Daniel Scott's blog

IMBA Canada added another course to its portfolio at one of Canada's leading environmental education institutions, Fleming College this spring.  A part of the Continuing Education Progam's Sustainable Trails Certificate, this course caters to both the professional and / or enthuisast who is looking to expand their skillsets.

Hartland.  An accomplishment for mountain bicycling advocacy and club / land manager relations within the lower mainland of British Columbia, this extensive trail system provides the riders of Victoria and its surrounding communites with trails that run the gamut from easy doubletrack to some stuff that would test even the North Shore's mettle for its gnar factor.

Guest blog by Chris Bernhardt, director of IMBA's Trail Solutions program.

This past Saturday saw a gathering of many of the players that have been involved in the re-development of the Bayview Bike Park. What started as an impromptu workday on a rainy Sunday in the fall of 2011 has evolved into a continued partnership between Youth Unlimited's Revolutions Program and IMBA Canada.  Along the way, bike park building newcomer, Ontario Bike Park Construction, also jumped into the fray taking on the task of building a new pumptrack on the site.

After a rigourous three weeks, the class of '13 has wrapped up their first trail project with Capilano University under the tutalage of Jay Hoots of Hoots Inc. and Daniel Scott of IMBA Canada's Trail Solutions.

While lots of press has been given to the IMBA World Summit, here is a short piece on how the Summit & following week in Santa Fe faired for our Trail Solutions staffer, Daniel, and experience therein:

After three years of heavy use and minor upgrades, the City of Toronto was ready for a detailed assessment of the formal Crothers' Woods trails.  The purpose being to identify risk management, user experience (aka fun) and sustainability issues throughout the system that their staff could then tackle in the coming year.

IMBA Canada's Daniel Scott conducted the Ecologically Sustainable Trails Course at Fleming College last weekend, teaching students about the protocols, theories, best practices and more that pertain to making sure trails are not only fun but easy on our critical ecosystems.

Part of Fleming College's Sustainable Trails Certificate, this course was focused on how ecology interacts with recreation.  The curriculum tackled everything from federal and provincial legislation to design and construction to assessment and remediation.

Gravity Logic is a name that is synonymous with some of the best resort bike park riding in the world and with good reason.  Founding members Dave Kelly and Tom Pro were an intrigal component in making the Whistler Bike Park what it is today with classics such as 'A-Line' or the new alpine trail 'Top of the World'.

September 2012 has turned out to be an absolutely spectalar one weather-wise.  Ten days of beautiful blue skies provided ideal fieldwork conditions as IMBA Canada embarks on developing another trails masterplan for a community along the Yellowhead Highway (16) in northern British Columbia.