Christine Byl of Interior Trails LLC - Trail Building in Alaska #111

Trail EAffect with Christine Byl of Interior Trails LLC - Trail Building in Alaska #111

• How Christine got into Trail Building
• What drew Christine to Glacier National Park and the Trail Crew
• What drew Christine and her husband Gabe to Alaska
• Founding Interior Trails with her husband Gabe
• Types of Projects / Work that Interior Trails takes on
• Using Helicopters for logistics to get both crew members and materials into work sites
• Recounting some of her early years of Trail Building compared to what it is today
• Christine’s perspective of the PTBA when she first got involved to where it is today
  • How the PTBA provides a culture of professionalism
• 2023 International Trails Summit in Reno, NV
• Christine as a board member of the PTBA
  • The importance of Visibility
• Women in Trail Building
  • Dawn Packard
  • Women’s Gathering at the 2022 Sustainable Trails Conference
• Favorite Tool(s) that Christine has for Trail Building
• Christine’s book: Dirt Work
• Coming from Grand Rapid’s MI
• Advice from Christine
• Closing Comments and Thank You’s

Christine’s Bio:

Christine Byl, co-owner of Interior Trails, LLC, is a writer and a trail builder of 27 years. After 12 years working on federal trail crews in Glacier NP, Chugach NF and Denali NP, in 2008 Christine and her husband Gabe Travis founded Interior Trails, specializing in sustainable trail design, layout, construction, consulting and training. Clients across Alaska include the Muni of Anchorage, State of Alaska's DNR, Alaska State Parks, Student Conservation Assoc., Alaska Trails, National Park Service, and many others, as well as international partnerships in Argentina and Canada. For further information about Interior Trails, visit www.interior-trails.com.

Christine's first book, Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods is about trail crews, tools, wild places, and labor, and has been selected for many "Best of" lists including by Backpacker Magazine. A new novel is due out in March: Lookout, set in NW Montana which she called home for many years. For information about books, teaching, and keynote speaking, please visit www.christinebyl.com. Christine lives on a few acres of tundra north of Denali National Park and spends as much time as possible exploring via foot, bike, ski, boat and dog.

Links:

Interior Trails LLC: https://www.interior-trails.com/

Christine Byl: http://www.christinebyl.com/

Dirt Work on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dirt-Work-Education-Christine-Byl/dp/0807033278

Professional Trail Builders Association: https://www.trailbuilders.org/

2023 International Trails Summit: https://web.cvent.com/event/24d42cc6-9b01-4aad-8cb7-425826bc429c/summary

 

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