What We Do 

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Becton Trails

From legacy trails to trails yet to be realized, woman-owned Becton Trails works collaboratively to make trail design, construction and stewardship sustainable and transformative.

From training, to curriculum development to trail services, explore more below and contact us to see how we can meet your needs.

Tailored Trail Skills Training

From folks just starting out to experienced trail crews, Becton trails offers a wide range of workshops and services. Whether a complex project needs a specific set of skills to accomplish or a training program is just getting started, we’re here to meet the need.

  • Routine trail maintenance training

  • Tread drainage feature training

    • understanding where to place them

    • how to construct them to be effective

    • how to maintain them

  • Sustainable trail design and layout

  • Trail rigging based on industrial rigging safety standards

    • Griphoist

    • Maasdam

  • Field leadership

    • crew leader training

    • developing safety culture and inclusion

    • safe crew work planning

  • Trail skills training tailored to a specific site or project

  • Chainsaw safety training and certification

    • US Forest Service National Saw Program

    • National Park Service RM 50B

    • advanced chainsaw techniques

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Training Program Development

Trailbuilders, land managers and stewardship organizations need folks with trail skills to do the work. On the job training is vital, but may not meet the needs at hand. From weekend workshops to classes in an academic setting, Becton trails can assist from determining training needs, developing a training program, to creating curriculum content.

  • Assessing training needs

    • project specific

    • trail system specific

    • organization wide

  • Trailbulding, maintenance and stewardship curriculum development for variety of settings

    • field work

    • online

    • classroom setting

  • Technical writing for training materials and stewardship

    • printed publications

    • online content

    • scripted video content


Trail Services

The amount of work required from concept to ready-to-use trail can be daunting. Becton Trails’ methodical approach to problem solving and collaboration keeps projects moving through to completion.

  • Trail assessments

  • Sustainable trail design and layout

  • Legacy trail management planning

  • Backcountry hazard tree assessment and mitigation

  • NEPA compliance navigation