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NWTA Calendar:
Feb. 26th General Membership and Women's meeting @ HUB.
March 2/3rd: Work Party Coyote Wall/Columbia River Gorge - See WTA site for more info.
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With NWTA, a little help will go a long way
If you had the time to be more involved with us, what would you do? Attend a meeting and voice your opinion for more mountain biking? Build new trails and/or maintain existing riding areas? Lead a group ride or help at a community-wide event? How about all three? We guarantee to make it meaningful. You bring your friends and we'll provide the support, leadership and follow-through.
The 2013 board of directors bring a wide range of experience: from trail builders and bike industry reps., to skill instructors, professional marketers and planners. Our new board is already getting to work to make sure your membership counts. This year, we are re-designing our committee structure to make it easier and more effective to find the topic of your interest and pitch-in the way you want. Be sure to make it to our February membership meeting on the 26th to hear about all the exciting things we have planned this year and find out where you fit in. Or fill out our online volunteer interest form.
See you there!
Jon Pheanis
NTWA President
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2013 NWTA KickStarter! Tomorrow!!
Tuesday, February 26th.  Come and hear about the events and committees we will be focusing on for 2013. This is a great chance to help develop your local mountain bike organization into what you would like it to be. There will be an opportunity to ask questions of the new Board, as well.
Vote for Sandy Ridge! The Sandy Ridge Trail System is one of 12 finalists to receive funding from Bell for trail development. Only 3 trail systems will be selected to recieve $100,000 in funding for trail development. To learn more and make your vote count visit: http://www.imba.com/news/finalists-announced-bell-built-grants.
Take a look at this IMBA video about Sandy's success
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NWTA Honors two Outstanding Volunteers
 During the first meeting of 2013 the NWTA took the opportunity to recognize and thank two of our key volunteers from 2012. Joe Rykowski was recognized for his years of invaluable contribution to the Trail development Partnership Program as well as as well as efforts to start a volunteer bike patrol at Stub Stewart State Park. Andy Jansky was honored for his part in the creation of the Cascade Locks Easy Climb Trail System. Visit NWTA for the full story
PDX Pedal Nation Bike Show  "Not to be missed" annual event coming March 23rd/24th the PDX Bike Show at the Portland Expo Center. NWTA will again host a booth - with MANY other bike industry booths, bike and parts swap opportunities and a bike skills area sponsored by Timberline Bike Park. Keep an eye on the NWTA website for volunteer opportunities. |
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NWTA Bike Patrol
 The NWTA Bike Patrol is gearing up for an exciting second season, and we need YOU! If you have interest in giving back something to the trails, AND you like riding your bike at the same time, then the Patrol may be for you! We have training planned for April 7th at LL Stub Stewart State Park, and May 18th at Hagg Lake. If you would like to sign up or if you have any questions at all, please contact patrol@nw-trail.org. [TEASER: We may be expanding the patrol to other popular riding spots, so if you ride around a certain big mountain, you may want to come join in the fun!] |
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Announcements
Joint NWTA/WTA Work Party Coming Soon March 2nd/3rd and 16th/17th Washington Trail Association, NWTA, CAMBA and HRATS will be joining forces to improve the trails and shared use roads out at Coyote Wall Trails in the Gorge. The FULL set of trail construction equipment will be in use. You won't want to miss this RSVP at http://vols.wta.org
Cold Creek Mountain Bikers in the News
For a great review of the riding and what the mountain bike groups to the North are accomplishing take a look at this article in the Columbian from February 22nd.
Helen's Fest is set for July 26-28 2013
Anyone interested in attending should consider joining the Facebook Helens Fest group up to date information will be posted in this group. As in past years base camp will be at Marble Mountain Snow Park on the South side of Mt. St. Helen's.
Sunday Parkways Dates Announced
The first event takes place on May 12th and follows over 4 different weekends (June 23rd, July 28th, Aug 25th, Sept 29th). Many volunteer opportunities exist at these fun, community events. We are looking forward to five fantastic Sunday Parkways. Make sure to keep an eye on the NWTA site for sign ups. The 5th Annual Columbia Cascades Trail Skills College is here! The Trail Skills College is a place to learn all you ever wanted to know about building and maintaining trails. http://www.pcta.org/volunteer-project/columbia-cascades-trail-skills-college/IMBA's Instructor Certification ProgramThe newly launched IMBA Instructor Certification Program (ICP) offers professional training and certification for individuals who lead group rides or teach mountain bike skills clinics. March 4th - 7th a Level 2 course is being held at the Lumberyard. Follow this link for all of the pertinent information. http://www.imba.com/icpStart Training Now - Short Track Season Begins June 3rd at PIRIf you haven't experienced a MTB race this is an awesome format for beginners. The racers do laps on a closed course consisting of grassy flats, twisty singletrack (under the trees) and bumpy dirt track (motocross course). Many other racing opportunities exist throughout the summer. Ta
ke a look at http://obra.org/scheduleSincerely,North West Trail Alliance
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