Building Your Trail Right the First Time

American Trails

Building Your Trail Right the First Time

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This webinar teaches how to place a trail on the landscape so that it is consistent with the natural environment so that it will be aesthetically pleasing, meet user needs, and require minimal maintenance in the future.

Main topics include:

  • Understanding the influences of water on trail alignments
  • Understanding the use of control points in trail layout
  • Determining the sustainable grade
  • Determining grades between control points

Trail Competencies

No skills listed.

Relevant Trail Types

    General. All trail types are relevant.

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