2026 Workshops
Optional workshops provide small-group, hands-on learning for deeper skill building.
Workshops are add-on sessions and not included with conference registration.
1/8/26 Update: We may add a few more workshops this week.
Optional workshops provide small-group, hands-on learning for deeper skill building.
Workshops are add-on sessions and not included with conference registration.
1/8/26 Update: We may add a few more workshops this week.
This two-day workshop covers stone selection, construction techniques, and safe transport and rigging practices through a mix of classroom learning and hands-on field experience.
Cost: $800
This is a 2-day (LITE) version of Trail Design Specialists’ Trail Master Certification Class (typically 4 days). This workshop will touch on the latest advances in trail design, construction and maintenance with a focus on long-term sustainability and ease of maintenance.
Cost: $800
This two-day workshop offers an introduction to mechanized equipment, focusing on mini-excavators and trail dozers. It combines classroom learning with field instruction, emphasizing hands-on experience and skill-building.
Cost: $800
This 2-day workshop explores how terrain behaves beneath and beyond the trail surface, treating the ground as a living system shaped by soils, water, slope, bedrock, and vegetation. Emphasis is on using observable ground indicators to make smarter trail alignment, structure, and drainage decisions that support long-term stability.
Cost: $400
This 1-day workshop introduces the Universal Trail Assessment Process (UTAP) and High Efficiency Trail Assessment Process (HETAP), which collect objective data on trail conditions including grade, cross slope, width, surface type, firmness, and obstructions.
Cost: $400
This hands-on, 4-hour workshop explores the fundamentals of transforming native rock into usable building stone for steps and walls. Participants will learn how to read stone structure, split rock using drills, feathers, and wedges, and shape stone with traditional hammers and chisels to create durable, build-ready blocks.
Cost: $250
This 1/2 day workshop features on the trail education focused on the basics of trail assessment including erosion and user-created problems.
Cost: 250
This workshop combines classroom instruction and hands-on field training to teach heavy, high-load rigging for trailbuilding, yarding, and machine rescue using modern synthetic materials and safe pulling and lifting systems.
Cost: $300
