Sisters Trails Committee
Sisters Trails Committee and Trails Plan
The Sisters Community Trail Plan was completed in 2003 by
the Community Action Team of Sisters, The Sisters Trails
Committee and citizens with assistance from the National Park
Service Rivers and Trails Program. The Trails Plan document is
available for review at the SOAR Community Center. Sisters
Trails Committee is a group of Sisters area residents is
working to develop a community - wide, non-motorized trail
system. It's a vision of a community with a safe, accessible
network of trails serving every neighborhood within the greater
Sisters area connecting them to downtown Sisters, to schools an
to the regional trails within the Deschutes National
Forest.
It's a trail system for everyone, from the residents of
Cloverdale and Tollgate to the citizens of Crossroads and Aspen
Lakes. It's a trail system that will make the Sisters area a
better place to live, connecting us to our community and each
other.
Our Goals:
- Provide safe walking and bicycling routes.
- Improve the Sisters village atmosphere by reducing traffic
congestion and pollutions.
- Promote health and wellness for all community members with
non-motorized trails for walking, jogging, bicycling, skiing
and horseback riding.
- Improve our economy by expanding recreational use of our
trails.
- Provide a connection to the unique history, heritage and
natural beauty of the Sisters area.
- Provide alternative transportation routes that protect and
conserve the natural beauty of the Sisters Community.
- Establish community involvement in the development and
maintenance of the Sisters Trail System.
The Sisters Trails Committee is a hard working group of
volunteers that is implementing the Sisters Community Trails
Plan by actively designing and building trails. In 2006
they completed the new trail linking the Tollgate neighborhood
with the Sisters High School. Their next big project is to
build a trail connection between the High School and the
Crosswater neighborhood. The committee holds regular work
parties of volunteer to sign, maintain and build trails.
If you are interested in helping with the Sisters Trails Committee please contact Jeff Sims, Committee Chair, at 549-7706 or email:jsims@fs.fed.us.
