2023: Year in Review
We would be lying if we said 2023 wasn’t one of the biggest years we’ve had yet.
Our humble home in Idiotville has created quite the stir in the mountain bike community and people want to get involved. In the woods, we banded together to rehab and maintain existing trail and clear significant storm damage from the road/trail system while also building an entirely new trail! We had some incredible partners come in and host some of the largest events we’ve had to date. Our build parties evolved into a thing of beauty, a MOVEMENT. A diverse group of focused and motivated mountain bike volunteers sacrificing their time & bodies to establish this trail system that's been 20 years in the making!
In the background, we got organized and established ourselves as a 501(c)(3). We worked alongside our partners at the Oregon Department of Forestry and submitted detailed plans for the build-out of Drift Creek Mountain Bike Area. Meanwhile, we recruited volunteers to work together behind-the-scenes to lighten the load, to hold us all together for the long trail ahead. Here are just a few of our notable 2023 accomplishments and happenings in our Year in Review!
Our 2023 in Numbers
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![man building mountain bike trail, viewed through trees]()
2,573.5 hours
Total volunteer hours for existing (or approved) trail construction or maintenance build days
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![Group working on mountain bike trail. Pink flags in foreground]()
887 hours
Total new trail scouting/flagging/alignment
volunteer hours -
![Four people in costume having fun at a mountain bike event, one in an orange jumpsuit, one in a shark suit, one in a cow costume, and one in a giraffe onesie, holding drinks with a forest background.]()
298 hours
Organization related events
and meetings -
![A man in an orange jacket and cap using a mattock in a forested area.]()
3,758.5 hours
Total volunteer hours for 2023
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![Man playing air guitar while building mountain bike trail in Oregon]()
$121,662.65
In-kind volunteer labor donated (3758.5 hours x $32.37/hr current rate)
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![Group of men digging soil with shovels outdoors]()
12.1 volunteers
Average number of
build day attendees -
![man building mountain bike trail in Oregon, using shovel]()
39 Build Days
We averaged a build day event every 9.4 days
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![Tater tots being tossed in silver bow]()
17 pounds
Total weight (in pounds)
of Eric's tots ingested -
![Person giving thumbs-up while building mountain bike trail in Oregon]()
Zero
Number of injuries
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13 garbage bags, 7 tires, 2 car seats
Trash removed during
trail work days
Timeline
1/8/23
Fat Tire Farm & SRAM sponsored trail build day at Fear & Loaming (zone 6).
1/30
Westside Trail Federation submits our 501(c)3 Application to the IRS.
Mid-February – Early May
A series of late Spring winter storms drop over 50" of snowpack/base on top of the Drift Creek Mountain Bike zone, limiting prime build season activities.
5/5
Oregon Department of Forestry roads crew clear Drift Creek Landslide (locked out from easily accessing Gnarstow since mid February)
5/29
After significant snowpack-related delays, Gnarstow (an ODF-approved, 1.5 mile 1400 foot double-black-diamond advanced technical descent) trail corridor is fully cleared by volunteers from top-to-bottom (Memorial Day Weekend)
8/19
Flagging and alignment of Adrenochrome (2.0 mile, 1400 foot proposed advanced technical descent) is complete.
Flagging and alignment of Bat Country (3.0 mile, 1350 foot proposed intermediate/advanced progression jump trail) is complete.
10/28
3rd Annual Fear & Loaming Halloween Frienduro. Special thanks to our amazing sponsors; Propain, SRAM, Cascade Bikes, Fat Tire Farm, The Gravity Cartel, LOLO Racks, New Belgium Brewing, SCOR Bikes.
11/29
501(c)(3) determination granted by the IRS, pre-dated back to the application date (1/20/23)