Rock, Rain, and Teamwork: Building Better Trails in the Columbia River Gorge

Written by Nancy Stone

The Trail Sustainability Institute, NWTA’s trail education program, kicked off its first Trail School Fundamentals class at the new Cascade Locks trails in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area on Saturday, November 9th. 

Like all Trail School Fundamentals classes, volunteers learn tool identification, best safety practices, trail anatomy, and what it means to build and maintain sustainable trails. Folks then go out onto the trails and put that knowledge into practice.