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Trail Design Specialists

Mike Riter and Trail Design Specialists offer design, construction, maintenance and crew leader courses ranging from one day to one week (have continued to train the crews for IMBA's Trail Care Crew program). These courses are being accepted worldwide as the new standard for producing high quality trails that require minimum amounts of maintenance and yet provide users with the experiences they expect.

The Trail Master Training course is a 4 day certification that delves extensively into the latest techniques for trail design and layout, construction and maintenance on natural surface trails. The last day is focused on crew leader training with safety and efficiency being highlighted. Mike Riter has taught this course extensively for 10 years and has completed many trainings for the USDAFS, NPS, BLM, and a host of state and county agencies. In 2009, the course will be taught at the National Trails Training Center, a new location in Commerce, GA on 50 acres. The site includes a teaching facility asl well as a variety of trails to show students the differences between properly built trails and improperly built ones. Learning opportunities cover all types of use on natural surface including accessible and motorized

2009 Training Schedule:

August 5 - 8 -- Trail Master Course / Kentucky

September 8 - 11 -- AERC Trail Master Course / Kansas City (Must be AERC member)

September 12 - 13 -- AERC Mechanized Course / Kansas City (Must be AERC member)

September 24 - 27 -- NC Horse Council Trail Master Course / Eldorado, NC

October 15 - 18 -- AERC Trail Master Course / California (Must be AERC member)

October 27-30 -- Trail Master Course / Commerce, GA

For more information:

Trail Design Specialists, LLC
2745 Trotters Walk Tr SW, Snellville, GA 30078
(678)410-8021
Mike@traildesign.com
WWW.traildesign.com

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