How to Bike the Long Trail

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How to Bike the Long Trail

• By
• Keirnyn Ross and Chelsea Ransom

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Introduction

• The current Burlington bike path does not
  facilitate all bikers interested in long
  distances and extreme off-road biking.
• We wanted a bike path close to the Long Trail in
  the mountains.

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Scope

• Our scope was the entire state of Vermont
• Trail would be for anyone with the heart and
  desire for extreme biking, beauty and or a good
  challenge.
• We looked in the Green Mountains for a bike path
  due to its natural beauty.
• We wanted something out of the city.

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Criteria

• Within 10 miles of Long Trail
• No more than a 30 slope
• Far away from major roads
• Intersecting as many waterfalls, recreational
  sites, and whitewater as possible.

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Vermont With County Boundaries

• This is a map of the state of Vermont with the
  county boundaries overlaid on it.

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Whole Data Layers

• Trails Major Roads

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Trail Diversion Data Layers

• Whitewater Recsites Waterfalls

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LongTrail

• Rough estimate of long trail
• 10 mile buffer around trail

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Slope Data Layers

• This ranges from 2-300 incline
• This is our reclassified and clipped one

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Trails and Roads Clipped

• Trails Roads

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Clipped Trail Diversion Data Layers

• Whitewater Recsites Waterfalls

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Roads Data Layer

• Used Find Distance and classified farther away
  from the roads as better.

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Final Suitability

• Final Suitability map based on the reclassified
  roads and slope.
• We used Map calculator and weighted the slope.

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Bike Trail
This is our final trail for the bike path in red.
Also shown are Whitewater, waterfalls and
recreational sites.