USFS Trails Fundamentals

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USFSTrails Fundamentals
The Cornerstones...
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Trail Fundamentals

• Trail Type
• Trail Class
• Managed Use
• Designed Use

• Design Parameters
• CASM
• Productivity Factors

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FY00-FY04 National Trails ProgramEmphasis

• Review, revise and improve Infra Trails Module
• Develop complimentary trail condition survey
  process

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Objectives

• Effective and efficient tool thats useful for
  trail managers
• Accurate and accountable data to meet planning,
  public information and upward reporting needs

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How?

• Start from a Common Point of Reference
• Link the Pieces

• FSM/FSH Definitions Direction
• FS Standard Drawings Specifications
• MM Infra Business Rules
• GIS Spatial Data
• Deferred Maintenance Protocols
• Interagency Trail Data Standards

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Establishing a Common Point of Reference

• Trail Management Objectives (TMO)

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Trail Management Objectives
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TMO
Trail Definition
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USFSTrail Definitions
Trail
A route 50 inches or less in width or a route
over 50 inches wide that is identified and
managed as a trail.
(36 CFR 212.1)
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USFSTrail Definitions
Forest Trail
A trail wholly or partly within or adjacent to
and serving the National Forest System that the
Forest Service determines is necessary for the
protection, administration, and utilization of
the National Forest System and the use and
development of its resources.
(36 CFR 212.1)
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USFSTrail Definitions
National Forest System Trail
A forest trail other than a trail which has been
authorized by a legally documented right-of-way
held by a State, county, or other local public
road authority.
(36 CFR 212.1)
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TMO
Trail Type
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Trail Type
A fundamental trail category that indicates the
predominant trail surface or trail foundation,
and the general mode of travel the trail
accommodates.
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Trail Types

• Standard / Terra Trail
• Snow Trail
• Water Trail

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Standard/Terra Trail

• Predominant foundation is ground

• Designed and managed to accommodate ground-based
  trail use

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Snow Trail

• Predominant foundation is snow or ice

• Designed and managed to accommodate snow-based
  trail use
• Does not include winter play areas

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Water Trail

• Predominant foundation is water

• Designed and managed to accommodate water-based
  trail use
• May include overland portage segments

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Trail Types

• Only one Trail Type per trail.

• Allow managers to identify specific technical
  specifications, management needs and the cost of
  managing the trail for particular uses and/or
  seasons by trail or trail segment.

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What about overlap?
When two Trail Types are on same route

• Identify each trail with its own Name, Number,
  and Trail Type.

• Identify each as a concurrent route via Infra
  Route-to-Route Links.

• This shared system mileage duplication can then
  be filtered out when desired during queries.

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Trail Class
Trail Class
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Trail Class
The prescribed scale of trail development,
representing the intended design and management
standards of the trail.
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Trail Prescriptions

• Describe desired trail management, based on
  Forest Plan direction.

• Take into account managed uses, user preferences,
  setting, sensitive resources, and other
  management activities.

• When defining the prescription, each trail is
  assigned an appropriate Trail Class.

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Trail Classes

• Only one Trail Class identified per trail or
  trail segment.

• Trail Classes define typical scenarios of
  combined factors, and exceptions may occur for
  any factor.

• Choose the one that most closely matches the
  managed objective of the trail.

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Trail Class Matrix
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Trail Class Examples
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TMO
ROS / WROS Recreation / Wilderness Recreation
Opportunity Spectrum
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TMO
Designed Use
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Managed Use
The mode(s) of travel that are actively managed
and appropriate, considering the design and
management of the trail.
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Managed Use

• There may be more than one Managed Use per trail
  or trail segment.
• Managed Use indicates a management decision or
  intent to accommodate and/or encourage a
  specified type of trail use.

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Managed Uses
Hiker / Pedestrian Bicycle Pack and
Saddle Motorcycle All Terrain Vehicle
Cross Country Ski Snowshoe Dogsled Snowmobile
Motorized Watercraft Non-Motorized Watercraft
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From Managed Use
Managed Use A
Managed Use B
Managed Use C
Designed Use
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Designed Use
The intended use that controls the desired
geometric design and determines the subsequent
maintenance parameters for the trail.
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Designed Use

• Although the trail may be actively managed for
  more than one use, and numerous uses may be
  allowed...
• there is only one Designed Use per trail or
  trail segment.

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Designed Uses
Hiker / Pedestrian Bicycle Pack and
Saddle Motorcycle All Terrain Vehicle
Cross Country Ski Snowshoe Dogsled Snowmobile
Motorized Watercraft Non-Motorized Watercraft
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Designed Use

• Determines technical specifications for trail
  design, construction and maintenance
• For each Designed Use and applicable Trail Class,
  theres a corresponding set of nationally
  standardized technical specifications.

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TMO
Design Parameters
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Design Parameters
Technical specifications for trail construction
and maintenance, based on the Designed Use and
Trail Class.
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Design Parameters

• Standardized set of construction and maintenance
  specifications based on Designed Use and Trail
  Class.

• Local deviations may be established based on
  specific trail conditions, topography and other
  factors.

• .provided that they continue to reflect the
  general intent of the national Trail Classes.

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Design Parameters

• Design Tread Width

• Design Surface

• Design Grade

• Design Cross Slope

• Design Clearing

• Design Turns

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Design Parameters
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TMO
Target Frequency
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TMO
Access Travel Management

• Managed Use
• Prohibited Use

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TMO
Special Considerations
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TMOs

• Pulling
• it all together

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Next Step

• TMO Point of Reference

• Apply Design Maintenance Standards
• Trail Condition Assessments

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Collect Field Data

• What data to collect?
• How much is enough?

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Trail CASM
Condition Assessment Survey Matrix
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Trail CASM

• Efficient and appropriate inventory and condition
  surveys
• Survey frequency and accuracy commensurate with
  level of development and investment
• Applicable to Infra data entry
• Applicable to public information

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Trail CASM
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Productivity Factors
Collecting Key, Trail-Specific Information

• Physical factors that have a predominant effect
  on the accomplishment and cost of trail
  construction, maintenance
• and/or reconstruction

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Productivity Factors

• Site-specific data (per CASM accuracies)
• Usually dont change much over time
• Data used to refine costing
• Data useful for planning, management other
  information purposes

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Productivity Factors

• Typical Trail Grade
• Typical Side Slope
• Typical Soil Type
• Typical Vegetation Brush
• Typical Vegetation Timber

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Productivity FactorCodes

• Standardized codes
• Developed from perspective of trail construction
  maintenance production rates

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Productivity FactorCodes
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Trail Fundamentals

• Trail Type
• Trail Class
• Managed Use
• Designed Use

• Design Parameters
• CASM
• Productivity Factors

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TMO ? CASM ? TRACS ? Infra
Results.

• Known Standards Design Parameters
• Reliable Inventory
• Identified Conditions Need
• Quality Trail Prescriptions
• Standardized Costing
• Consistent Versatile Data

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Trail FundamentalsCornerstones of

• Efficient Trail Planning Management
• Consistent, Quality Data
• Accurate, Accountable Inventory Costing

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Where to find it?
http//fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/rhwr/ibsc/index.shtml
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TMO ? Trail Classes ? CASM ?
Design Parameters ? TRACS ?
Trail Bridges ? DM Protocols ? QAs.
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