Stottlemeyer 30/60 Mountain Bike Race
May 10th
 After a successful 4 years, 4th Dimension Racing will kick off its 2014 season on May 10th with a mountain bike race on the Port Gamble trails- and we need volunteers! This event draws 400 mountain bikers to our trails! Five dollars from each participant registered will go directly to the North Kitsap Trails Association, and last year we were able to raise over $3500 for trail building and upkeep. Proceeds this year will go into NKTA's efforts to save as much of the Port Gamble trail land as possible. Please consider volunteering some of your time for this fun event! Help is needed with parking, aid stations and camping set up, for morning and afternoon shifts. Families are welcome! Contact us at info@northkitsaptrails.org to help out. Thank you!
NKTA joins the first ever Kitsap GREAT GIVE
 http://kitsapgreatgive.org/
Port Gamble Conceptual Trail Plan
NKTA hosted a series of three collaborative workshops to create a "Conceptual Site Plan for the Port Gamble Trails". Many thanks to architect Charlie Wenzlau for facilitating all three workshops, and to Jeff Bauma, Sean Parker, Doug Maraist, and Larry Matel, for volunteering their professional expertise!
Representatives from multiple organizations were invited to share their goals, dreams and concerns, and help create a vision for the Port Gamble trails. 35 people representing 17 organizations helped with this effort.
It was great to learn how few conflicts there are between the user groups. We came up with a preferred route for the Sound to Olympics Trail and a mountain bike "Ride Park" on the ridge near Babcock Hill, prioritized designated parking for horse trailers at Stottelmeyer, found locations for handicap accessible trails and parking, recommend trail loops from every trail head and prioritized a birding loop by the Beaver Pond wetlands. We also think there are great opportunities for an accessible path and passive recreation and birding, along the shoreline bluff. It was great to hear from Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance (EMBA) representatives that they're eager to re-route part of the Beaver Pond trail further from the wetlands, but we're all waiting to follow the County lead for trails on the new Shoreline Park.
Thanks especially to Commissioner Rob Gelder, Jon Rose (President of Olympic Property Group) and the great staff at Kitsap County Parks dept. for joining us.
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