IMBA TRAILS SPECIALIST TO RETURN IN NOVEMBER TO COMPLETE EVANS CANYON
TRAIL WORKJoey Klein is
scheduled to return in mid November with IMBA's Sweco trail building
machine to help complete the Evans Canyon Restoration project . The
funding is being provided from a Nevada State Recreational Trails Grant
that was written and headed up by Patti Bakker of the Truckee Meadows
Trails Association.
Volunteer evening trail work thru the summer helped get the existing trail
out of the bottom of the creek to approximately the half way point up the
canyon. Novembers work will entail finishing off the top part of Evans
Canyon and to complete a new trail to circumnavigate the new town home
development at the top of the canyon.
Saturday November 22 is being scheduled as a
volunteer day, in which all local interested person are welcome to help
complete the canyons work. Stay tuned for a complete schedule as the time
nears.
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Joey Klein is an internationally respected
trail design expert who specializes in creating trails that are
environmentally sustainable, cost-effective, safe, shared use, and fun to
ride and walk. Joey developed his skills during four years as a leader of
the professional Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew. Joey has assessed, designed,
constructed and maintained trails in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada,
Australia, Mexico the
Netherlands, Italy, Wales, Scotland and England. He has served as the lead
instructor at more than 50 IMBA Trail Building Schools - teaching both
trail professionals and volunteer leaders the latest techniques of
sustainable trail construction. Joey has consulted on the design of the
2004 Olympic mountain bike racecourse in Athens, Greece. He was a
co-author of "Building Better Trails," a highly regarded trail development
manual published by the International Mountain Bicycling Association.
During the last two years, Joey has developed new trail building skills,
including advanced rock armoring techniques, design strategies for
highly-challenging trails, and advanced user-conflict resolution methods.
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