Trail Solutions: IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack
Trail Solutions is IMBA's premier trailbuilding resource. This 272-page book combines cutting-edge trail design and construction techniques with proven fundamentals in a colorful, easy-to-read format. Trail Solutions is complimented by Managing Mountain Biking: IMBA's Guide to Providing Great Riding a new 256-page book that focuses on solutions to mountain biking management issues. Together, the two books provide a complete resource for better trail recreation.
Price: $35 USD (IMBA members receive a 10 percent discount. Simply login for member-only prices. Quantity discounts also available, call 888-442-4622.)
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Packed with more than 130 photos and 50 original illustrations, Trail Solutions is an essential tool for land managers and volunteer trailbuilders aspiring to raise their shared-use trail systems to the next level. Published in 2004, the book has emerged as the leading source of sustainable trailbuilding information. Nearly 10,000 copies have been distributed to over 40 countries, and the guidelines have been adopted as official policy by hundreds of land agencies and recreation providers around the globe.
The book is divided into eight sections that follow the trailbuilding process from beginning to end. Readers will be guided through the essential steps of trail planning, design, tool selection, construction, and maintenance. Trail Solutions also describes how to secure funding and support volunteers to get the job done. It covers new ground by providing detailed advice on bermed turns, rock armoring, mechanized tools, freeriding, downhilling, and other pioneering techniques.
More than 20 trail experts including IMBA staff, trailbuilding professionals, and veteran land managers contributed to the effort. The book is edited by IMBA's Pete Webber and supported by a grant from the Federal Highway Administration's Recreational Trails Program.
Details: Paperback, 272 pages, 8.5" x 11", 130 color photos, 50 illustrations, glossary, index, published June, 2004.
While "Trail Solutions" covers trail construction, "Managing Mountain Biking" focuses on solving mountain biking issues through innovative trail design, effective partnerships, and visitor management strategies. The books are available separately or together.
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Quantity Discounts for "Managing Mountain Biking" and "Trail Solutions" Books
1-4: $35 (No quantity discount, standard 10-percent member discount applies.)
5-10: $30 each, plus shipping
11-23: $25 each, plus shipping
24 or more: $20, plus shipping
IMBA members enjoy a 10-percent discount on IMBA products. However, member discounts can't be combined with quantity discounts.
Quantity discounts available by phone only: call toll-free 888-442-4622.
