SWTrails PDX

We meet in the Watershed apartment building in Hillsdale, 6388 SW Capitol Hwy. (parking is available in the shopping center across the street) in their community conference room on the main floor next to the central outdoor courtyard next to SW Bertha Ct. (enter directly from the courtyard).  Everyone is WELCOME! Continue reading →

Lee Buhler will lead the walk on May 11 to Tryon Creek Park. We will start by car pooling to the SW 4th Ave. entrance to Tryon Creek Park, a lush, wooded, reminder of the thick vegetation that once covered the SW hills of Portland.   From the trailhead we will go through some outer loop trails in Tryon Creek Park including 4th Ave.Trail, Lewis and Clark Trail, Cedar Trail, Red Fox Trail, etc.  We should see a variety of native forest flowers, forest critters, and hopefully Trillium should be blooming.  The hike will be 4.5 to 5.5 miles depending on how people are doing. The hike has ups and downs with about 600 feet elevation gain. The trails may be a bit muddy so dress accordingly. Continue reading →

A reminder: Don Baack (a founder of SWTrails) will lead the walk on April 13.  It will be the 4T, Trail, Tram, Trolley and Train with the addition of Bus.  For this walk you must be signed in by 8:45 am at Wilson High School to take the bus from Hillsdale at 9:01 am.  From the bus we will catch MAX at Pioneer Square to the Zoo. Then we’ll walk up the Marquam Trail to Council Crest, down the trail to OHSU, then ride free down the Portland Aerial Tram to South Waterfront, then north on the Trolley back to Pioneer Square and Bus back to Wilson High School.  Continue reading →

SWTrails needs a new hiking coordinator! Our coordinator ensures that we have hiking leaders for our monthly walk/hikes, sends information on their route plans to the local press and our website and Facebook managers, and (ideally) goes along on the hikes (although this part isn’t absolutely necessary). This isn’t a time-consuming project, but a hike coordinator is vital to SWTrails. So–if you’re already a member, or have attended one of our walks or work parties and think you’d like to know (and do) a bit more…please contact Sharon Fekety at fekety@hevanet.com.

SW Trails monthly first Thursday Work Party for April 4th 2019 will be at Gabriel Park from 9am until Noon.  We will meet at the Park South entrance  down by the community gardens. Limited parking is available at the garden area, so it might be best to park in the south parking lot and walk down.  At this work party we will be working on tread improvements, closing some social trails, possibly a new section of trail or reroute, and as it is spring there will always be brush to remove. So, lots to do.

Please consider joining us out on the trail in 2019 as these work parties are designed to support a wide range of worker capabilities. We welcome all and all abilities. So give some thought to joining us or just stop by and say hi. Continue reading →

We meet in the Watershed apartment building in Hillsdale, 6388 SW Capitol Hwy. (parking is available in the shopping center across the street) in their community conference room on the main floor next to the central outdoor courtyard next to SW Bertha Ct. (enter directly from the courtyard).  Everyone is WELCOME! Continue reading →

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Don Baack will lead the walk on April 13.  It will be the 4T, Trail, Tram, Trolley and Train with the addition of Bus.  For this walk you must be signed in by 8:45 am at Wilson High School to take the bus from Hillsdale at 9:01 am.  From the bus we will catch MAX at Pioneer Square to the Zoo. Then we’ll walk up the Marquam Trail to Council Crest, down the trail to OHSU, then ride free down the Portland Aerial Tram to South Waterfront, then north on the Trolley back to Pioneer Square and Bus back to Wilson High School. Continue reading →

PBOT is asking for your input on PedPDX, PBOT’s new Pedestrian Plan for Portland,  before the plan goes to the City Council in June.  PBOT will host one of several public review sessions Monday the 18th at the Multnomah Arts Center Gymnasium, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, from 5:30-7 pm. Attendees will receive free flashlight carabiners….

PBOT PedPDX Plan Review

SW Trails March 9th Walk was sunny and a bit chilly. It was beautiful walking the Parks and trails in Ashcreek, Crestwood and Maplewood Neighborhoods with snow on the ground, but not on the trail. Here are the 22 walkers and Lee’s dog who joined us.  This view is on the South trail in Dickinson Park as we head up to Ashcreek Woods NA and on to Woods Park. All in all we walked 6.5 miles in 3hrs and 15 min. and a good time was had by all.