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complicated conversation a little bit. here are my 2 cents and methods scout the area on foot, and hopefully you can create a vision... using topographical mapping is optional, but I prefer it. Either before or after you do actual on the ground scouting. Once you have a vision, walk your path with neon flagging tape and mark where you see the trail going. Flagging tape is a great non intrusive way to mark the trail Once you are confident in the path you have chosen, cut away Vegetation and create a complete, featureless, bermless, functional path. once the path has been cut, work the ground with the various methods until the trail is ready for tires. Ride the functional path and see how it flows and start placing the berms and features accordingly And take the rest from there 😉 its a layered process for me, scout, functional path, pimp it out with berms and features last. When you try to build a trail feature by feature a lot of times it takes forever and features get put in the wrong places and shit doesn’t flow right Good luck. And hit me up I’m always down to put a trail in if the terrain is good

Use the IMBA guide to sweet single track. You can find other people (National Park Service, US Forestry Service, etc) have books based on the IMBA book available for free online. Here some links - https://www.nps.gov/noco/learn/management/upload/NCT_CH4.pdf https://www.nps.gov/noco/learn/management/ncttrailconstructionmanual1.htm https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf07232806/pdf07232806dpi72.pdf Nothing beats experience because all the reading gets you started but seeing what works and what fails makes a bigger impression.

Picnic and all of deception are gtg. Guessing that mean rim and snail are gtg. Didn’t check peddlers but probably not gtg.

Let's say that, hypothetically, one has access to ~350 acres of Texas Hill Country rolling hills w/permission from landowner to build trail as one wishes. In this scenario, where does one start laying out plans? Anyone have good resources? I assume a healthy dose of mapping tools and test riding sections is called for. Figured there would be so tricks of the trade to do initial planning using topo maps. Is IMBAs guide the go-to? Any other tips? This would be long term vision and execution. In this hypothetical scenario, let's assume there is not current permission for outside groups to assist. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

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Patience is a precious commodity. It pays great dividends though.

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