Trail Skills College Course Curriculum
Published Oct 6, 2024
To help our volunteers succeed in their trail work, PCTA collaborated with many partners to develop a Trail Skills College curriculum.
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Trail Decommissioning & Wildland Restoration
Published Jan 1, 2019
Learn how to put a campsite and section of trail to bed so that it returns to nature without erosion. Some call this “trail magic,” or “Zen and the Art of Wilderness Gardening” because, if properly done, the old scars disappear, replaced by a…
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Trail Construction
- Trail Sustainability Principles
- Safety/Site Management
- Construction Specifications
- Corridor Clearing/Site Preparation
- Corridor Clearing: Pruning/ Side-Cutting/ Brushing
- Corridor Clearing: Felling/tree removal; Chainsaw/ Crosscut
- Corridor Clearing: Material and Debris Management
- Hand-Built Trail Construction
- Mechanized Trail Construction
- Trail Finishwork
- Water Management/Drainage Features
- Water Crossing Structures
- Retaining Walls
- Tread Hardening and Surfacing
- Decommissioning Trails
Trail Maintenance
- Trail Sustainability Principles
- Safety/Site Management
- Maintenance Specifications
- Corridor Clearing/Site Preparation
- Corridor Clearing: Pruning/ Side-Cutting/ Brushing
- Corridor Clearing: Bucking, Felling/ Hazard Tree Removal; Chainsaw/ Crosscut
- Corridor Clearing: Material and Debris Management
- Tread Maintenance - Hand tools
- Tread Maintenance - Mechanized Equipment
- Drainage Features/Water Management
Project Planning and Design
- Trail Sustainability Principles
- Define Purpose, Need, and Feasibility of Project
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Land Use Plan Alignment
- Corridor Planning
- Trail Specifications
- Conceptual Trail Plan Development
- Field Design: Trail Alignment Identification and Marking
- Project Cost Estimation
- Trail Plan Development
- Compliance and Permitting
- Implementation Plan
- Interpretation
- Trail Inventory and Assessment
- Operations and Maintenance Plan Development