Nick Ryan | Copper Harbor Trails Club Trails Coordinator | 204

Topics Include:

• Giving Tuesday for Copper Harbor Trails Club


• Looking back at the 2025 achievements by the Copper Harbor Trails Club


• Looking forward at the 2026 goals
  
  
  
  • Wrapping up the Keweenaw Point Trail in 2026
  
  
  
  


• Winter Trails around Copper Harbor that the far east end of the Keweenaw Peninsula


• More than double your donation through the Giving Tuesday Campaign when you donate through the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation to the Copper Harbor Trails Club


• The Nick Ryan backstory on how he got into mountain biking


• Why Nick chose Copper Harbor as a place to work


• Enrolling into the Northwest Arkansas Trail Technician Program


• Going deeper on the importance of Planning and Design for trails


• Building Experiences


• The International Trail Rating System and traveling to Europe to attend the certification course


• International Trail Rating System Details


• Copper Harbor Trails Club adopting the International Trail Rating System


• Going deeper on wayfinding


• Things that Nick learned generally speaking while in Europe


• What Nick Looks for in a Trail Community


• Trail Maintenance and the value / and importance of Trail Maintenance


• Closing Comments

Trail EAffect Show Links:

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation | Giving Tuesday: https://www.coppershores.org/giving-tuesday

Copper Harbor Trails Club: https://www.copperharbortrails.org/

Northwest Arkansas Community College Trail Technician Program: https://www.nwacc.edu/academicdivisions/trailstrades/trailtechnician/

International Trail Rating System: https://itrs.bike/

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This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services