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.
2/19 Update: Workshops are filling up!
Optional workshops provide small-group, hands-on learning for deeper skill building.
Workshops are add-on sessions and not included with conference registration.
2/19 Update: Workshops are filling up!
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 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 2.5 day course includes the topics of safety, job hazard analysis, propulsion and hydraulic systems, new trail construction techniques, and operation. After classroom sessions, participants will engage in field-based learning where instructors and participants will build a portion of a new trail using a trail dozer and mini-excavator.
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 half-day field workshop dives into the practical design and construction considerations unique to adaptive mountain bike trails. Participants will explore how adaptive rider needs influence trail layout, grades, turning geometry, and features, and how those requirements translate into build techniques and equipment choices on the ground. Through guided, on-trail discussion and small-group rotations, the workshop highlights real-world lessons learned and strategies for delivering accessible, high-quality MTB experiences.
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
