Trail that needs alternate lines

[seenvic]

I think this is what IMBA had in mind when they talked about alternate lines. And there are some gaps in here where an alt line wouldn't help much.

This is a legal trail on USFS property in Idaho - I think.

[azdrawdy]

Main Line: Jump

Alternate Line: Ride around jump

Is that about it?

[seenvic]

Jun 28, 2011 13:05:36 GMT -5 azdrawdy said:

Main Line: Jump

Alternate Line: Ride around jump

Is that about it?

The point is....our main lines look like their alternate lines.

They have main lines that call for alt lines.

We don't.

But we have people who post on this forum who defend our alt lines because IMBA talks about alt lines. It is my opinion that IMBA helped us built FATS without (many) alt lines, and the trail in this video is a trail that should have alt lines.

That is about it.

[Angela]

Cool trail! Makes you want to get on it and go.......

This sticks in my mind from something read along the way............if you have a beginner trail and want to incorporate "features" into the trail the "features" should be set up as an alternative line whereas if you have advanced trails the "feature" is the main line and the alternative line is the easier line.

Of course the trail purpose also fits in too, is it clearly a mountain bike trail or is it a multi-purpose trail - was it built as a beginner, intermediate or advanced trail.

I personally think that when a trail is being built it would be great to cover as many different users as possible. Whether that is by having innerconnected loops of varying difficulty in the same general area or one trail with alternate lines incorporated into it.

I have to think (but could be wrong) that our trail runners probably aren't as fond of some of our baby head rock gardens as we are!