Tony has a Masters of Education in Outdoor Adventure Recreation and is a Board Member of the Professional TrailBuilders Association (PTBA). He is based in Salida, CO where he is the Principal with Tony Boone Trails, and the Business Development Specialist with Timberline TrailCraft. Tony is a pioneer in the evolution and art of planning and creating sustainable, machine-built trails for mountain bikers, hikers, runners and equestrians. His accomplishments include: the first official mountain bike patrol in Colorado in 1989, training eight International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) Trail Care Crews (1997-2011), inspiring and conducting mechanized training for the IMBA Trail Solutions (2001), and contributing to three IMBA books: Trail Solutions: IMBA’s Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack, Managing Mountain Bikes: IMBA’s Guide to Providing Great Riding and Bike Parks: IMBA’s Guide to New School Trails. Tony has taught over 3,000 students worldwide in the art of sustainable trail design, construction, and management. View Tony’s full portfolio including notable works at http://tonyboonetrails.com AND http://timberlinetrailcraft.com or listen to a recent podcast with Tony. https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PB11AE9F5PX7SW
Almost 1000 miles of trail designed & constructed in past four decades. Diggin in the dirt sure feels good!
Skill Self-Assessment
Construction Specifications
Corridor Clearing
Hand-Built Trail Construction
Mechanized Trail Construction
Trail Finishwork
Water Management/Drainage Features
Water Crossing Structures
Retaining Walls
Tread Hardening
Trailside Structures / Dispersed Recreation
Decommissioning Trails
Trail Maintenance
Experience Details:
Tony has been involved with trail maintenance for past 45+ years, starting young with helping build & maintain trails on his family's 5th generation cattle ranch. As a young adult he worked as a volunteer with numerous trail advocacy groups. In the 90's he led maintenance crews at Boulder County Parks & Open Space and started the Boulder Regional Conservation Crewleaders program, a multi-agency effort to train volunteer crew leaders.
Skill Self-Assessment
Maintenance Specifications
Inventory & Assessment
Corridor Clearing: Power tools
Corridor clearing: Hand Tools
Tread Maintenance - Hand tools
Tread Maintenance - Mechanized Equipment
Drainage Features/Water Management
Project Preparation
Experience Details:
Tony has been blessed to team up with scores of amazing professional to develop trail master plans and outdoor recreation plans for public and private clients around the world. His leadership within the professional trail industry is notable, having worked for presidents to struggling non-profits. His passion continues to help advance the trail industry. See his recent article with Jon Altschuld on the Top 10 Requests for Trail Plans
https://www.americantrails.org/resources/top-10-requests-for-trails-and-outdoor-recreation-master-plans
Skill Self-Assessment
Land Use Plan Alignment
Define Purpose and Need of Project
Corridor Planning
Stakeholder Engagement
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Principles
Project Planning and Design
Experience Details:
Over the past four decades Tony and his teams have conducted over 45 trail master plans, most recently assisting THK & ERO with the Fishers Peak State Park Master Plan in Trinidad, Colorado. This 19,200 park will post almost 100 miles of shared-use trails is Colorado's 42nd State Park.
Skill Self-Assessment
Project Cost Estimation
Implementation Plan
Trail Specifications
Design
Trail Plans
Interpretation
Permitting
Universal Design/ADA Accessibility
Project & Crew Management
Experience Details:
Since 1994, Tony has partnered with friends and family to create four successful trail building companies, all members (or past members) of PTBA including Arrowhead Trails (!994-2010), Anasazi Trails (2007-2012), Tony Boone Trails (2010-Present) and Timberline Trailcraft (2019-Present). Prior to entering the private sector he worked eight years as a Natural Resource Specialist with Boulder County Parks & Open Space, where he managed the park ranger and trail management programs.
Skill Self-Assessment
Crew Recruitment
Crew Management
Jobsite Safety
Jobsite Risk Management
Performance Management
Field-based Resource Protection
Program Administration and Leadership
Experience Details:
Tony has been very fortunate to work for government agencies, non-profits and the private sector. Since entering the private sector in 1994, he and his teams have completed over 400 successful trail projects, totaling almost 1000 miles of sustainable, natural surface trails in 9 countries and 15 states.
Skill Self-Assessment
Program Budgeting
Communications
Contract Administration
Education and Public Outreach
Funding/Grants
Inspections/Monitoring
Partnership and Collaboration
Policy/Directives/Law
Visitor Use Management and Monitoring
Agreement Development
Agency Specific
Experience Details:
Tony started working with Boulder County Parks & Open Space in 1987 as a Park Ranger, and soon after a Natural Resource Specialist. He was responsible for developing the park ranger program, sheriffs reserve training, interpretative programming, oral history project with Carnegie Library, biological weed control, agricultural leases, and assisting with natural resource management. Since then, he has built 100's of trail systems for public agencies around the world.
Skill Self-Assessment
Blasting Certification
BLM Inventory, Assessment, Monitoring
Bridge Inspection
Contracting Officer Representative
Sawyer Certification
National Trail System Specific
Experience Details:
None yet, but moved to Salida, Colorado because of its location to numerous national & long distance trails.
Skill Self-Assessment
IAM (Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring)
National Scenic Trail Designation and Planning
National Historic Trail Designation and Planning
National Recreation Trail Designation and Planning
