The HPT Board of Directors & Committees determine the direction of HPT and make the behind the scenes decisions to help continue "Building Better Trails". All meeting notices & minutes, as well as other news is available here.
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Written by Marvin Wanders
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Tuesday, 10 April 2012 09:53 |
Transition, growth, change and protection are all words that come to mind when we look at the end of year 2011 and start making progress towards a successful year 2012 and beyond.
After months of strategic planning and hard work, in November of 2011, the HPT Board of Directors made a decision to greatly expand and broaden the vision of HPT to benefit our silent sports and regional community. Within the focus are all of the silent sports we love; hiking, trail running, cross country skiing, singletrack mountain biking, road biking, snow shoeing, bird watching, dog walking, canoeing, kayaking and many more. Initially, this focus will be on developing silent sports infrastructure in the City of La Crosse and La Crosse County emphasizing Land Trails, Blue (water) Trails, and Road Trails. The development of this infrastructure will lead to expanded opportunities for accessibility to outdoor activities for more citizens of all abilities, better mapping and signage, more and new shared use land trails, and additional and improved canoe and kayak landings.
In order for this new vision to move forward,
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Written by Mike Charron
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Sunday, 25 March 2012 09:37 |
Welcome to HPT 2012!
Mother Nature has really been in our favor so far this year! The following items should give all our trail building volunteers some a info about the start of the trail building season.
- A definite start date for our first trail building night has not yet been determined. My brain is still trying to catch up with the fact that the trails are open. I'm still thinking about skiing ....
- Trail work nights will be on
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Written by Mike Charron
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011 06:08 |
 The HPT/DNR Trail School is back in town this week! This year we have trail builders from the CAMBA group (Chequamegon Area up north) in class. The CAMBA trails has over 200 miles of various types of trails. In the past couple of years they have focused on building sustainable single track with a goal to have 75 miles completed in the next couple of years. Also, Brigit Brown from the DNR will be here today and Friday. And who can forget the instructor - Mike Riter! This guy is amazing ...Please take this opportunity to meet and learn from all the above folks while they are in town. In order to facilitate the learning experience, we will be convening at Ebeneezer's Restaurant at the Holiday Inn downtown at around 5:30 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Share a beverage or two and rub shoulders with fellow trail enthusiasts. This Thursday, after starting out at the Holiday Inn, we will move on over to Big Al's to share a pizza - or two - or three!!
Lots of learning will occur this week! Please come on down and share. Bring your questions on trail building or equipment ideas in throw them on the table! There is plenty of experience in town this week to offer some excellent answers! 
See ya at the Holiday Inn at 5:30 pm!
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Written by Dan Luebke
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:42 |
 If you are a runner, cyclist, triathelete or just an active person, Road
ID is for you. In the event of an accident, if you can't speak for
yourself, your Road ID will. It's not just a piece of gear - it's peace
of mind.
Human Powered Trails is now an affiliate of Road ID. Get your "Road ID" by clicking on the logo or HERE and HPT will earn money.
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Written by Mike Charron
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Monday, 02 May 2011 08:10 |
 8 members of HPT had a great time on Saturday when they completed the FISTA Chainsaw Training Class. HPT members were joined by 3 members from Vernon County Trails on the proper use of and safe techniques in handling various sizes of chainsaws needed for trail maintenance and trail building duties.
The certification class was taught by Jim Olive of the Forest Industry Safety and Training Alliance based in Rhinelander, WI. The classroom portion of the training consisted of reviewing safety equipment and learning how to properly maintain the chainsaw - both in the shop and in the field.
Participants in the class learned what safety equipment should be worn when using a chainsaw and viewed some nasty photos of accidents when safety equipment was not used. The class also destroyed an old pair of safety pants and saw first hand how the pants performed properly and did not allow the spinning chain to tear thru the material.
Mr. Olive demonstrated, and students learned, the current and proven techniques to fell trees. As HPT is not a logging operation, we spent more time on learning how to remove storm damaged trees which can be more dangerous and harder to remove than "normal" tree felling operations.
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uman Powered Trails, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is: “To develop and maintain first class sustainable and environmentally correct, human-powered, shared use trails for the La Crosse, WI region."
