MTBA as the governing body for mountain biking in Australia has a role to play in the provision of advice and support to clubs and key stakeholders involved in the facilitation and development of MTB trails.
The idea to develop Australian standards/guidelines around the sustainable design and construction of mountain bike trails was raised with the mountain bike community by the MTBA CEO at the 2014 Australian MTB Summit held at Mt Buller.
At the 2015 Australian MTB Summit a project working group was established to investigate the options and methodology to develop national mountain bike trail standards and a professional mountain bike trail building certification framework.
Project Initiation Working Group Terms of Reference
Members of the working group consulted with land management agencies, trail builders, key MTB stakeholders and the wider MTB community to develop a range of options papers. The option papers and the outcome of further consultation were presented at the 2016 Australian MTB Summit and the 2017 Sustainable Trails Conference.
National MTB Standards/Development Information Paper
Option Paper 1 – National MTB Trail Standards
Option Paper 2 – National Mountain Bike Trail Builders Accreditation Framework and Curriculum
National MTB Standards and Accreditation Working Group 161206
Trail building and maintenance workshops are delivered throughout the country according to demand. Workshops cover both theory and practical sessions, can be tailored to meet the needs of the host club and are delivered over one to two days.
If you would like to register your interest to attend a workshop please complete the expression of interest form below. Alternatively if you have a group of people in your club / area who are interested, please contact MTBA about arranging a workshop.
Expressions of Interest for Workshops can be registered here
Professional and volunteer trail builders, clubs and land management agencies often have resources and equipment that make the task of constructing and maintaining trails and collecting trail usage data a whole lot easier – Handy trail tools are available on the Trail Resources webpage.