Start Date
10/30/2025
End Date
10/30/2027
Description
In this webinar, leaders from The Vermont Mountain Bike Association, Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, The Kelly Brush Foundation, and L&D Trailworks will walk through the latest guidance for planning, designing, building, and retrofitting adaptive mountain bike trails, with a specific focus on nonmotorized, natural-surface trails. The speakers represent the critical stakeholders that should be involved in any aMTB trail project— trail manager, aMTB users, aMTB programs, and trail builder - and will collectively present critical principles and practices to follow when developing adaptive mountain bike trails.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Accessibility / ADA
Parks & Recreation
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.50
Learning Outcomes
Understand the basics of aMTB equipment and users
Become familiar the six major design principles for adaptive trails
Identify unique requirements for adaptive trails to be safe and enjoyable
Understand the distinction between adaptive-friendly and adaptive-optimized trails
Learn how to avoid costly mistakes in aMTB trail building
Understand the approach and rationale for modifying existing trails to accommodate adaptive equipment, and become familiar with specific trail-based adaptive upgrades
Understand that making trails adaptive-friendly starts at the trailhead
Instructors
Nick Bennette, Executive Director, Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA) Jeff Alexander, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports Greg Durso, Senior Program Director, Kelly Brush Foundation Tom Lepesqu
Course Codes
Provider
American Trails