In 2021 Trans Cascadia maintained and opened 108 miles of backcountry trails and cleared 46 miles of access roads. With their continued work with the United States Forest Service, clearing remote trails remains the organization’s primary mission and one they are excited to continue. Trans Cascadia will expand next year with the hopes of hiring two more full-time trail building staff and embarking on a program that will maintain 750 miles of the most cherished singletrack in the Pacific Northwest, including all of the trails used for the Trans Cascadia race course.
Ten for Trails proceeds directly fund trail work and also pay for tools used by maintenance crews. This year, title sponsor Pearl Izumi has created Trans Cascadia replica jerseys, and is donating $10 for each jersey sold. Both Men’s and Women’s versions are available. In total Trans Cascadia has invested over $490,854 labor dollars invested with over 18,600 total volunteer hours of trailwork. Both the race and fundraising like Ten for Trails allows such work to continue.
“Huge thanks to the trail builders, race directors and sponsors that bring such a grand event to life – the details, coordination, logistics and planning required to pull something like this off are next level and it truly takes a village. Trans-Cascadia is far more than a bike race, it's an experience of a lifetime” -Morgan Kurz.