safety & sustainability
We plan, design and improve trails and skills parks for all types of users including
moto & ATV, MTB, aMTB, hiking and multi use.
risk management
We create comprehensive Safety Strategies and Signage Plans for trail networks, bike parks and other rec assets.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Our workshops provide industry leading training in trail care, development and management.
assess & improve
We identify impacts, deficiencies and risks, providing prioritized improvement plans and mitigation strategies.
DESIGN & plAN
Our progressive Master Plans provide comprehensive analysis with GIS prescriptions and cost projections.
Trail Holistics is proud to be a pre-qualified trail planner & builder with the Province of British Columbia
and a certified Fire Smart Canada Representative.
RISK management
Our work continues throughout BC to provide Safety Plans for bike parks, jump parks, skills parks & trail networks. From design planning to oversite and implementation of new assets or the improvement of an existing park or trail network, we work with our clients to create Mitigation Strategies that uphold legal obligations to minimize liability exposure and provide a reasonable measure of public safety in an inherently risky sport.
Since 2020, our work continues with the City of Langford and a team of the worlds top extreme athletes and builders to create a Safety Plan for the Jordie Lunn Memorial Bike Park, Gravity Zone & Nature Trails. Ask us about our many other projects providing Risk Management strategies for other Municipal and Provincial government agencies.
DESIGN & PLAN
Our comprehensive Master Plans provide layout and design for expansion and improvement including cost projections, site prescriptions, asset inventory and GIS layering with detailed POI.
For complex sites, we provide detailed site plans with schematic drawings for budget presentation, public outreach and contractor ready RFPs. Please note examples below have been scaled to allow web viewing.
Assess & improve
We conduct in-depth field analysis identifying deficiencies and improvement opportunities with site specific prescriptions supported by a prioritized action plan that includes geo located POI.
CONSTRUCTION & restoration
We design and construct all types of trails and trail infrastructure, implemented by a team of BC’s best builders.
From bridges to advanced TTFs, we specialize in traditional post and beam construction methods. We take pride whether building new trails or breathing new life into old trails.
mapping & gis
We create easy to read maps with comprehensive layering, providing clients with a GIS bundle of ESRI shape files that include slope analysis, property boundaries, streams with classification, existing and proposed infrastructure, etc.
management strategies
We work with Rights & Title holders and governments throughout BC to create strategies where a complexity of use exists. Our comprehensive strategies are community focused, aimed at solving parking and access issues, user conflict, environmental impacts and other land use pressures. We provide a series of prioritized prescriptions based on sustainable improvements through progressive risk management strategies to create inclusive solutions.
Trail Holistics working with the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe of the Stó:lō Nation along with Rec Sites and Trails BC to create an improvement plan for The Great Trail in Chilliwack to respect Ancestral and Spiritual use in the area while upholding long term sustainable principles to realign the trail off private lands and away from sacred areas while addressing identified deficiencies.
aMTB
Adaptive mountain biking
We continue to advocate, design, build and develop opportunities for adaptive riders.
The aMTB movement is growing globally and as this new frontier develops, we are working with adaptive athletes to create a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure adaptive trails are built to the highest possible standard while fulfilling the specific needs of riders with spinal cord injury.
first nations
We are proud to continue our work with First Nations throughout BC to reconnect indigenous youth to the land, train indigenous led work crews and develop/improve trails on unceded lands while respecting ancestral rights and places of spiritual importance.
WORKSHOPS
LEVEL I & 2
Drawing upon years of practical experience we have developed a series of workshops for all trail types including motorized, MTB, aMTB, hiking and multi use. We offer a Level 1 and Level 2 workshop teaching the foundational and advanced skillsets to build sustainable trails for all user types.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Our Risk Management workshop is essential for anyone who takes care of trails. This one day course provides clarity of your legal and regulatory requirements including Duty of Care to create effective strategies that mitigate risk exposure while providing a reasonable degree of public safety.
aMTB
Finally, for those wishing to develop adaptive trails, our aMTB workshop is aimed at building world class, barrier free trails relying on our work with adaptive athletes to create barrier free trails that are both safe and fun.
Check out our workshops HERE.
