The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew is coming to the Richmond area.
On Saturday, March 29th, the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be holding an IMBA Trail Building School at Pocahontas State Park. Starting at 9am, there will be an indoor session at the Heritage Center, then the class will move outdoors for hands on work in the afternoon.
All events are free of charge, but we ask you to please register in advance at https://www.imba.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=381
They will also be putting on two seminars targeted towards land managers and community leaders.
The International Mountain Bicycling Association Presents:
Better Living Through Trails
This presentation explores the positive relationships between communities and their trail systems. Trails as community assets can improve quality of life and livability in a community for both the biking and non-biking members, and can attract significant tourism dollars in addition in increasing overall quality of life. With statistics and case studies, participants will learn how to turn a quality community trail system into a destination trail system, and how to effectively market a trail system.
March 28th 10:00 AM – Virginia War Memorial 621 S Belvidere St, Richmond, VA 23220
Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew
Land Manager Training
This presentation will educate land managers about IMBA and the practice of designing,
building and maintaining sustainable purpose-built mountain bike trails as well as the
importance of partnerships with local mountain biking organizations to achieve great trails.
Topics of discussion will include:
- Trail Building Theory
- Erosion basics
- Sustainable design & construction
- Volunteer management
- Understanding trail flow
- Natural resource management
- Stacked loop trail systems
- Effective signage
- User management techniques
- Reroutes and reclamation
March 28th 2:00 PM – Virginia War Memorial 621 S Belvidere St, Richmond, VA 23220