SERVICES
Southstar can provide a full range of Mountain Bike trail and Dirt or Asphalt Pump Track related services:
- Masterplans for MTB Parks or regions
- Project identification and preparation
- Managing community consultation and liaison with the MTB community
- Trail planning - reports, maps, benefits
- Review of existing trails identifying areas for improvements, such as out of grade features, wet areas, structures, new sections of trails, trails that can be retired from use, signage, maps, trailhead facilities
- Trail Design - on the ground ribbon tagging for the layout of new trails using tools such as a handheld GPS to gather location and height data, Abney Level or Clinometer to measure gradient.
- Working with Wildlands Consultants to do ecological inspections of trail corridors, and on-the-spot re-routes to trail designs
- Trail corridor clearance with qualified chainsaw operators
- Trail construction using our qualified and experienced machine operators and CAT excavators, equipped with custom 180 deg tilt buckets
- Trail construction for hand-built Grade 4/5/6 projects with a team of skilled trail builders
- Trail maintenance, corridor clearance, drainage and water management features
- Trail refurbishments that rejuvenate and amplify the character of the existing trail
- Mapping and Map production
- MTB Park phone App development (see example here)
- Trail Inspections - for maintenance planning or for accident investigation
- Trail Audits - checking if trails match the New Zealand Mountain Bike Trail Design and Construction Guidelines
