You may have seen our recent article on two enduro athletes from Portland, Oregon, whom Specialized is sponsoring for both their racing and trail building efforts. The Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA) president, Bob Lessard, reached out after reading the piece to add some context around the trail system they are all working on.
The system in question is called Rocky Point, named after the county road that the trails emanate from, above Scappoose, Oregon. Located a flat 20 highway miles from the Pacific Northwest’s epicenter for coffee, cannabis, beer, and bikes, some folks might be keen to ride to their closest trail network. For most riders in the metro area, cars remain a necessary component of mountain biking. While Portland is praised as a “bike friendly city,” the phrase mostly applies to commuting and road riding, not mountain biking.
There have been trails in the Scappoose area for as long as anyone can remember, and the NWTA recently stepped up to make them official — and hopefully improve the system in the process. Lessard mentioned that when the NWTA originally met with the trail builders at Rocky Point, they were not necessarily stoked to see the organization taking control of their hand-dug system. Today, the relationship has blossomed, and one of the initial trail builders is now on the group’s board of directors.
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