Client: Private Property Landowner
Scope: This private property had enough wooded backyard space for a little over a half mile of natural surface trail that the family wanted for hiking and biking. To ensure sustainability of the trail for years of use, culverts and rock armoring were installed to manage the steep hillside drainages.
Client: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Scope: We teamed up with the Wildlife for Everyone Habitat and the state of Pennsylvania to build just under two miles of multi-use singletrack around Colyer Lake near State College on a 77-acre parcel of land managed by the Fish and Boat Commission for public fishing and boating. Leftover money from a dam repair project was funneled into building a brand new natural surface trail around the lake that is now open to the public and enjoyed by hikers, trailrunners, and mountain bikers.
Client: Private Property Landowner
Scope: The family’s goals for a trail in their wooded backyard was to have an at-home place for their teenage son to practice for his running events and for the family to enjoy hikes with their dog. Several deep ravines traversed this wooded space as a result of runoff from an adjacent farm field. We were able to design and build a little over a half mile of trail and we created it to be more sustainable by installing culverts to allow the runoff to flow under the trail.
Client: Oldham County Public Library
Scope: We were contacted by the library to come up with a plan to rebuild a wooden bridge on their hiking trail that was rotting due to drainage issues which caused one side of the handrails to detach and fall from the base. To ensure the bridge would match the other bridge on the trail, we reused the original metal spindles and rebuilt the bridge to the same specifications. We rerouted sections of the existing trail near the bridge and redefined the drainage for better sustainability of the trail and the bridge for years of use by the many families who frequent this valuable community establishment.
Client: Cincinnati Nature Center
Scope: We built award-winning, hiking-only trails for the nationally recognized Cincinnati Nature Center. Working carefully in consideration of culturally and biologically sensitive areas, we not only improved and renovated existing natural surface trails, but we also installed new natural surface and surface hardened trails to create unique trail experiences that guests can enjoy for decades and generations to come. Specific tasks included re-routing unsustainably steep trails and those with dilapidated features like stairs.
Client: Private Property Landowner
Scope: The family who owned this property wanted a safe pathway from their house to a river which was down a steep hillside with deep drainages. They wanted the path wide enough to accommodate their tractor and mower to manage the vegetation and downed trees near the riverbank. Switchbacks were created to lessen the steep grade and culverts were installed to manage the drainages and runoff from the top of the hill and nearby road. The family and their friends are now able to enjoy hikes on the trail and picnics by the river.
Client: City of Covington Parks & Recreation and Rivers Breeze Condominium Community
Scope: Residents of a condominium community wanted a walking path from their property into a nearby park which was up a steep hill that was bordered by the park golf course and a road. They networked with the city to hire us to design and build the path which they wanted wide enough for easy passage of walkers and wheeled carriers. To manage the hillside runoff we elevated the tread two to three feet above the adjacent finished grade by harvesting soil from areas next to the trail and adding culverts to allow water to flow under the trail. The condominium members now enjoy safer access to recreational opportunities in the park including hiking and biking trails, museum, event centers and scenic overlooks of the Greater Cincinnati skyline and Ohio River.
Client: Maryland Department of Natural Resources & Mid Atlantic Off-road Enthusiasts
Scope: In what was a relatively underdeveloped area of the Patuxent River State Park, about 35 miles north of Washington, D.C., we built almost 2.5 miles of natural surface, multi use trail. This trail meanders along the banks of the Patuxent River and features steep slopes, river views and exposed rock formations. We created fun, flowy lines with a few rocky sections where we added challenging alternative features for experienced mountain bikers while still allowing the trail to be passable by horses and enjoyed by beginner mountain bikers and hikers. To increase sustainability in a section below a large farm field, we significantly built up the trail tread, added culverts and created drainage areas to absorb the runoff.
Client: Five Rivers MetroParks
Scope: We took a flat field and turned it into a feature-rich mile of trail which users currently love in Huffman Park, just 45 minutes from downtown Dayton. The family-friendly trail not only draws kids and their parents from throughout the region, but it’s also a favorite for area hand cyclists, and it doubles as a gateway trail to provide access for all users to go deeper inside the park and onto many more miles of trail. The project was built especially with small people in mind and includes a surface hardened strider or tot track as well as fun alternate lines with bridge, log and rock features and even a gravity-oriented pump track.
Client: City of Lebanon
Scope: We transformed a level one-mile trail that previously stayed muddy for eight months of every year into a beautiful experience through rehabilitated prairie land. After we completed construction of the elevated trail tread with numerous bridges, a prairie grass contractor then completed the rehabilitation process - our combined efforts produced a trail that gets rave reviews. Our trail tread is also robust enough to allow zero turn mowers the ability to drive the length of the trail to keep the prairie grass from overgrowing the trail and brushing users’ legs.
