Mariah Keagy – Sinuosity Flowing Trails – “You Get What You Plan For” #120

Mariah Keagy – Sinuosity Flowing Trails – “You Get What You Plan For” #120

Topics:

• Mariah Keagy Intro and backstory
• Vermont Trails and Greenway Council
• The Green Mountain Club
• The backstory of Sinuosity Flowing Trails
  • Lead Trail Planner / Designer
• Trail Planning and Trail Design according to Mariah
• Defining Trail Planning and Trail Design and what the differences are with Planning and a trail design
• Tools that Mariah uses for Planning and Design
  • Data Gathering – especially social data
• A story about a positive trail design that started a lot differently than how it ended
• Directional Trails
• High Quality Trail Experiences
• Different Trail Experiences (Hike Only and Bike Only) on the same tract / piece of property to offer a higher quality experience for both user groups
• Trail Maintenance
  • Maintainable
• Bike Parks
  • The idea of having pedal powered bike parks
• Ride to Ride communities
• Famous Failure / Learning Experience
  • Crew Leading at the age of 19
• Trends / Future of the Trail Industry
• Trail Building is a trade – and something that takes experience and passing knowledge down from other builders
• What Mariah looks for in Trail Communities when traveling
• Words of Wisdom – “You Get What You Plan For”
• Closing Comments
  • Sinuosity Flowing Trail is Hiring Employees!

Links:

Sinuosity Flowing Trails: https://www.sinuosity.net/

Green Mountain Club: https://www.greenmountainclub.org/about/board-of-directors/mariah-keagy/

Vermont Trails and Greenways Council: https://vermonttgc.org/

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