City of Portland) Calling it the “largest land acquisition in recent decades,” two City bureaus (Parks and Environmental Services) teamed up with Metro to purchase 146 acres of natural area known as the “River View Forest” in Southwest Portland. The $11.25 million deal was announced … Read more