Trail building concept design and research in pencil and watercolor by Frits Ahlefeldt – See all the hiking Concept sketches here
See all trail design drawings here
Crossing wetlands along corduroy tree trunk trail structures
Text and concept sketch by Frits Ahlefeldt. Hiking.org
The corduroy timber path used to be common but is is not recommended today because it decay fast and can both be slippery and hard to maintain. Still here is a sketch of one of the classic designs
Drawing is part of hiking.org research of ways to design, build and maintain hiking trails

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