Everyone,

Message from Hood River County Forestry:

The HRC Tree Farm & trails are a dynamic system, and several updates need to be communicated. Several non-OHV trails will be closed for salvage logging operations starting at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1^st,2026.                       

The closures are estimated to be in place from one to seven days.

Forest gates will also remain closed until salvage operations conclude. Hood River County Forestry will be reopening trails as soon as possible.   The status of the affected trails can be viewed on the Hood River County Digital Trail Map here:  Trail Map  , and includes:

• The Boot
• Twin Peaks
• Splash & Giggle
• Extended Play (including parking area)
• Yoga-Robics
• Chorus/FMX
• Shadow
• 2-Chair
• Upper 8-Track
• Lower 8-Track

In support of the Radiata Timber Sale several OHV trails located adjacent to the Kingsley Reservoir are now closed, and reopening remains T.B.D. at this time. The status of these trails can also be viewed on the Hood River County Digital Trail Map here:  Trail Map  The affected trails include:

• Moto Trail-190 (north of Kingsley Rd.)
• Kingsley OHV Training Area
• ATV Trail-191
• ATV Trail-192
• Moto Trail-193
• Moto Trail-194

For the safety of all, please do not enter the closure or approach machinery.

https://webmap.hoodrivercounty.gov/trail

Thank you, Happy Trails,

HRATS

https://hrats.org/

HRATS Instagram

There is this update as well.

Hello Trail Lovers,

The property owners of the land that Whoopdee is built on have reported riding traffic in the closed area. As a reminder, all of Whoopdee is built on privately owned land, and the landowners are generously allowing us to ride and build these awesome trails.

To clarify what is currently accessible: Ronnoc is open for riding, but the outer loop is closed. Riding in closed areas with active forestry operations puts our access to this land at risk. We know the vast majority of you respect these closures, and we appreciate it — but if riding in closed areas continues, we may have no other option than to close all of Whoopdee until all forestry operations are complete. Losing this trail system permanently would be devastating for our whole community.

We know not everyone receives these emails, so if you see someone heading toward a closed area, please say something to them. We are all stewards of this great riding area, and protecting it starts with each of us.

As we noted in our recent email, we will continue to provide updates as soon as they become available.

Thank you for helping us protect this trail system for years to come.

Categories: Advocacy, mountain bike