Trail Building 101; How To Solve Water Pooling On Your Trails

Trail Building 101; How To Solve Water Pooling On Your Trails

Water on your trails is your enemy. How to fix water on your trails is your friend. This video outlines what the problems are, how they become worse and what you can do about it. Oh ya, never throw wood at your wood problems, it only makes things worse. You want solutions not more issues that cause further erosion, trail degradation and just ugly af trails.

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[carlfogle]

I learned (the hard way) always lay out your trail in wet weather.

[bloodlight]

Hey, I realy like your jacket. I`m looking for a camo jacket for biking since a while, which one is it? :)

[pex]

This is the pre-party entertainment I needed for my Friday night

[Ademarcus]

Whats the purpose of crisscrossing the sleepers?

[profhortsunlover]

i'm lucky, no one does that here

[XxxXxx-lrvo]

I disagree strongly, corduroying a trail is a vital tool in my repertoire of trail solutions. And it's time tested, it allowed Gen Sherman to march an army through the Carolina swamps at 20 miles a day. I find it particularly useful in areas with wheeled traffic, as it eliminates the lateral ruts that collect water which snowballs into a huge problem. Particularly in the spring when the weepers cause soft spots that are dry the rest of the year. A little corduroy strengthens the tread and prevents the ruts from starting. There is no ONE way to do things with trails, it's all situation dependent and I rule out nothing.