It can be a challenge to find places where the trails are dry enough to ride on the west side of the Cascades, even on a sunny spring day. Never fear! The trails at McIver State Park offer nice year-round riding, plus some excellent trail obstacles you can practice your skills on. The northern loops run through beautiful forest and down into the valley carved by the Clackamas River. The larger of these loops follow the park’s Perimeter Trail and take you along the river shore. The southern loops run through the forest and along open meadows. Both sets of trails are open year-round, though the hilly stretches of the northern trails may be slippery after rain. The southern trails have good footing year-round. The training stations are beside the trail, so you can ride past them if you choose. The training stations feature step-over logs, a back-through gate, a step-up platform, a teeter-totter bridge, a pass-through gate, cavaletti poles, a balance beam, and a suspension bridge. McIver State Park has a vast gravel equestrian parking area with portable toilets, garbage cans, picnic tables, an outdoor arena, a hitching rail, an ADA mounting ramp, and stock water from a spigot. Along the way, you'll see Clackamas River for water.

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Sun , Grass , Trees , Forest , River