Basic Elements of Trail Design and Trail Layout - American Trails
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Trail design. Trail design is one of the most important factors to insure that the route offers optimum scenic, geologic, historic, cultural and biological sites to provide a variety of diverse habitats for the trail user to experience.
Standard Trail Plans and Specifications - US Forest Service
WEBThe Standard Trail Plans and Specifications were developed to assist with trail design, construction, maintenance, inventory, condition assessment, and the assembly of trail construction plan packages.
Trail Fundamentals and Trail Management Objectives - US Forest Service
WEBThis document provides definitions for Trail Fundamentals and associated terminology including Trail Management Objectives, Trail Type, Trail Class, Managed Use, and Design Parameters. This document describes the five national Trail Classes applicable to all National Forest System Trails.
How to Build and Maintain Hiking Trails | My Land Plan
WEBThis guide helps you design, build and maintain hiking trails... and keep you and your family safe while doing it. Done right, these trails will help you share your love of the land with others, and ensure that your forest stays healthy and beautiful for years to come.
Trail Planning and Design Hub - American Trails
WEBFeb 14, 2022 · Everything you need to know about trail planning and design for long lasting trails. Planning trails and greenways includes many skills, such as identifying routes and experiences for park systems, developing plans for regional and statewide systems, developing goals and objectives for trail projects, and more.
A Handbook for Trail Design, Construction, and Maintenance
WEBMar 27, 2024 · This webinar will discuss the challenges of legacy trails, examine with photos and commentary commonly built trail features, and applying the SET test to them. It will also discuss the renovation of existing features and the construction of new trail features that comply with the SET criteria.
14. Recreational Trail Design – Woodland Stewardship: A …
WEBThis chapter provides simple, inexpensive solutions for designing, building, and maintaining sustainable trails for hiking, horseback riding, bicycling, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, all terrain vehicles (ATVs), and off-highway motorcycles (OHMs).
AMC’s Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance - Trail …
WEBHiking trails don’t simply spring from the ground. They’re the result of planning, hard work, knowledge, and elbow grease. Fortunately, with proper instruction, anyone can learn to build and maintain safe, durable, and environmentally sound hiking trails that provide paths into nature for everyone.
Traildesigner – On making paths and trails - Hiking.org
WEBHiking trails and paths can be designed in many ways and needs to be adapted to the place, the culture and the amount of use on it. Still many have important knowledge and experience about how best to design trails and paths out in the landscapes.
Here's What it Takes to Build a New Trail - Backpacker
WEBFeb 4, 2021 · A day of trail building can encompass any number of grueling tasks: hiking on foot into the unmarked wilderness, using a chainsaw to open up corridors, digging with special tools, laying tread, or putting in walls and bridges.