Trail Development Template

This Trail Development Template is one of the key ingredients for a popular, recognizable, safe and successful trail network in the Haliburton Highlands. The template sets out a series of guiding details that help to form a framework. Like any other Master Plan or guiding document, this document is intended to be flexible and to evolve with time.

1. Therefore, it is recommended that the HHTTN engage in the following steps in using the template:
2. Examine opportunities to apply the typical details as described in the template.
3. Study each situation on-site to understand its unique aspects.
4. Apply the appropriate details and guidelines.
5. Monitor the success of the application as a method of making improvements to the understanding of trail design in throughout the HHTTN and across Ontario.
6. Build the template by adding other appropriate details and guidelines as other circumstances and potential solutions present themselves.

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• Report Cover
• Table of Contents
• Introduction and Background
• Cover Letter
• Unit Price Schedule
• Typical Trail Development Process
• Sample Trail User Code
• Typical Master Plan
• Trail Design Standards
• List of Figures
  1. Typical Multi - Use and Single Track Trail
  2. Typical Separated Trail in Abandoned Railway Right of Way
  3. Typical Trail Switchback
  4. Typical Trail Configurations Within an Operating Road Right-of-Way
  5. Bikeway Design Standards
  6. Drainage Across Single Track Trails
  7. Low Profile Bridges
  8. Elevated Trail Beds
  9. Trail Cross Section and Slope / Trail Passing Section
  10. Trail Closure / Water Bar
  11. Typical Major Staging Area
  12. Typical Major Area Within R.O.W.
  13. Typical Town Centre / Urban Staging Area
  14. Typical Major Trail Junction and Orientation Node-1
  15. Typical Major Trail Junction and Orientation Node-2
  16. Typical Trail Node With Canoe Launch
  17. Typical Trail Crossing at Rural Road
  18. Typical Trail Crossing Near Intersection
  19. Typical Trail Crossing of Urban Railway
  20. Typical Trail Crossing at Major Road / Highway
  21. Typical Railway Crossing
  22. Typical Offset Farm Crossing and Private Road Crossing
  23. Typical Barrier at Trail Crossing
  24. Trail Barrier Details

Signage

1. Trail Signing / Sign Types
2. Regulatory Signage
3. Type B: Trail Head Kiosk
4. Type B: Graphic Panel Layout
5. Type E: Minor Trail Head Intrepretive Sign
6. Type E: Graphic Panel Layout
7. Type C: Directional Signage
8. Type D: Trail Markers
9. Donation Box