Flagstaff, AZ: Fine Tuning Trails

The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew kicks-off the trailwork season in Northern Arizona.

Four water bars were removed and replaced by rolling grade dips, which will create a better flowing trail for mountain bikers and will require much less maintenance.
Carl from Flagstaff Biking practices with Nat on how to use a clinometer to measure trail grades. With just a little practice Carl became an expert and will now be able to train other volunteers.
Revegetaion of a reclaimed trail is a great trailwork task for all ages.
Nancy, a local volunteer, digs a whole in the center of a climbing turn where a large boulder was be placed to deter people from cutting the turn.
Many of Flagstaff's trails are now being designed to include natural features that add challenge to the trail ride. These are called Technical Trail Features (TTF's).

Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew leaders, Nat and Rachael Lopes joined Flagstaff Biking on their first trailwork day of their season. The Crew was invited to train local crew leaders in volunteer management as well as sustainable trail maintenance and design.

The Flagstaff mountain bikers, off-road motorcyclists, and hikers coordinate all volunteer trailwork, are committed to maintaining the forest trails, and are now actively working together and with Forest Service rangers to create and preserve trail opportunities for the various types of trail users. There are more than 400 miles of singletrack trails within the two million acres of U.S. Forest Service land adjacent to the city. Without enough staff to maintain all of these trails, rangers rely heavily on volunteers. The goal of the fieldwork sessions were to train volunteers in various practices, including trail construction, reclamation and installation of rolling grade dips and knicks.