Mountain Bike Trail Guidelines
The Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission (GMRPTC) recognized the need to create a resource for mount bike trail construction that would assist land and park managers seeking to build sustainable trails. The result of this effort is the Mountain Bike Trail Development: Guidelines for Successfully Managing the Process guidebook. The guidebook is a comprehensive "how-to" that breaks down the process from start to finish beginning with assessing the project and ending with how to maintain the newly built trails.
GMRPTC partnered with Rock Solid Trail Contracting to undertake the massive project. From the Rock Solid Team, author Jake Carsten created the content and researched photos to provide solid visual representations. Rock Solid owner and president Aaron Rogers invested his, as well as his staff's, time an effort to ensure content was accurate and included the most up-to-date construction techniques.
Along the way, the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) developed an interest in the project and provided direction, copy editing, and assisted with the content and examples. They also became a sponsor and promoter of the project.
This guidebook was written for land managers (professionals in city, county, state, federal, land trust, and special use permit entities such as ski area managers) who have the responsibility of bringing bike-optimized mountain bike trails to their communities. This guide is solely focused on mountain biking and the unique aspects that the activity brings to the park planning process.
Access the free Flipbook version of the guidelines.
Download a PDF file of the guidebook (116MB).
GMRPTC partnered with Rock Solid Trail Contracting to undertake the massive project. From the Rock Solid Team, author Jake Carsten created the content and researched photos to provide solid visual representations. Rock Solid owner and president Aaron Rogers invested his, as well as his staff's, time an effort to ensure content was accurate and included the most up-to-date construction techniques.
Along the way, the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) developed an interest in the project and provided direction, copy editing, and assisted with the content and examples. They also became a sponsor and promoter of the project.
This guidebook was written for land managers (professionals in city, county, state, federal, land trust, and special use permit entities such as ski area managers) who have the responsibility of bringing bike-optimized mountain bike trails to their communities. This guide is solely focused on mountain biking and the unique aspects that the activity brings to the park planning process.
Access the free Flipbook version of the guidelines.
Download a PDF file of the guidebook (116MB).
