Online Trail School - Topic 2 Review: Design Survey

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* 2. What is the most practical way to accurately identify grades and slopes in the field for trail design?

A land surveying setup

A clino app on your phone

A clinometer

You don’t need to accurately identify grades in the field

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* 3. Choose all reasons a contour alignment on sideslope is the best design.

Facilitates sheet flow

Allows successful grade reversals during build and maintenance

Better for turns

Easier to slow riders down for shared-use

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* 4. What is the most effective average grade for a blue (more-difficult) bike-optimized descent?

10%

12%

14%

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* 5. What is the most effective average grade for a blue (more-difficult) jump trail?

10%

20%

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* 6. What are some important minor control points to identify during field design?

Rare habitat

Existing trails

Existing culverts on roads

Suitable turn locations

All of the above

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* 7. Where is the most likely place for visitor conflict on a trail system?

Turns

Rocky sections

Intersections

Fast downhills with good sightlines

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* 8. SWPPPs are developed to permit what?

Dust mitigation

Machine use

Construction stormwater management

Flooding

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* 9. NEPA compliance can be triggered by?

Use of federal funds or building on federal property

Use of state funds or building on state property

Employment of people under 18

Use of heavy equipment

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* 10. What is the often times the simplest and cost-effective way to manage concerns about cultural resource impacts from trails?

Interpretive education

Identify and avoid

Bury

Excavate and archive

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* 11. The trail specifications and objectives are important to develop during design to guide what styles of construction?

Professional contractors

Youth/Conservation corps

Volunteers

Agency staff

All of the above

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* 12. An important best practice considered during design for managing risk on trail systems is?

Ensuring extraction routes/methods are available

Difficulty progression

Banning gap jumps

Always providing green (beginner) trails

A & D

B & A

B & D

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* 13. Sandy soils with high percolation rates allow for what type of trail development outside typical best practices?

Steeper grades due to more infiltration

Trails on flat ground due to less concern over puddling

Grade reversals due to easy digging

Easily build jumps and features due to easy digging

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* 14. Why is the half rule effective on sideslopes?

Allows successful grade reversals during build and maintenance

Creates a sustainable corridor grade

Ensures an enjoyable climb for all visitors

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* 15. You are designing trails in the northeast on a site with numerous old stonewalls and cellar holes, what might you do early on in the design phase to make it more efficient and productive?

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* 16. Follow up: what are some clues to past 20th century homestead locations?

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* 17. Follow up: what is a major hazard often found near old homesteads?

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* 18. How much detail does your design need for each of the following examples? A) New hiking trails on a private home lot, the homeowner is paying for all work. B) Shared-use with pockets of single-use gravity trails on a national forest, the work will be completed with a mix of RTP and private foundation grants.

Online Trail School - Topic 2 Review: Design

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* 1. Your Name & Email

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* 2. What is the most practical way to accurately identify grades and slopes in the field for trail design?

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* 3. Choose all reasons a contour alignment on sideslope is the best design.

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* 4. What is the most effective average grade for a blue (more-difficult) bike-optimized descent?

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* 5. What is the most effective average grade for a blue (more-difficult) jump trail?

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* 6. What are some important minor control points to identify during field design?

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* 7. Where is the most likely place for visitor conflict on a trail system?

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* 8. SWPPPs are developed to permit what?

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* 9. NEPA compliance can be triggered by?

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* 10. What is the often times the simplest and cost-effective way to manage concerns about cultural resource impacts from trails?

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* 11. The trail specifications and objectives are important to develop during design to guide what styles of construction?

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* 12. An important best practice considered during design for managing risk on trail systems is?

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* 13. Sandy soils with high percolation rates allow for what type of trail development outside typical best practices?

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* 14. Why is the half rule effective on sideslopes?

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* 15. You are designing trails in the northeast on a site with numerous old stonewalls and cellar holes, what might you do early on in the design phase to make it more efficient and productive?

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* 16. Follow up: what are some clues to past 20th century homestead locations?

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* 17. Follow up: what is a major hazard often found near old homesteads?

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* 19. What is a local terrain trap you have encountered?

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* 20. What is the fall line and when is it appropriate to design trails on it?