Safety
Tools of the Trade
Trail Anatomy 1.0
General
Trail Anatomy 2.0
100
This acronym refers to safety gear.
What is PPE?
100

This tool is the staple of trail builders and is the original roman road building tool.

What is a pick mattock?0

100
This area is defined as the cleared path of a trail
What is trail corridor?
100

Chum, wash, rinse, sanitize

What is the order for dish bins?

100
Actual hiking surface that we walk on.
What is the tread or bench?
200

This essential risk management tool includes contact numbers, a map, and instructions.

What is an ERP (Emergency Response Plan).

200

These come in two types, anvil and bypass.

What are loppers?

200

These are two main types of trail erosion caused by water.

What are Runoff and Splash?

200
Forming, norming, storming, performing, adjourning are part of this model.
What is Tuckman's model of group dynamics?
200
A trail structure that uses 3 sides filled with gravel or dirt, builds upon itself and can be made from rock or wood.
What are box steps?
300

These items are to be worn on a daily basis for member safety while working. (5)

What is Hard hat, gloves, safety glasses, long pants, boots?

300

Used to measure degrees or percentage of slope.

What is a clinometer?

300
This trail structure is set at a 45-60 degree angle to the centerline of the trail and can be made with rock, wood, or rubber?
What is a waterbar?
300
You should have filled water bottles, lunch made, breakfast eaten, food put away, boots laced, and safety mindset to participate in this activity.
What is morning circle?
300

The downward force of visitors' weight, plus the weight of our modalities, on the tread surface.

What is compaction?

400
Yoga pants, sweat pants, skinny jeans, shorts, tennis shoes, open toed shoes, cut off sleeve shirts and inappropriate logos.
What is unacceptable trail work attire?
400

Can be used to tamp, rake, and shave.

What is a McLeod?

400
This trail structure uses sills instead of posts in the ground to elevate the hiking surface.
What is puncheon?
400

These were the first two crews that kicked off one of the largest conservation service programs in the US.

What is Olympic and Grand Tetons National Parks.

400
Safety, efficiency, playfulness and harmony are all part of this.
What are human feelings associated with trails?
500
This topic or form identifies potential hazards, injurys, likelihood of injuries and mitigation for trail crew activities and should be talked about at the beginning of each major project.
What is risk management or JHA?
500

There are several types of these, but the one most used for trail work is flat.

What is the square or transfer shovel?

500
Trail tread between a local high point (crest) and the next local local low point (dip), plus the land area that drains onto this tread segment.
What is a tread watershed?
500
These people are big picture thinkers, idea oriented, creative, innovative, optimistic, have insight into the mission and purpose. They explore and experiment while facing the Atlantic ocean.
What is visionary (east)?
500
This is the ratio of cross slope to trail slope that makes sustainable trails less likely to catch water.
What is 2:1 rule?
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