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Extend your learning with in-depth workshops
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Art and Science of Trails — Woody Keen, Trail Dynamics LLC. Sunday-Monday, March 15-16
While good trail design involves a range of sciences to provide for a sustainable route, great trail design involves the art of interpreting the landscape to maximize its exceptional features thereby enhancing the user experience. This comprehensive 2 day (indoor) workshop will cover many aspects of trail development and lay the groundwork needed to improve your skills as a trail manager.
Sorry, CANCELLED Accessible Trail Planning and Construction — Peter Jensen, Peter Jensen and Associates. Sunday-Monday, March 15-16
This workshop would focus on the proposed federal guidelines, design and layout principles, field layout of a trail section, and discussion of construction methods. This would be a 2 day workshop so that enough time could be devoted to indepth discussion, hands-on field time doing layout and delving into participants questions.
Universal Trail Assessment Process (UTAP) — Beneficial Designs. Sunday-Monday, March 15-16
UTAP is becoming a standard process for objectively recording and conveying accessibility information for any trail. Learn and practice the process in this two-day, indoor/outdoor workshop.
TrailWare Workshop — Beneficial Designs. Tuesday, March 17, 8:00 AM-noon
Optionally used with UTAP, Trailware is software for recording and conveying trail assessment information gathered with UTAP. Half-day classroom workshop.
Rigging for Trail Work — Lester Kenway. Monday, March 16
This one-day workshop is divided between classroom presentations and outside demonstrations of equipment and techniques. Safe practices in the use of wire rope and rigging equipment will be presented; a variety of winches and specialty tools will be available to apply in different situations. Applications ranging from simple pulling/dragging situations to overhead skyline systems hundreds of feet long will be described or demonstrated.
Anatomy of a Trail — Woody Keen, Trail Dynamics LLC. Friday-Saturday, March 20-21
This 2 day field visit workshop will explore many local trail systems which have been heavily influenced by PTBA members. This is a great follow up workshop for anyone who has taken the Art and Sciences of Trails workshop or any other comprehensive trail design workshop.
FULL! Chainsaw Instructor Certification — Dennis Helton, Forest Service. Monday & Tuesday, March 16-17
Upon successful completion of this course and passing various tests, attendees of this important workshop will be certified as Chainsaw Instructors and be available to offer regular chainsaw certification courses as needed. Certification in this Instructors Course is strictly performance based. Prerequisite requirements are current USFS Chainsaw Operator Certification (or equivalent) or a very high level of competence and confidence in all aspects of chainsaw operations.
Youth and Conservation Corps Opportunities — Christopher Douwes, FHWA & Stuart MacDonald, American Trails. Tuesday, March 17, 8:00 AM-noon
Involving youth and service corps organizations in trail and stewardship projects. Support education and career development for young people while putting a skilled and flexible team to work on your parks and trails. Planning, funding, liability, responsibilities, and benefits. Learn how to work with corps organizations, secure state and federal funding, and develop long-term partnerships.
FULL! Introduction to Mechanized Trailbuilding — Woody Keen, Trail Dynamics LLC. Friday-Sunday, March 20-22
One skilled machine operator and the right machine can do the work of many hand laborers in a fraction of the time. In a dollars and cents world, machines save you time and money on any given trail project. This 3 day workshop will focus on giving participants a good head start and introduction into the world of mechanized trail building. Join us for this hot topic workshop and learn how to use machines, but yield a high level of finish and an Òalways been thereÓ look. Instructors are some of the best in the business with not only good machine skills, but also good teaching and instructional skills. Teacher to student ratios will be kept low and there will be plenty of hands on machine time to hone your skills.
Road to Trail Conversion — Ed Sutton, Trail Dynamics LLC. Sunday-Monday , March 15-16
This hands-on workshop will explore how to best locate a trail within an old road matrix to accomplish many trail management objectives: improve long term sustainability through better water management, enhance the user experience by making the corridor more interesting, and reduce user conflict by calming the speeds of faster user groups.
Stonework - From Shaping to Installation — Peter Jensen, Peter Jensen and Associates. Friday-Saturday, March 20-21
Experience the process of finding & shaping stone, transportion of stone via cable rigging, and installation of stone for steps, gargoyles, & cribbing. This 2 day workshop will focus on 3 parts which are all hands on. Up to 30 participants can be accommodated and the participants will be split into 3 groups. Each group will rotate between sites after 4.5 hours of instruction/hands on work.
National Trails Training Partnership (NTTP) — Stuart MacDonald, Pam Gluck and Christopher Douwes. Thursday night Reception and Friday, March 20, 8 AM - 4 pm
Join members of American Trails and the Federal Highway Administration, Recreational Trails Program, for an update on the future of the National Trails Training Partnership program. Open to NTTP members.
FULL! Chainsaw Safety and Certification — Dennis Helton, Forest Service. Friday & Saturday, March 20-21
This 2 day course will provide attendees an excellent overview of all aspects of chainsaw work for trails including: limbing, bucking, and felling operations. The goal of this workshop is to train and certify students in safe chainsaw use.
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