Join Great Lakes Trailbuilders in building a native stone staircase at the Steger Center just outside of Ely, MN. This partnership will allow participants to learn and enhance technical trail skills with professional trailbuilder Willie Bittner, while immersed in the beautiful and educational environment the Steger Center provides. Over the week participants will learn stone shaping, moving and setting as well as backcountry rigging techniques on a current project at the Center. The training will be held onsite with meals and tent accommodations included.
Training structure categories:
*Site and materials assessment
*Stone shaping and moving with hand tools and power tools
*Stone splitting with manual tools, hand tools and power tools
*Stone staircase construction
*Structures - stone steps, stone retention
*Stone cribbing
Location
Steger Center
3373 Cloquet Line
Ely, Minnesota 55731
Trail Competencies
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Trail Construction
- • Construction Specifications
- • Hand-Built Trail Construction
- • Trail Finishwork
- • Water Management/Drainage Features
- • Water Crossing Structures
- • Retaining Walls
- • Tread Hardening and Surfacing
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Project Planning and Design
- • Define Purpose, Need, and Feasibility of Project
- • Trail Specifications
- • Field Design: Trail Alignment Identification and Marking
- • Project Cost Estimation
- • Implementation Plan
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Started August 20, 2023
03:00 PMEnded August 25
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