Sucks that I just found about this today, but if you are in the Virginia area and can get free this Friday or Saturday the IMBA trail building crew will be in Fairfax for two days of workshops on how to correctly build “sustainable and fun singletrack.”

The crew will hold two one-day trail building sessions on April 1st and 2nd.
The school includes three hours of classroom instruction followed by hands-on time in the field learning trailbuilding techniques. Topics include designing a contour trail, controlling water flow, building effective trail structures, urban park solutions, freeride trails, and routine trail maintenance.

The fieldwork will be hands-on trailbuilding, so come prepared.

You’ll probably be most comfortable in long pants and a long-sleeved shirt.
Wear sturdy shoes and bring water, snacks, work gloves, sunscreen, and a hat.

If you have any trailbuilding tools–pulaskis, McLeods, rakes, picks, hoes, shovels–please bring them, too.

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