Trail Solutions: IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack is IMBA's premier trailbuilding resource. This 272-page book combines cutting-edge trailbuilding techniques with proven fundamentals in a colorful, easy-to-read format. 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. The new book expands greatly on IMBA's popular 2001 handbook "Building Better Trails" and breaks new ground by providing detailed advice on banked turns, rock armoring, mechanized tools, freeriding, downhilling, risk management, and other pioneering techniques. 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. Look Inside this Book Read Customer Reviews Trail Solutions is perfectly complimented by Natural Surface Trails By Design, a new resource that explores advanced trail design theory. It is available separately or bundled with Trail Solutions. Get both books Advanced trailbuilders looking for techniques and inspiration for using stone in their trails should check out The Art and Craft of Stonescaping. See all books related to trailbuilding Details: Paperback, 272 pages, 8.5" x 11", 130 color photos, 50 illustrations, glossary, index, published June, 2004. Prices in US dollars. |