Iron Mountain Park Soft Trails are OPEN

February 24, 2021: Trails are open to the public.

January 2021: Trails are being worked on this month as weather permits. Please stay off these trails while work is in progress.

December 2020: The rock-fall fencing has been installed above the Hunt Club and the construction of the trail is underway from the western portion heading east to the Summit trail.

October 2020: The Iron Mountain Soft Surface Trails project will begin construction in November of 2020 with a proposed completion in May of 2021. The Parks staff facilitated public engagement meetings to discuss the trail alignment and obtain feedback from the community. Consultant, C2 Consulting, revised the alignment based on the input. In October the Parks Board unanimously endorsed the revised trail alignment. The following links provide additional information regarding the process and the trail alignment.

Parks Board Meeting October 21, 2020 Webex Video

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VIRTUAL Soft Surface Trails Iron Mt Park Public Engagement Meeting, Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 5:30pm.

This meeting is to get additional input for trail alignment for Iron Mountain Park trails. Join Webex event.

Project Objectives: all under the context of preserving the natural environment while purposely creating access.

1. Segment (A) Connect the new trailhead to Iron Mountain Trail (existing) to the West (Brookside).
2. Segment (B) Connect the new trailhead to Summit Road, offering a nature experience through the lower portion of the park near Iron Mountain Blvd.
3. Segment (C) Address the Summit to Iron Mountain Trail switchback user trail, making it more sustainable and user friendly.

Trail width: designed for anticipated use and similar to existing trail use in park.

1. Portland Guidelines, 18”-48” for hiking trails and/or Mountain Biking, 0 – 15% grade.
2. Iron Mountain Trail (existing), 36” – 72”, 0 – 18% grade.
3. Summit Trail (existing), 18” – 30”, 0 - ~25% grade.
4. Other Lake Oswego Parks, 18” – 72”, 0 – 20+% grade.

User management:

1. All trails in Lake Oswego are currently open to pedestrians and bicycles.
2. Very few reported conflicts between users.
3. Ability to close trails to users if conflicts occur.

Version #1

Segment (A) connects new trailhead to Iron Mountain Trail at a vertical elevation acceptable to Hunt Club, avoids sensitive areas, average grade < 7%.
Segment (B) connects new trailhead to Summit Road travelling parallel to Iron Mountain Blvd. approximately 50’ – 150’ from road, avoids sensitive areas, average grade < 7%.
Segment (C) connects Summit to Iron Mountain Trail minimalizing switchbacks, travels through previously undisturbed areas on steep slopes, average grade = 7%.

Version #2

Segment (A) connects new trailhead to Iron Mountain Trail at a vertical elevation acceptable to Hunt Club, avoids sensitive areas, average grade < 7%.
Segment (B) connects new trailhead to Summit Road travelling parallel to Iron Mountain Blvd. approximately 20’ – 150’ from road, avoids sensitive areas, average grade < 7%.
Segment (C) connects Summit to Iron Mountain Trail utilizing portions of existing user trail, contains disturbance west of the existing user trail, average grade > 7%.

Updated Version 1 & 2 designs Iron Mountain Park Trails.pdf

Public Engagement Soft Surface Trails Meeting Video - September 2020

July 2020: Currently, trail alignment is in the design phase. Once community input is received construction will begin in August. Construction should take approximately 90 days.