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Torsten Heycke�Chief Trails Evangelist, AWTA

  • Who we are
  • What we do
  • Outcomes
  • Future

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Non-profit group of trail enthusiasts �who work with:

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  • Ashland Parks and Recreation
  • The Forest Service
  • The Pacific Crest Trail Association

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Mission: stewardship of a sustainable trail system in the greater Ashland area.

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Stewardship: the careful planning and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care

Sustainable: something of lasting duration, maintainable, environmentally responsible

Greater Ashland: on city lands, on forest service lands in the watershed and ~30-miles on the PCT.

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What we do: Long-term planning

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Forest Service Lands: 5-year Environmental Study

City of Ashland:�Trails Master Plan

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What we do:

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Trail building and maintenance

Alice

Bandersnatch

Bandersnatch East

BTI

Caterpillar

Catwalk

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Cottle trails

Eastview

Fell on Knee

Gryphon

Hald-Strawberry trails

Hitt Rd

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Jubjub

Lewis Loops (Gyre and Gimble)

Lizard

Lower Red Queen

Marty’s Connector

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New Jabberwocky

No Candies

Pacific Crest Trail

Potlicker

Red Queen

Ricketty

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Snark

Split Rock

Time Warp

Uhtoff

Wagner Glade

White Rabbit

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What we do:

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Close trails

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What we do:

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Clean up garbage:�Waterline, Eastview, Gryphon, Ricketty

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What we do:

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Help develop maps and guides

Hikingproject.com (REI effort)

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What we do:

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Signs

Mom, look what I did with my PhD.

(Post-hole Digger)

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What we do:

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Install:

  • drain pipe
  • weed fabric
  • culverts
  • picnic benches
  • sitting benches
  • native plants

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What we do:

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Easements

  • Along TID trail
  • Alice in Wonderland

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What we do:

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Work with different groups

  • SOU students
  • Rogue Valley Mountain Bike Association
  • Northwest Youth Corps
  • Boy Scouts
  • High School Students

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Outcomes:

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  • separate trails for hikers and bikers
  • distributed use
  • more options for all

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  1. Reduced user conflict

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Outcomes:

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  • Many bike-free or virtually bike free trails
  • Many loops
  • Many starting points�

1a. Unfettered hiking

Plus Gyre and Gimble (Lewis Loops)

and new Wonder trail coming

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  • Linked routes, ped-free
  • Variety of routes
  • Many starting points�

1b. Unfettered biking

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  • West side offers compelling alternative
  • Less concentration of users = less conflict

1c. Distributed trails

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  • Less rogue trail building
  • Less use of rogue & unsustainable trails

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2. Better behavior elicited

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Outcomes:

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  • Enhances quality of life
  • Health benefits
  • Economic benefits

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3. More trail use

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Outcomes

“You can bike or trail-run right from town.”

2017: Several trails, including Bandersnatch highlighted.

4. Trails as destination

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Outcomes:

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5. Community-based enthusiasm for building and maintaining trails.

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Future:

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  • Trail steward program
  • Waterline Ped fix
  • Lower Alice re-route
  • White Rabbit TH fix
  • New Wonder trail
  • New Mad Hatter trail

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Bonus Reel 1: Some mostly bike-free routes

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After video, click anywhere outside video to advance to next slide

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Bonus Reel 2: Lizard-Jabberwocky MTB

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Bonus:

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Funds for us:

  • Mt Ashland Hill Climb
  • Bandersnatch 5K
  • Lewis Loops 10 mile

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Bonus:

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Funds for others (in 2017):

  • Siskiyou Mountain Club $1000
  • Applegate Trail Assoc. $1000
  • Pacific Crest Trail Assoc. $1000
  • Siskiyou Uplands Trail Assoc. $1000
  • Southern Oregon Land Conservancy $1000
  • Ashland HS Track $4000

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