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Seth of Backyard Trail Builds Creates Jaw Dropping Ramps, Skinnies, and Bridges

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

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The Science of Trail Building

With the wood, I would say that there definitely is some bit of science to it. There is math to it. You have to be able to calculate some stuff and get like your general measurements with wood. That's not like dirt where you can just kind of like reshape it pretty easily. And that's where I kind of can bear woodwork for trail building is more like baking. Then dirt work is like cooking, like you can throw in spices and you can add things and we got it. It's kind of more fluid and loose and it's a little more artsy and fun. But the woodworking, you kind of got to know all the right measurements, all the

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