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From Tuesday, June 16 2009
To Friday, June 19 2009
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 Human Powered Trails, Inc. and the Wisconsin DNR are hosting a Trail Master Certification course taught by Trail Design Specialists.
Mike Riter of Trail Design Specialists will be giving the training. Mike got his start in trail design with the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) in the mid 90's and was part of the first IMBA/Subaru Trail Care Crew. He now owns and operates Trail Design Specialists, is a member of the Professional Trailbuilders Association, and trains and creates trails for a multitude of different trail uses, including both motorized and non-motorized.
Anyone who is interested in becoming an HPT Crew Leader
should talk to an HPT Board member about attending this training
session.
As with all HPT training... this class is offered for free to HPT members.
Overview
 This course will cover the latest advances in trail design, construction and maintenance with a focus on long term sustainability and ease of maintenance. The last day will be field application on the concepts we covered on the previous days interspersed with leadership techniques for working with volunteers. A detailed booklet specific to each segment will be provided. The course consists of three interactive classroom sessions covering the topics listed below.
Please note: all times are subject to change based on the dynamic of the class.
Tuesday - June 16
Trail Design and Layout
We will cover advances on how to properly design and layout a trail. We will discuss how to avoid erosion, user conflicts, and impact problems through design. This session will give you a good working knowledge of what causes trails to erode through water/soil relationships. An outdoor session will consist of a series of flagging and layout drills designed to utilize the concepts covered in the classroom.
9:00 am Start classroom session
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Continue session
11:45 am Test
12:00 pm Lunch; provided by Lindy's Subs and Salads
12:30 pm Outdoor session
3:30 pm Final comments/ wrap up
Wednesday - June 17
Trail Construction
We will cover proper corridor clearing for all types of use and proper construction of a durable tread surface. Various types of tread construction, cribbing and raised tread sections, switchbacks and a section on bridges and boardwalks are also included. An outdoor session will consist of construction techniques covered in the classroom. A demonstration of tread construction machinery may be included.
9:00 am Start classroom session
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Continue session
11:45 am Test
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Outdoor session
3:30 pm Final comments/ wrap up
Thursday - June 18
Trail Maintenance
We will cover maintenance issues on trails. We will discuss how to make long-term repairs and lower environmental impacts. Trail hardening techniques along with rehabilitation of disused trails will also be covered. The outdoor session will consist of maintenance techniques covered in the classroom.
9:00 am Start classroom session
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Continue session
11:45 am Test
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Outdoor session
3:30 pm Final comments/ wrap up
Friday - June 19
Crew leader
This portion of the program will be held entirely outdoors and will give each student the opportunity to lead a crew. The day will be broken into three sessions. At the end of the third session certificates for those that completed the course will be issued.
9:00 am Session One (trail head)
10:45 am Session Two (on trail)
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Session Two and Three
3:30 pm Final comments/ wrap up/ hand out certificates.
What to bring:
- A willingness to learn new concepts in trail design
- Pen and paper
- Good work boots or shoes
- Work gloves
- Since we will be outside for part of every day, please dress accordingly.
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Here is the list of HPT Volunteers who are registered for the Trail Master Certification Course as of 6/10/09.
Meet at the Holiday Inn conference room (200 Pearl Street) downtown La Crosse on Tuesday, June 16th.
Class starts at 9:00am
Schedule is subject
to change dependent on weather and how the class progresses.
A BIG THANK-YOU to everyone that is participating!
Tue - June 16
1- Matt Dotta
2- Jed Olson
3- Dan Luebke
4- Marvin Wanders
5- Todd Reschke
6- Robbie Young
7- Mike Ayers
Wed - June 17
1- Matt Dotta
2- Jed Olson
3- Dan Luebke
4- Marvin Wanders
5- Todd Reschke
6- Robbie Young
7- Mike Ayers
Thu - June 18
1- Matt Dotta
2- Jed Olson
3- Dan Luebke
4- Marvin Wanders
5- Todd Reschke
6- Robbie Young
7- Mike Ayers
Fri - June 19
1- Matt Dotta
2- Jed Olson
3- Dan Luebke
4- Marvin Wanders
5- Todd Reschke
6- Robbie Young
7- Ben Spanel
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Location: La Crosse, WI
Contact: president at humanpoweredtrails.com |
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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."
