Hello Trail Lovers,

Featuring this week: Family Man in Post Canyon 

After a year of construction in Family Man, we are ready to show off our massive project to all of our supporters. We’ve spent most of our time asking for volunteers, coordinating, and building, and not so much sharing our vision, but it’s finally time for a little show-and-tell.    Here is a list of the new Family Man lines. The names are links to their Trailforks page.   So please click on the name so you can see where it is in Family Man.

The Playground – A perfect trail for kids on striders to kids with 20” wheels.

Cakewalk – An updated beginner skills loop with a nice mix of fun features and a very mellow downhill. You’ll see more and more features added throughout the summer.

1st Grade – The first in the series of grade school jump lines for the beginner.

3rd Grade – The second in the series of jump lines with 3 small table jumps and a flowy, downhill section.

5th Grade – The progression then moves here for a slightly more aggressive line.

New Middle School – A whole new jump experience for Post Canyon simply because the sends are bigger, but also friendly radii and all rollable tables. There is a brand new 100″ roll-in ramp as well to help generate the extra speed. An incredible jump line!

Honor Roll – Starts on the same wooden deck as 3rd Grade and is a fun downhill pump track.

Klee Drops – All new progressive drops are in. The whole area got altered dirt wise to have friendly landings that support proper trail speed drops, and they dovetail nicely into Drop Out with three wood drops that progress up to nearly 4ft.

School of Rock – New extended rock garden with multiple progressive lines. Small rocks to big boulders, it’s a great place to practice some technical riding.

Field Day – Under Construction: The perfect warm-up lap and the place to check the setup on your bike before a day of riding from Family Man. It’s also a good warm-up for those heading up to Remix for the first time.

Timber Cruise – Post Canyon’s first Adaptive mountain bike trail. A short, fun loop with mellow features.

Although we show the Family Man map above, as always, trailforks.com is the best way to see trails that HRATS works on.   

Also, HRVHS students have created custom trail signs for Family Man using recycled sawmill blades. The signs are ready to be installed, so look for those soon.  

Credit:

This work was funded by HRC’s and ORPD’s grants, HRATS, your donations, volunteers, and HRC’s parking pass.

We are building and improving trails faster than we ever have, your donations are critical to keep this momentum going. Please help where you can.

Donate button: https://hrats.org/fundraising/donations/

Spring Party and Fundraiser: 

4/20, 4 – 8 pm, The Ruins… beer, bikes, music. The window to purchase raffle tickets for the big event is open. We were very successful last year, raffling off some great prizes, and we hope to do more of the same this year. We have over $20,000 in items and are looking to you all to help raise some money to keep our trail building and maintenance going. The raffle for kids items will start at 5:30 and the adult items will start at 6:45. You do not need to be present to win.

New for 2024 – We can now offer raffle tickets for purchase ONLINE using this link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/sbKjVSeELNz-oYrI2SXGmg

Of course, we will sell tickets the day of, which is also a great way to get in on the action—or even increase your chances! For logistics, the online raffle ticket window will close on April 17th. TODAY!

Thanks for your support, and we look forward to seeing you in a few days at The Ruins. 

Don’t miss the Hood River Community Mountain Bike Garage Sale

Friday April 26th 3 – 7 pm on the lawn behind Ferment. Come buy, sell, or trade your mtn bike gear, parts, or clothing. Sponsored by Brave Endeavors.

Contact Nikki Rohan at nikkitrohan@gmail.com or (541)399-3551if interested in selling your gear. 10% of proceeds go to HRATS.

And Donate: https://hrats.org/fundraising/donations/

Happy Trails,

HRATS

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