Media
Our team of consultants travel the province of BC working with government, Land Title holders and stakeholders to plan, improve and design trails. With the goal to build sustainable, fun and exciting trails, we foster the ecological vision to harmonize with the environment and effectively manage risk. Please find below media snapshots and links to a sampling of some of our select projects.
LEVEL 2 TRAIL COURSE - NANAIMO, BC MARCH 2023
Watch a time lapse above of one of our Level 2 courses where we build a 3 in 1 TTF that you can roll it, drop it or gap it!
MTB TRAIL SYMPOSIUM - SILVERSTAR, BC SEPT 2022
Mark Wood, Principal at Trail Holistics, was invited to the MTB BC Trail Symposium held at SilverStar in September 2022 to present on Risk Management in Recreation as well as participate in a Risk Management panel with other industry professionals including John Hawkins from Rec Sites & Trails BC, Sandy Millnar from Equa Specialty Risk Partners Corporation and Rachela Pollock Capri CMW.
JORDIE LUNN MEMORIAL BIKE PARK & gravity zone
Trail Holistics was hired by the City of Langford to create a comprehensive Safety Strategy for one of the most innovative and progressive bike parks in the world. Consisting of a skills park, multiple jump lines from beginner to pro, and two Velo Solutions pump tracks connected by a high speed ‘snake run’. Constructed in a forested setting, the park is surrounded by a cyclocross trail circuit. Due to the advanced nature of the features and the interplay of these assets, the site required a dynamic complexity of risk management strategies to ensure the park provided adequate progression for all levels of rider while upholding public safety. Working with Red Bull builders and athletes to provide design input, it has been and continues to be a tremendously exciting project to be part of as the City of Langford continues to expand trails within the park. For more about the Jordie Lunn Bike Park, check out their website HERE.
NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON RISK MANAGEMENT
Mark Wood, Principal at Trail Holistics, took part in a National Roundtable on Risk Management held in Feb 2022.
As a guest presenter, Mark delivered a presentation “Risk Management on Recreational Trails” to summarize the Occupiers Liability Act, legal precedence and the key components of a robust Risk Management strategy including the ethos to enable progressive and challenging trails to answer the social needs of communities.
More info can be found HERE.
amtb guidelines
In 2021, we released a second edition of our aMTB guidelines for Explorer bikes, in partnership with Tara Llanes Industries. If you are pursuing the development of aMTB trails in your community, be sure to download our guidelines HERE. Thanks to BETA MTB for carrying the story in their magazine HERE and PINKBIKE for issuing a press release HERE. Our guidelines have been used worldwide to build gravity fuelled aMTB trails and our original release provided the foundation for organizations like KASA to create their aMTB classification standards.
trail workshops - sunshine coast
Our work continues with community trail associations throughout BC. Delivering annual workshops on the Sunshine Coast, we are proud to work with the Sunshine Coast Trail Society to support their efforts to plan, develop and manage a sustainable trail network.
The Level I workshop culminates with a work project where participants are able to put theory into practice, developing the critical thinking to make decisions in the field, driven by a knowledge based approach that is part science, part art. Here’s a link to a workshop delivered in 2020, followed by a return visit in 2021.
Sunshine Coast Trail Society Workshop LINK
ancestral rights - working with first nations - the great trail
Our team at Trail Holistics is proud to work together with First Nations on a myriad of land use engagements. From the delivery of training programs to empower indigenous work crews to our collaborative work on trail projects such as the Great Trail (Trans Canada Trail), ancestral and spiritual land use continue to be paramount in our era of reconciliation.
trail project “the ridge trail” - merritt, bc
Merritt, BC 2019 A 12-year-old mountain bike trail on Merritt’s Iron Mountain looks better than ever thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Bass Coast music festival and a crew of hardworking volunteers who spent the weekend getting their hands dirty in the hills above the former B.C. Visitor’s Centre.
Click the photo at left for the full story of the BC Builder Brigade working with Trail Holistics, the MMBA and Bass Coast.
sunnyside trail development - revelstoke, bc
From 2017 through to 2020, Trail Holistics has worked in partnership with the Ministry of Forests, BC Wildfire and the Revelstoke Cycling Association to design and construct a Phase I of a new multi use trail network on the slopes of Mount Cartier.
continuing education in cumberland, bc
Lead Instructor Mark Wood continues to work with the community in Cumberland with ongoing training. Working with the Village of Cumberland and the United Riders of Cumberland Trail Holistics delivers both a Level I and Level II Workshop on an annual basis. In 2018, Cumberland hosted the first Level II workshop delivered in the Province of BC. The partnership is now eight years running and with one of the best trail networks in BC, the proof is in the pudding!
trail workshops - golden, Kimberley, cranbrook
Lead Instructor Mark Wood continues to tour BC this time through the Kootenays and the Rockies to deliver workshops in Kimberley, Cranbrook and Golden working with the Golden Cycling Club, the Kimberley Trails Society and the Wildhorse Cycling Society.
trail holistics works with tara llanes to release AMTB GUIDELINES 2017
Working together with Tara Llanes, we have released construction guidelines for aMTB trails to promote the construction of barrier free, adaptable trails.
Read more in Pique Magazine HERE
Tara Llanes leading the aMTB movement!
trail holistics delivers sustainability workshops in salmon arm & revelstoke.
Working together with Ministry of Forests Recreation Sites & Trails, Trail Holistics delivers a series of workshops in the Columbia Shuswap region of BC, working with the the Shuswap Trails Alliance in Salmon Arm and the Revelstoke Cycling Association in Revelstoke.
mark wood from trail holistics presents at the 2017 bc trails symposium "building capacity in your community"
Working with trail associations throughout the province of BC, Wood shares insights and strategies to build better trails.
Symposium Schedule HERE