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Hood River Area Trail Stewards Update: Shuttle Day, Fall fund-raising, E-bike 101, 44 Trails work parties

By White Lotus Sports on October 4, 2023 • ( 0 )

Greetings, Trail folk!

We hope you’re enjoying the fall sprinkles and resulting brown pow. Here’s the latest and greatest trail news for the week.

Oct. 7 is Shuttle Day!
The annual Fall shuttle day fundraiser returns on Saturday October 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A $45 suggested donation gets you a full day of shuttle laps to Binn’s Hill and beyond. Shuttles run from the bottom of Post Canyon Road. Shuttle Day is a drop-in event, so all you need to do is show up, sign up, grab a donut, and hop in. (Consider carpooling or parking at Family Man and riding down to ease parking congestion.) This event wouldn’t be possible with our excellent sponsors: Brave Endeavors, Cooper Spur Alpine Team, School of Send, and Mountain View Cycles.

Fall Fundraising Needs
If you haven’t heard already, we’ve got permission for several awesome projects, but we’re a little short on cash. We’re calling on our generous supporters (that’s you!) to help raise $15,000. We’ve raised $4,000 so far and need $11,000 more for these dream trails:

Whoopdee Extension: 7-plus miles of new trail on the east side of the valley! The addition includes after mile of signature Whoopdee flow through forests, glades, and meadows. Our awesome trail builders started last May and made it halfway before summer shutdown. The target is to have the entire new loop connected by spring.

New Post Trails: TWO new descending trails in the works! (Trail #1—north of Uptrack—will be a difficult, intermediate, technical route. Trail #2—from the top of UpTrack located in the old 8 Track zone—will be a playful, pumpy, flowy way down for beginners to skilled riders.

Continuing the Family Man Redesign:
· Middle School jump line near Fifth Grade with a high roll-in ramp
· School of Rock rock garden at the end of First Grade
· A warm-up trail just south of Family Man (Funded by HRC’s grant)
· An adaptive accessible trail in the Middle of Family Man (Funded by HRC’s grant)
· Big upgrades to the eastside line
· New trail signage
· Pumptrack cleanup
· More vault toilets and parking spots (Funded by HRC’s grant)

We humbly to ask you to pitch in what you can toward our $15,000 goal to fund these fall projects. To donate, visit our webpage.

Seeking FUNdraisers
We’re looking for a few passionate, energetic folks to join our fundraising committee. The committee works year-round, but with an average commitment of a few hours a month and with an effort peaking around our large spring fundraiser in April/May. No prior fundraising experience is required. For more info, contact Fundraising Chair Campbell Morrissy.

E-Bike 101

With more and more folks joining the e-bike ranks, we’ve had questions about where to ride. Here’s the status of E-Bike use on local trails.

Post Canyon: Class 1 E-bikes (no throttle) are allowed on all trails in Post Canyon, which is managed by Hood River County (HRC). Trailforks is up to date for the Post Canyon area.

Whoopdee: The Whoopdee trail network on the east side of Hood River Valley is on private land owned by Green Diamond. They follow HRC guidelines and allow Class 1 E-bikes. However, they DO NOT want the trails on public maps, so we have to actively remove them from Trailforks. If you need trail info, send us an email.

Hospital Hill: The Hospital Hill trail network above White Salmon is on private land owned by Green Diamond and Kreps Ranch. They follow HRC guidelines and allow Class 1 E-bikes. However, they DO NOT want the trails on public maps, so we have to actively remove them from Trailforks. If you need trail info, send us an email.

Nestor Peak: The trails around Nestor Peak are on Department of Natural Resources Land and E-bikes are allowed. You can find maps to the area on Trailforks.

Syncline: The trails at Syncline/Coyote Wall are on US Forest Service land. E-bikes are not allowed US Forest Service land.

44 Trails: The 44 Trails system to the east of Mt. Hood is also on US Forest Service land and E-Bikes are not allowed here. For more information on the 44 Trails system, get in touch with 44 Trails Association.

44 Trails Work Parties
Speaking of 44 Trails, if you love to ride up there, now is the chance to show some love. Join with 44 Trails Association on October 15 and November 4 for fall work parties! Visit the website for details.

That’s it for this week.

Happy Trails!

Our mailing address is:

Hood River Area Trail Stewards
1767 12th Street
Suite #209
Hood River, OR 97031