Technical Trail Skills Training

You are invited to join the Superior Hiking Trail Association, Border Route Trail Association, and all Minnesota and Wisconsin NCTA Chapters for a Technical Trail Skills training session to be held at Spirit Mountain in Duluth, MN. To get more information and TO REGISTER please head to https://tinyurl.com/DuluthTrailSkills. You must register prior to September 15th, 2024 to attend. Attendance is limited to 100 people.

The training will offer hands-on, in-the-field technical trail skills workshops, including:

• Rockwork with Willie Bittner of Great Lakes Trailbuilders
• Trail building
• Women’s trail building and maintenance
• Rock water crossings
• Use of Trail building tools / Hand saw safety / PPE 101
• Boardwalk/wet area crossings
• Trail maintenance – tread
• Trail maintenance – vegetation
• Trail maintenance – drainage
• Use of brush cutters & brush mowers / Using and maintaining motorized equipment
• Wilderness trail maintenance

Free camping and RV set-up in Spirit Mountain’s parking lot. (Hey, it’s free!)

Free food from dinner on Friday night through lunch on Sunday afternoon.

Time to socialize with fellow trail volunteers from Minnesota and Wisconsin.