5,500 Volunteer Hours Donated
Project Zones: Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams and Cowlitz Valley Ranger Districts. Rehabilitation of the Green River Complex, Strawberry Mountain Complex, and sections of The Dark Divide
Project Map: https://caltopo.com/m/ULCU
Scouting Reports: Goast Mountain Complex and Strawberry Mountain Complex
Words from Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance:
“When I spoke with Trans-Cascadia for the first time over the phone in Spring of 2018 our chapter was new and we had just taken an active interest in the Gifford Pinchot. We were excited that someone else in the mountain biking community wanted to work on these trails because we knew there was a lot to do out there. What we didn’t know was just how massive the undertaking was actually going to be or how much Trans-Cascadia’s contribution was going to impact the area...for everyone.
"Years of backlogged maintenance had left a lot of GP trails in rough shape. Despite the best efforts of the US Forest Service, BCHA, WTA, VOLT, NWTA, Evergreen, etc., it’s a hard area to maintain even in the best of times. It’s constantly plagued by road access issues and USFS budget challenges only compound that. To give you some perspective on what that really means, the network to the north of Mt St Helens alone can easily see 100-200 trees come down over a winter and brush grows fast and thick. Now add in all of the motorized trails that have the same needs and that scope grows immensely. It probably would have taken our chapter 3-5 years to help make a significant impact. With TC’s help in 2018 and 2019, numerous trails got a full reset which greatly accelerated the timeline in helping us all get caught up.
TC did something that was far more important than amazing trailwork though. They brought passion and inspiration with them and I believe that had the greatest impact. Mountain bikers around the world became aware of the GP. There was a buzz across multiple user groups about what had been done. We all fostered and strengthened relationships with other user groups, made new friends, grew as individuals and became a tighter knit trail community. That’s the real magic of Trans-Cascadia.” - Tyler Forman, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance , Cowlitz-Naches Chapter President/State Board Member
This video was created at our 2018 Work Parties
Trans-Cascadia Trail Work Rigs
Created By Sycip Designs, Shimano & ENVE
