Knobby-Tired Nights: Videos of Discovery

Knobby-Tired Nights: Videos of Discovery

Couldn’t join the crowd at Hopworks last night? Check out the films we watched below, and consider donating to our Cross the Cascades project. We were able to raise $235 last night thanks to y’alls generosity and Hopworks’ $1 per Pint program!

From Instagram to the OTT: an Oregon Timber Trail Story

From Instagram to the OTT: an Oregon Timber Trail Story

As far as Singletrack is concerned, the almost 10 mile descent from Crescent Mountain to the primitive Shedd Camp, was the highlight of the trip for me.  Fast, flowy, all rideable, and completely isolated, when you ride this section, you have it completely to yourself.  Miles and I both were all smiles as we called it a night at Shedd Camp.

Knobby-Tired Nights: Videos to Inspire

Knobby-Tired Nights: Videos to Inspire

Couldn’t join the crowd at Hopworks last night? Check out the films we watched below, and consider donating to our Cross the Cascades project. We were able to raise almost $300 last night thanks to y’alls generosity and Hopworks’ $1 per Pint program!

CROSS THE CASCADES - The Oregon Timber Trail Needs Your Help

CROSS THE CASCADES - The Oregon Timber Trail Needs Your Help

Over the next two years the OTTA has 6+ miles of new alpine singletrack planned and approved to be built. And trails aren’t cheap—this will cost us roughly $150,000: or $5 for every foot of trail. Can you spare $5 to help us complete these historic and important trail connections through Oregon’s Cascade Range?

SURVEY - Did you ride all or part of the Oregon Timber Trail this year?

SURVEY - Did you ride all or part of the Oregon Timber Trail this year?

This short survey will guide our strategic planning process, and the OTTA's 2019 priorities. This is your chance to have a say in the future of the Oregon Timber Trail. 

Brian Lucido Rides The Oregon Timber Trail

Brian Lucido Rides The Oregon Timber Trail

At each resupply (except for Chemult and Sisters), people we met were very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the OTT. People in Paisley, Silver Lake, Oakridge, Idhana, and Parkdale all asked us what they could do to make the OTT experience even better. These small communities benefit from tourism, and really seemed to love having bike-packers come through. Feeling so warmly welcomed in each of these communities contributed very positively to our overall enjoyment of the route.

Oregon Timber Trail (OTT) Ride Report, Tips, and Gear

Oregon Timber Trail (OTT) Ride Report, Tips, and Gear

Lesson one: you can’t learn very much Japanese in ten hours. It’s really hard. Turns out, Keita and Innochi actually spoke some English and all the words I had just learned, they already knew.

Bikepacking the OTT - Broken Bikes and Other Trials

Bikepacking the OTT - Broken Bikes and Other Trials

We’d bikepacked a week on the Oregon Timber Trail (OTT) while it hurled curveballs. This latest one seemed insurmountable: Brady’s old aluminum bike sat next to us, top tube fully snapped off. Clearly, his trip was over.

Scottish Duo Links up the OTT from Northern California to British Columbia

Scottish Duo Links up the OTT from Northern California to British Columbia

We rode the OTT as part of a longer, 4 month trip through Northern California to British Columbia. By the time we reached New Pine Creek we were pretty comfortable with our set-ups and ready for some adventurous trails... and adventurous trails we got! 

2018 Hood Stewardship Campout

2018 Hood Stewardship Campout

Our fourth Stewardship Campout of the season was also the was also the quickest to fill up thanks to the collaboration with ultra running community and Go Beyond Racing. These trails not only intersect with the PCT but also serve as the course for a sold-out 100 mile running race. 

2018 Willamette Stewardship Campout

2018 Willamette Stewardship Campout

Our Willamette Stewardship Campout focused on less than a mile. But what a mile—"Derrick's Deadly Switchbacks" descend 1,000' in this short distance.

2018 Deschutes Tier Stewardship Campout

2018 Deschutes Tier Stewardship Campout

After our work event's thunderstorms and snow flurries in the Fremont Tier over Memorial Day weekend we thought for sure we had left winter behind us. Nope. The forecast near our work site on the Deschutes Tier called for a "Heavy wintery mix."

New for 2018 - Updated Oregon Timber Trail Route Guide and Maps

New for 2018 - Updated Oregon Timber Trail Route Guide and Maps

That's right, our entire website and download center has been extensively updated for 2018. Here are the highlights.


Springwater School is awarded Riding for Focus grant

Springwater School is awarded Riding for Focus grant

Congrats to our partners at Springwater School for being awarded the Riding for Focus grant! They are the first and only school in Oregon to receive the grant. Watch their application video below, as well as a video about the Riding for Focus program.

2018 Fremont Tier Stewardship Campout in Photos

2018 Fremont Tier Stewardship Campout in Photos

The Fremont Tier continues to hold its intrigue—the most remote of our Stewardship Campouts also was the first to fill up. Thirty-five hard working volunteers cleared and improved roughly 130 miles of the Oregon Timber Trail over the course of our 6 day event.

Recap: Technical Skills for Backcountry Trail Maintenance

Recap: Technical Skills for Backcountry Trail Maintenance

Personally, I got tired with just “using” trails. I’ve been riding mountain bikes on and off for 30 years.  It was time to give back a little more. Luckily for all of us, the Oregon Timber Trail is 670 miles long and much of it is remote and in certain sections are in disrepair.

Interested in helping maintain public trails? Here's what you need to bring.

Interested in helping maintain public trails? Here's what you need to bring.

Come on down! No experience required! That’s right, you just need a smile, a good attitude, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The Oregon Timber Trail Alliance stewardship events aren’t just about clearing trail. They are also about educating folks on trail maintenance techniques you can take back and use at your local trails (or along the OTT!). 

Sawyer Training Weekend — Video Recap

Sawyer Training Weekend — Video Recap

Still a little curious about what goes on at our popular Sawyer Training Weekends? Get a behind the scenes look at last month's Horse Creek event shot by Dan Sharp and edited by Christopher San Augustin.

Meet the Sawyer Training Scholarship Recipients

Meet the Sawyer Training Scholarship Recipients

The Oregon Timber Trail Alliance is proud to partner with Blazin Saddles bike shop in Sisters and Horse Creek Lodge of McKenzie Bridge to offer four full-ride scholarships to our Sawyer Trainings. Meet our scholarship recipients below. 

Sawyer Certification Event - Horse Creek Lodge 2018

Sawyer Certification Event - Horse Creek Lodge 2018

The weekend kicked off with an incredibly thorough First Aid, CPR, and Bleeding Control certification from our board member Kim McCormack and partners at Cascade Training Center. As Friday night rolled in, and Horse Creek Lodge rolled out the spread they had prepared for us we began to realize how spoiled we were going to be all weekend.