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Trailbuilding and Maintenance
Freeriding Trailbuilding Resources
- Defining the Challenge: Three Ways to Create a Challenging Trail
- -- The primary building-blocks of technical trails.
- Rock Versus Wood: Which is the Better Material for Technical Trails?
- -- Consider durability, predictability, maintenance and aesthetics.
- Construction Guidelines for Wooden Technical Trail Features
- -- Basic advice for building high-quality wooden structures.
- 10 Tips to Build a Ladder Bridge
- -- Helpful ideas for making them fun, durable, and managing risk.
- Dropping-In to More Technical Challenge
- -- Instructions for building a drop-off.
- Using Logs to Add Challenge
- -- Advice for log-rides and similar technical trail features.
- Tough Trails Should Be Rock-Solid
- -- Using rocks to add technical challenge.
- Armoring - Using Rock to Harden Trails
- -- Using rock to build trails in challenging situations.
- Build Short Ups and Downs - An Easy Way to Toughen Trails
- -- How to build grade revesals, gravity drops and more.
- Build Twists and Turns to Add Challenge to Trails
- -- Surfing the contour for the ultimate natrual roller coaster.
- Developing Bike Skills Parks
- -- How to satisfy all levels of riders.
Essential Trailbuilding Tips
- Trail Solutions: IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack
- -- Trail Solutions is IMBA's premier trailbuilding resource. This 272-page book combines cutting-edge trailbuilding techniques with proven fundamentals in a colorful, easy-to-read format.
- Natural Surface Trails by Design: Physical and Human Design Essentials of Sustainable, Enjoyable Trails
- -- A perfect companion to Trail Solutions this resource focuses on the 'why' of trails more than the 'how.' By Troy Scott Parker.
- Lightly on the Land: The SCA Trail Building and Maintenance Manual
- -- A classic book that focuses on traditional trailbuilding skills, 2nd edition. By Bob Birkby, The Student Conservation Association.
- Trail Difficulty
- -- The IMBA Trail Difficulty Rating System is a basic method used to categorize the relative technical difficulty of recreation trails.
- 10 Most Common Trailbuilding Mistakes
- -- Mark Schmidt and Lora Woolner, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
- Building Sustainable Trails
- -- Master builders offer key insights on trail design.
- Trailbuilding Tips for Sensitive Areas
- -- Archaeological sites and sensitive ecosystems deserve high standards of care.
- Maximizing Trail Budgets through Competitive Bidding
- -- This article discusses how, what, where, when and why to put your trail projects out to bid.
- Build Contour Trails With Full Bench Cut And Outslope
- -- Jan and Mike Riter, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
- Mechanized Trailbuilding
- -- Five tips for deciding if machines are right for your site.
- Building Trails in Urban Areas
- -- Tips from Dutch, Canadian and U.S. experts.
- Rolling Crown Switchbacks - Routing Trails on Steeper Grades
- -- Joey Klein, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
- Rolling Crown Switchbacks - The Basics
- -- Jan and Mike Riter, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
- Standard Details of Pre-Engineered Bridges For Mountain Bike Trails (PDF File only 1.7MB)
- -- Engineered by Jon Waldo, P. E. Jonesborough, TN
- Rolling Grade Dips - Smarter Than the Average Water Bar
- -- Joey Klein, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
- Rolling Grade Dips - Erosion Control Basics
- -- Jan and Mike Riter, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
- Closing and Reclaiming Damaged Trails
- -- Eight tips for reclaiming old trails and returning them to a natural condition.
Trailbuilding Hardware
- Tool Resource Guide
- -- A growing list of tools and suppliers
Working with People
- Attracting and Keeping Trail Volunteers
- -- By Bill Harris and IMBA Listserve Participants
- Trail Liaison Best Practices Guide (pdf file)
- -- The Mid Atlantic Off Road Enthusiasts' excellent guide to organizing trailwork events and being a year-round trail liaison
- Volunteer Management, 10 Steps for Successful Events
- -- Ric Balfour and Holly Hill, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
- Working With Land Managers, 12 Steps for Success
- -- Ric Balfour and Holly Hill, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
Miscellaneous Trail Tips
- Planning Trails With Wildlife In Mind
- -- Gary Sprung
