Dear Friend,

The International Mountain Bicycling Association is
coming to Bethel/Redding, CT, for an IMBA
Trailbuilding School and you're invited to join
Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew leaders, Chris Bernhardt
and Jill Van Winkle, in conjunction with New England
Mountain Bike Association (www.nemba.org) and the
Appalachian Mountain Club Connecticut Chapter
(www.ct-amc.org), Friends of Collis P. Huntington
State Park
and new sponsor Eastern Mountain Sports (www.ems.com)
for a FIVE DAYS of exciting trailbuilding talk and
hands-on instruction!

This is your opportunity to rub shoulders with the
Subaru/IMBA crew while learning all about
trailbuilding. Check out all the details below and
come join in the fun.

Please help us get the word out and forward this
invitation to other area mountain bikers, land
managers, and trail users!

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BETHEL/DANBURY/REDDING, CT:  May 11-15
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Daily Schedule of Events...

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
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7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  
AMC Dinner/Slideshow:
The Economic Benefits of Trails.
Come mingle with fellow trail users and learn about
the economic benefits of trails. IMBA's Chris
Bernhardt and Jill Van Winkle will give a fun and
exciting presentation on how trails benefit
communities with examples from
around the world.

Hosted by the Appalachian Mountain Club Fairfield
County Committee at the Westport Social, held at Holy
Trinity Church in Westport.  There is a fee for this
event; $8 for AMC members or $10 for non-members.

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FRIDAY, MAY 13
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9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.      
FREE Trailbuilding School
Tarrywile Education Barn, Tarrywile Park, Danbury

NEMBA has invites local and state park land managers,
selectmen, mayors, and other local town officials for
this workshop on trail systems.

The school includes three hours of classroom
instruction followed by hands-on time in the field
learning trailbuilding techniques. Topics include
designing a contour trail, controlling water flow,
building effective trail
structures, and routine trail maintenance.

9:30 a.m. -  Noon     Classroom Session
Noon - 1:00 p.m.       Lunch (Provided)
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.        Field Session


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SATURDAY, MAY 14
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8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.       IMBA Trailbuilding School
Get your hands dirty and learn how to build
sustainable and fun singletrack. The school includes
three hours of classroom instruction followed by
hands-on time in the field learning trailbuilding
techniques. Topics include designing a contour trail,
controlling water flow, building effective trail
structures, and routine trail maintenance.

The fieldwork will be hands-on trailbuilding, so come
prepared.  You'll probably be most comfortable in long
pants and a light-weight long-sleeved shirt.  Wear
boots or sturdy shoes and bring water, snacks, work
gloves, sunscreen, and a hat.  If you have any
trailbuilding tools--pulaskis, McLeods, rakes, picks,
hoes, shovels--please bring them, too.

8:30 a.m. - Noon 
Classroom Session
Putnam DEP Building
Putnam Memorial
State Park
429 Black Road Turnpike
Redding, CT 06896
(203) 938-2285


12:00 - 1:00 p.m.  LUNCH (provided)

1:00 - 3:30 p.m.       
Hands-On Fieldwork
Huntington State Park
Meet at Sunset Hill Parking Lot

3:30 p.m.  Group Ride & Hike

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SUNDAY,  MAY 15
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8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.                 
Hands-On Trailbuilding
Huntington State Park
Meet at Sunset Hill Parking Lot

12:30 p.m. -   Group rides, hikes and cookout...
please join in all the fun!

View the complete Subaru/IMBA
Trail Care Crew schedule:
  http://www.imba.com/tcc/schedule.html

To register and for additional information on any of
the above, please contact Tom Carruthers, AMC
Fairfield County Co-Chair, twcarruthers@... or
203-778-1550.