Slickrock Trail Mountain Bike Survey: Implications for Resource Managers and Area Communities

Estimating the benefits and costs to mountain bikers of changes in trail characteristics, access fees, and site closures: choice experiments and benefits transfer.

Mountain biking is an increasingly popular leisure pursuit. Consequences are trail degradation and conflicts with hikers and other users. Resource managers often attempt to resolve these problems by closing trails to mountain biking. In order to estimate the impact of these developments, a model has been devised that predicts the effects of changes in trail characteristics and introduction of a...

Trail conditions and preferences from a mountain bike users perspective in Cottonwood Valley

Comparing hiking, mountain biking and horse riding impacts on vegetation and soils in Australia and the United States of America.

Hiking, horse riding and mountain biking are popular in protected areas in Australia and the United States of America. To help inform the often contentious deliberations about use of protected areas for these three types of activities, we review recreation ecology research in both countries. Many impacts on vegetation, soils and trails are similar for the three activities, although there can be...

Exploring the Social, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Trail Surfacing Decisions

I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. iii ABSTRACT Visitor activities in parks often have a heavy impact on the soil, vegetation, water and wildlife. In front country areas, the most extreme d...

An Examination of the Motivations, Needs, and Demographics of Mountain Bicyclists in the West Cuesta Ridge Area of the Los Padres National Forest

Mountain biking has become an increasingly popular sport over the past couple of decades. Despite its popularity, some land managers struggle to understand and keep up with the evolving and heavy use of mountain bikes on their trails. The purpose of this study was to examine the motivations, needs, and demographics of mountain bicyclists in Data were collected using self-administered questionna...