This webinar will walk through the latest guidance for planning, designing, building, and retrofitting adaptive mountain bike trails, with a specific focus on nonmotorized, natural-surface trails. The speakers represent the critical stakeholders that should be involved in any aMTB trail project— trail manager, aMTB users, aMTB programs, and trail builder.
Webinar Outline
In this webinar, leaders from The Vermont Mountain Bike Association, Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, The Kelly Brush Foundation, and L&D Trailworks will walk through the latest guidance for planning, designing, building, and retrofitting adaptive mountain bike trails, with a specific focus on nonmotorized, natural-surface trails. The speakers represent the critical stakeholders that should be involved in any aMTB trail project— trail manager, aMTB users, aMTB programs, and trail builder - and will collectively present critical principles and practices to follow when developing adaptive mountain bike trails.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basics of aMTB equipment and users
- Become familiar the six major design principles for adaptive trails
- Identify unique requirements for adaptive trails to be safe and enjoyable
- Understand the distinction between adaptive-friendly and adaptive-optimized trails
- Learn how to avoid costly mistakes in aMTB trail building
- Understand the approach and rationale for modifying existing trails to accommodate adaptive equipment, and become familiar with specific trail-based adaptive upgrades
- Understand that making trails adaptive-friendly starts at the trailhead
Trail Competencies
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Trail Construction
- • Construction Specifications
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Relevant Trail Types
General. All trail types are relevant.
Learning Credits and CEUs
Learning credits are available. The length of the session will determine the number of hours/credits given. In order to obtain credits, attendees must fill out an evaluation survey for each session they attend, as well as complete a learning credit tracking form noting each session they are requesting credits for (or a quiz if virtual). This form (and complete instructions) will be available during the live webinar or at registration when you check in for in-person events. Email the conference host or [email protected] with any questions.
American Trails is a certified provider and can offer the following learning credits and continuing education opportunities: AICP CM, LA CES (most HSW approved), NRPA CEU, and CEU/PDH Equivalency Petition for other accepting organizations.
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