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Stories by Wayne Havrelly

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July 25, 2019
Enduro mountain bike racers pull into base camp at the Cold Creek Day use area during the Yacolt Burn Enduro race on Saturday, July 20. (Photos by Wayne Havrelly/Post-Record)

Mountain bikers host pro race

The peaceful solitude of the Yacolt Burn State Forest north of Camas became the epicenter of the Pacific Northwest mountain biking racing world on Saturday, July 20.

July 25, 2019
Even pets enjoy a day in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Here, a pup runs on a recently cleared trail near North Bonneville, Wash. (Photos courtesy of Friends of the Columbia Gorge)

Cape Horn Trail’s full loop reopens

The summer hiking season in the Columbia River Gorge is officially in full swing after the full Cape Horn Trail reopened to the public on Monday, July 15.

July 25, 2019
Amateur riders compete at the 2018 Washougal Nationals. The professional motocross race scheduled to take place this weekend at the Washougal MX Park has been canceled, but amateur races are still on the schedule. (Post-Record file photo)

Washougal preps for mania of motocross

Perhaps the biggest dirt-moving project in Clark County during the past few weeks was not for a commercial or residential development, but to make things perfect at the Washougal MX Track.

July 11, 2019
Ashlyn Anderson said that winning first place in Showmanship at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Championship was her biggest goal for her high school equestrian career, and she acheived it in her junior year.

Camas teen is Washington’s No. 1 high school equestrian

Camas equestrian Ashlyn Anderson went head-to-head with the top high school equestrians in the Pacific Northwest and finished No. 1 in the “showmanship” category at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Championships in Redmond, Oregon, this summer.

July 4, 2019
Washougal resident Diana Hooper (right) hikes the Beacon Rock trail with her friend, Teresa Casad (left), on June 30. Hooper has hiked the popular Columbia River Gorge trail more than 50 times.

In 2018, visitors flocked to Beacon Rock

In the year following the 2017 Eagle Creek wildfire, which closed a number of popular hiking trails on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, at…