Wild Coast Trails Association
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Bandon,
Oregon
97444
United States
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WCTA Wild Coast Trail Association - Regional Admin Group
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Overview
Wild Coast Trails Association (WCTA) is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) trail organization based in Bandon, Oregon, serving the Wild Rivers Coast of Coos and Curry Counties. WCTA focuses on creating, maintaining, enhancing, and preserving quality trail experiences, with a particular emphasis on sustainable singletrack and trails that support mountain biking.
WCTA works collaboratively with public land managers, local governments, community organizations, volunteers, funders, and other stakeholders to develop and maintain sustainable trail networks throughout the Southern Oregon Coast.
Operating Area
Based: Bandon, Oregon
Counties Served: Coos County and Curry County, Oregon
Region: Southern Oregon Coast / Wild Rivers Coast
Major Trail Areas
WCTA maintains and supports a regional network of trail systems extending from the Coos Bay and Coquille area in Coos County south to the Gold Beach and Agness area in Curry County.
Whiskey Run is a major singletrack trail system in the Coos County Forest, located between Bandon and Coos Bay. The system has developed into one of the principal mountain-bike destinations on the Southern Oregon Coast, with a diverse network of trails. WCTA plays an active role in trail maintenance, volunteer stewardship, events, and continued trail development. Current WCTA events include regular trail-work days and community riding activities at Whiskey Run.
Whiskey Run represents a particularly strong partnership between WCTA and Coos County Forestry, with additional involvement from county government, regional tourism organizations, state programs, and community and trail-development partners.
Winchester Trails is located near Winchester, approximately 12 miles south of Coos Bay, within the Coos County trail network. WCTA supports trail stewardship, maintenance, development, and community activities at Winchester. WCTA events have included organized riding and trail activities associated with the improved Winchester trail system.
100 Acre Wood is a community trail area in Coquille, Coos County. WCTA supports stewardship and community trail activities at the site, including trail-care programs, skills activities, guided rides, and community events. WCTA's 2026 calendar includes the Wild Coast Trail Extravaganza at 100 Acre Wood.
Blue Ridge is located in the Coos Bay/North Bend area and is part of WCTA's broader Coos County trail network. The area is associated with Bureau of Land Management lands, reflecting WCTA's broader role in working with multiple land-management agencies rather than operating solely on county forest lands. WCTA identifies establishing positive relationships with land managers and other stakeholders as one of its core organizational purposes.
Wild Rivers Backcountry Trail System is a regional backcountry trail network centered around Agness and extending through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest in the Gold Beach area of Curry County. The system incorporates a number of historic and developing trails within the Rogue and Illinois River backcountry, including Pine Grove, Lawson Creek, Fritsche Cabin, Game Lake, Hardscrabble, Upper Lawson Creek, and the bike-accessible section of the Illinois River Trail. The network ranges from long, predominantly downhill mountain-bike routes and steep, technical old-school coastal trails to multi-use singletrack and remote backcountry routes. WCTA supports riding, stewardship, trail-work, and community activities in the area, including shuttle-supported events. Several trails within the network are undergoing restoration or have current access limitations (Fritsche Cabin), making continued coordination among trail organizations, land managers, and public-land advocates an important part of the area's development.
Land Managers and Partners
WCTA works across multiple land-management jurisdictions. Its principal land-management relationships include Coos County, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service/Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest, local municipalities and private land owners.
WCTA's organizational purpose specifically includes assisting in the creation of positive relationships with land managers and other stakeholders. Its broader objective is to develop an integrated trail community and establish community trail networks with appropriate mapping and signage.
The development of Whiskey Run illustrates this partnership model particularly well. The trail system has involved Coos County Forestry, Coos County Parks, the Coos County Board of Commissioners, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Travel Oregon, Travel Southern Oregon Coast, Regional Solutions, Business Oregon, Southern Oregon Workforce Investment Board, Wild Rivers Coast Alliance, and Wild Rivers Coast Mountain Biking Association, along with local trail-building and community partners.
WCTA's current organizational supporters include the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Travel Southern Oregon Coast, and Judith Ann Mogan Foundation.
Trail Stewardship
WCTA's work encompasses trail planning, construction, maintenance, stewardship, volunteer work parties, trail-user education, mapping and signage, community events, youth involvement, advocacy, and coordination with land managers and other stakeholders.
The association's regional role is particularly important because its trail network crosses multiple jurisdictions and land-management agencies. WCTA provides a community-based trail organization capable of working with those different partners while mobilizing local volunteers and trail users around common stewardship goals.
Mission
WCTA's mission is to protect, create, enhance, and preserve quality trail experiences for all users of trails that allow mountain biking in Coos and Curry Counties. Its organizational purpose includes strengthening relationships with land managers and stakeholders, developing an integrated trail community, expanding and preserving access to mountain-bike trails, educating trail users, encouraging youth involvement, and establishing community trail networks with appropriate mapping and signage.
Wild Coast Trails Association (WCTA) is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) trail organization based in Bandon, Oregon, serving the Wild Rivers Coast of Coos and Curry Counties. WCTA focuses on creating, maintaining, enhancing, and preserving quality trail experiences, with a particular emphasis on sustainable singletrack and trails that support mountain biking.
WCTA works collaboratively with public land managers, local governments, community organizations, volunteers, funders, and other stakeholders to develop and maintain sustainable trail networks throughout the Southern Oregon Coast.
Operating Area
Based: Bandon, Oregon
Counties Served: Coos County and Curry County, Oregon
Region: Southern Oregon Coast / Wild Rivers Coast
Major Trail Areas
WCTA maintains and supports a regional network of trail systems extending from the Coos Bay and Coquille area in Coos County south to the Gold Beach and Agness area in Curry County.
Whiskey Run is a major singletrack trail system in the Coos County Forest, located between Bandon and Coos Bay. The system has developed into one of the principal mountain-bike destinations on the Southern Oregon Coast, with a diverse network of trails. WCTA plays an active role in trail maintenance, volunteer stewardship, events, and continued trail development. Current WCTA events include regular trail-work days and community riding activities at Whiskey Run.
Whiskey Run represents a particularly strong partnership between WCTA and Coos County Forestry, with additional involvement from county government, regional tourism organizations, state programs, and community and trail-development partners.
Winchester Trails is located near Winchester, approximately 12 miles south of Coos Bay, within the Coos County trail network. WCTA supports trail stewardship, maintenance, development, and community activities at Winchester. WCTA events have included organized riding and trail activities associated with the improved Winchester trail system.
100 Acre Wood is a community trail area in Coquille, Coos County. WCTA supports stewardship and community trail activities at the site, including trail-care programs, skills activities, guided rides, and community events. WCTA's 2026 calendar includes the Wild Coast Trail Extravaganza at 100 Acre Wood.
Blue Ridge is located in the Coos Bay/North Bend area and is part of WCTA's broader Coos County trail network. The area is associated with Bureau of Land Management lands, reflecting WCTA's broader role in working with multiple land-management agencies rather than operating solely on county forest lands. WCTA identifies establishing positive relationships with land managers and other stakeholders as one of its core organizational purposes.
Wild Rivers Backcountry Trail System is a regional backcountry trail network centered around Agness and extending through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest in the Gold Beach area of Curry County. The system incorporates a number of historic and developing trails within the Rogue and Illinois River backcountry, including Pine Grove, Lawson Creek, Fritsche Cabin, Game Lake, Hardscrabble, Upper Lawson Creek, and the bike-accessible section of the Illinois River Trail. The network ranges from long, predominantly downhill mountain-bike routes and steep, technical old-school coastal trails to multi-use singletrack and remote backcountry routes. WCTA supports riding, stewardship, trail-work, and community activities in the area, including shuttle-supported events. Several trails within the network are undergoing restoration or have current access limitations (Fritsche Cabin), making continued coordination among trail organizations, land managers, and public-land advocates an important part of the area's development.
Land Managers and Partners
WCTA works across multiple land-management jurisdictions. Its principal land-management relationships include Coos County, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service/Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest, local municipalities and private land owners.
WCTA's organizational purpose specifically includes assisting in the creation of positive relationships with land managers and other stakeholders. Its broader objective is to develop an integrated trail community and establish community trail networks with appropriate mapping and signage.
The development of Whiskey Run illustrates this partnership model particularly well. The trail system has involved Coos County Forestry, Coos County Parks, the Coos County Board of Commissioners, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Travel Oregon, Travel Southern Oregon Coast, Regional Solutions, Business Oregon, Southern Oregon Workforce Investment Board, Wild Rivers Coast Alliance, and Wild Rivers Coast Mountain Biking Association, along with local trail-building and community partners.
WCTA's current organizational supporters include the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Travel Southern Oregon Coast, and Judith Ann Mogan Foundation.
Trail Stewardship
WCTA's work encompasses trail planning, construction, maintenance, stewardship, volunteer work parties, trail-user education, mapping and signage, community events, youth involvement, advocacy, and coordination with land managers and other stakeholders.
The association's regional role is particularly important because its trail network crosses multiple jurisdictions and land-management agencies. WCTA provides a community-based trail organization capable of working with those different partners while mobilizing local volunteers and trail users around common stewardship goals.
Mission
WCTA's mission is to protect, create, enhance, and preserve quality trail experiences for all users of trails that allow mountain biking in Coos and Curry Counties. Its organizational purpose includes strengthening relationships with land managers and stakeholders, developing an integrated trail community, expanding and preserving access to mountain-bike trails, educating trail users, encouraging youth involvement, and establishing community trail networks with appropriate mapping and signage.
Riding Areas
| name | trails | total descent | highest trail | total distance |
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| 100 Acre Wood | 9 | -941 ft | 413 ft | 4 miles |
| Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area | 25 | -3,486 ft | 403 ft | 65 miles |
| Whiskey Run Trails | 69 | -7,719 ft | 573 ft | 39 miles |
| Wildhorse Trail System | 12 | -14,425 ft | 4,265 ft | 60 miles |
| Winchester Trails | 49 | -3,235 ft | 509 ft | 27 miles |
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