Vermont Mountain Bike Association on Assessing, Funding, & Building Adaptive Trails (Ep.234)

Vermont Mountain Bike Association on Assessing, Funding, & Building Adaptive Trails (Ep.234)
The Fruits of VMBA's Accessible Trailbuilding Efforts

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Vermont Mountain Bike Association is one of the leading organizations in the country in the assessment, funding, and building of adaptive bike trails — and in collaboration with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, they are creating an inspiring network of adaptive accessible trails. We sat down with Kenzie Brunner from VMBA, and Jeff Alexander from Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports to get the story on what they’ve been up to.

TOPICS & TIMES:

What is VMBA? (2:23)
How VMBA is Structured (4:53)
Vermont Adaptive Ski And Sports Overview (10:00)
Adaptive Trail Access In Vermont (12:30)
The Kelly Brush Foundation (15:11)
ADA Compliant vs Adaptive Accessible (17:36)
Adaptive Trail Assessment (20:33)
Adaptive eMTB friendly trails (30:06)
Biggest Challenges (35:28)
What Does the Future of Adaptive Trails Look Like? (40:47)
Adaptive Tourism (42:48)
Non Adaptive and Adaptive Riders Riding Together (45:29)
How to Plan an Adaptive MTB trip to Vermont (48:18)

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