See a full description and the presenters’ bios HERE.

A part of the American Trails Advancing Trails Webinar Series, “Fundamentals of Mountain Trail Sustainability“ is the second of a series of three on Sustainable Mountain Trails. Parts 2 and 3 will teach you to apply these principles to a trail network “One Trail at a Time, One Mile at a Time.” The course includes tools and techniques, examples, and case studies of mountain trail sustainability.

Each webinar in this series is independent of each other and can be attended individually.

These webinars are applicable to all natural surface trail systems. Please see the following link to the presenter’s hallmark document: Guide to Sustainable Mountain Trails – Trail Assessment, Planning, & Design Sketchbook, 2007 edition.

Learning Objectives:

1. Attendees will be presented an overview of the trails program at Rocky Mountain National Park, as well as current initiatives – including recovery from 500-year rainfall events, and how principles of mountain trail sustainability will focus their efforts.
2. Attendees will be presented with interdisciplinary team tools and techniques being used at Rocky that are transparent, engage the resource management staff, engage the compliance and management staffs and provide the basis for minimum impact to natural and cultural resources, and sound decision-making while helping to prioritize projects for implementation.
3. Attendees will learn Basic Design, Landscape Architectural and Project Management tools & techniques which will assist them in applying sustainability criteria and guidelines for New Trail Design & Trail Rehabilitation on the ground.
4. Attendees will be able to understand the relationship between New Trail Design methods and Guidelines for Sustainability Assessment / Planning / Design / Implementation / Ecological Restoration / Maintenance, Rehabilitation & Armor Spectrum.
5. Attendees will learn to develop recommendations for the Optimum Mountain Trail Corridor location and compare that to the Existing Mountain Trail Corridor location and to prioritize segments for Implementation.
6. “The Challenge is … to be Patient!” Attendees will learn the implications of their incremental decisions to their effect on the environment and Project Life Cycle cost and encouraged to craft strategies that reflect their Mountain Trail Sustainability Ethic.

This webinar is presented by:

• Hugh Duffy, PLA, ASLA, LEED, GA, PMP, a Landscape Architect and Project Manager with the National Park Service
• Danny Basch, Facility Manager of Operations, Rocky Mountain National Park
• Ian Brighton, Facilities Management Systems Specialist, Rocky Mountain National Park

Additional Information:

Payments Accepted:
Payments accepted are credit cards (Visa and MasterCard), PayPal, checks, and purchase orders. If paying via purchase order, please select “check” as your payment method in the online store and in the “notes” section write in your purchase order number.

Recording:
All webinars in the American Trails Advancing Trails Webinar Series are recorded. A link to the recording is included with the purchase of the webinar and will be sent within a day or two following the webinar, along with a pdf of the resources slide shown during the Q&A portion of the webinar that includes presenter contact information. Access to the recordings may also be purchased after the live session through the American Trails Online Store.

Closed Captioning:
Complimentary closed captioning in English is offered for our webinars, thanks to a partnership with VZP Digital. An unedited transcript will be sent to attendees following the webinar. If you require closed captioning in another language, please email trailhead@americantrails.org.

Questions?
Contact the American Trails office at trailhead@americantrails.org or (530) 605-4395.