<div dir="auto">Hi Jessika<div dir="auto">The international Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) produces some good trail building resources that its members have access to. You might have some members with mtb trail building expertise in town that it would be God to reach out to ahead of time.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Depending on slope and drainage, you can either use large natural features (logs, rocks) to guide traffic around the erosion, or use rock armoring to get the riding surface above the roots and give soil something to bond to. </div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Ryan</div></div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., Oct. 26, 2021, 06:57 Corkum-Gorrill, Jessika via CANUFNET, <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div lang="EN-CA" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"> <div class="m_4857736741349135566WordSection1"> Hello, Does anyone have experience or thoughts on exposed tree roots within mountain biking trails and whether more damage is caused by covering them up with soil or leaving exposed and riding over them? Thank-you! Jessika Jessika Corkum-Gorrill Forest and Environmental Officer City of Charlottetown PO Box 98, 199 Queen Street Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7K2 902-629-4122 <a href="mailto:jcorkumgorrill@charlottetown.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jcorkumgorrill@charlottetown.ca</a> <a href="http://www.charlottetown.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.charlottetown.ca</a> <img border="0" width="195" height="79" style="width:2.0312in;height:.8229in" id="m_4857736741349135566Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7CA49.D14E4530" alt="Description: cid:image001.jpg@01D1972A.003096E0"> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the City of Charlottetown. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you ave received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. </div> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! <hr> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the City of Charlottetown. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. </div> </blockquote></div>