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Hood River Trail Stewards: Work parties, new equestrian, running, and hiking trail, and fall fundraiser

By White Lotus Sports on October 20, 2023 • ( 0 )

Hello Trail Lovers,

Here’s number five of our eight-week seasonal newsletter.

Reminder of Post Canyon work parties:

First HRATS public work party this Sunday. We need lots of help for numerous projects!

Dates: Sunday, October 22nd and November 12th.

Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Meeting site: Family Man Staging Area
Please bring: Water, snacks, proper footwear, gloves, trail-building attire & a good attitude.
We will be working on a wide range of projects

HR County work party:
Lower Trail-140 / Blue Car Downhill rebuild
Date: Saturday October 28th
Time: 9am start to 2pm
Meeting site: Family Man Staging Area
Please bring: Water, snacks, proper footwear, gloves, trail-building attire & a good attitude.
Contact Thomas Moloney, HRC Recreation Program Manager with questions at Thomas.moloney@hoodrivercounty.gov.

The two new Post trails: If interested in helping contact mvonflotow@gmail.com and/or spaethx5@gmail.com.

44 Trails: If you love to ride up there, now is the chance to show some love. Join the 44 Trails Association for the November 4th work party. Visit the website for details.

Whoopdee Extension: Our trail builders are hard at work and could use your help. If interested in helping or perhaps adopting one of these new sections of the Whoopdee trail to curate like your backyard, please email joebenedetti@gmail.com.

The long-awaited equestrian, running, and hiking trail is in the works! Hood River County sees this project as important to help alleviate congestion of non-similar transport modalities. Allowing horses and other non-wheeled travelers a space makes it safer for everyone. It will be meandering in nature and include some small obstacles like logs and small ravines that make it interesting for horses. The new trail will extend from the Binns Hill area to near family man with an estimated 6 miles of trail. Creek crossings, horse hitching posts, and picnic tables will be strategically placed along the way. We have a short section of trail flagged and ready to dig. If interested in helping please go to the: Post Canyon equestrian/runner/hiker trail Facebook page or email coreymhoffman@gmail.com.

If you’re unable to fling dirt please consider donating to our Fall Fundraiser in support of our new trail projects (more is always better) To donate, visit our webpage

CultureSeed Van fundraiser update:
Thank you to our mountain bike community for reaching out and helping CultureSeed in their effort to fundraise for a second van. They were able to meet their goal this summer! Transportation is a big barrier to the participation of underserved and underrepresented youth in outdoor excursions and peer support groups around the gorge. The addition of a van helps lower this transportation barrier and allows youth to enjoy activities such as mountain biking in Post Canyon! To learn more about CultureSeed and donate click HERE.

Familias at Family Man:
Familias at Family turned out to be a great first step in connecting spanish-speaking families with a great community event. Paco’s Tacos provided the burritos (which sold out!), School of Send and HRATS members provided bikes to ride, Hood River County Prevention and Lion’s Club provided donated helmets, and Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation along with HRATS helped sponsor the event. Thank you to Cleary Bikes for the donation of a bike for a lucky raffle winner at the end of a fun night!

Seeking HRATS Volunteer Coordinator:
HRATS is looking for a friendly trail enthusiast to help us organize work parties and recruit volunteers to keep our trails in good shape. The Volunteer Coordinator will work with the Adopter Liaison to help with trail maintenance and trail building needs identified by our local trail adopters. The Volunteer Coordinator should enjoy working with people, be enthusiastic about mountain biking, and have strong communication skills. Prior trail-building experience is appreciated but not required. HRATS board member appointments are three-year terms. We hope to find someone interested in sticking around and helping for multiple build seasons. Please contact: spaeth.andrew@gmail.com.

Seeking HRATS 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 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.

That’s all for this week.

Thanks for reading!