Given all the wonderful weather we'd been experiencing, we were all surprised and disappointed by the rainfall we experienced the Saturday night prior to this scheduled ride.  Shane's Enduro ride had some spots that were more prone to uber-mub, so he called his ride. JD and I decided to go ahead with the Classic Ride as we had 17 riders signed up  we were hopeful that the trails would be ok this early in the ride season.

Time for a Brown's Camp Ride!
(AKA: Roger's Camp) 

JD & I hear this trail has come out from under its snow blanket and is ready for riding. Several folks have e-mailed us that they've ridden it over the last two weeks and it is in pristine condition! The long weekend will give us time for a Monday recovery.

Thanks to Shane, we will now have 2 ride options:

Trail report May 11 2008 - Wilson River Elk Creek to Wilson Falls

The trail was in good condition overall. Not wet enough to leave tracks in most areas. Naviagation was straight forward with my Tillimook State Visitor map. Round trip roughly 27 miles. My altimeter said 4800' of elevation gain.

I will be leading a trail maintenance and ride day on the Wilson River Trail (WRT).  We will plan to meet at the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse for car pooling at 9:00am.  We will access the WRT near Keenig Creek Trailhead from Cedar Butte Road and clear as many of the small trees and branches from the trail working east towards the Footbridge Trailhead.  You may recall from my earlier posts that this section of trail had quite a bit of blow down and wash outs from the winter storms.

The second TRAC meeting will take place the evening of Thursday May 15th at the Forest Grove ODF office located at 801 Gales Creek Road.  The public is welcome to attend this meeting - your presence is appreciated!  The TRAC charter and the second party Recreation Assessment will be discussed at this meeting.

If you are unable to attend, but have mountain bike related comments/issues that you would like TRAC to address, please let me know.