Sustainable Trails Conference
Thredbo
NSW Australia 2017

Sustainable Trails Conference 2017

Conference Overview

The first Sustainable Trails Conference convened in Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia, in 2017, attracting 110 delegates. Memorable sessions during the conference featured Innovation Snapshots on “Virtual Engagement with Trails” and “Technology and Monitoring.” The guest dinner speaker, Ang Rita Sherpa, shared insights on “Restoration Efforts for Everest Trails Post-Earthquake.”

The conference themes were:

The Sustainable Trails Context
Delivering the Social and Economic Benefits from Trails
Our Local Area Success
Sustainable Planning and Management
Sustainable Mountain Biking
Measuring the benefits of trails
Planning and managing great walks
Governance and funding.

Field trips designed to explore some of the great trail experiences in Thredbo included:

Sustainable MTB Planning and Management Master Class
Thredbo Resort Trails
Thredbo Valley Track Upper
Kosciuszko Main Range.

With thanks to our sponsors

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What did past attendees think?

Well done for taking the initiative. Very well organised. Congratulations to the team.

Overall fantastic. Excellent to see something like this back on the calendar. Well done to TRC for getting it up and going

Very good event, it is rare that you get some many like minded and passionate people in one place keen to share ideas and knowledge. Well done!

We had a wonderful time at the conference. Organisers, hotel and catering staff were so friendly and welcoming. Really great to network with people from around Aus, NZ and further abroad. Location was excellent. Loved it and found it a real insight into the current pulse of the trail industry.