Offsite Day

Thursday, April 17

11:30 am - 4:30 pm
Babcock County Park

  • Your Summit registration includes 3 $5 vouchers for food trucks and the beer tent! Food trucks will also be doing direct sales. (please note: attendees must check-in at the check-in booth when they arrive at the Offsite Day to receive their meal vouchers)

  • Complimentary and continuous shuttles will be available to and from the convention center to Babcock County Park. Transportation pickup and drop off is near the registration counter out front of Monona Terrace. We will have signs with arrows onsite.

We have a 2 acre area where attendees can demonstrate mechanized equipment or swing a tool and a large hard-surface parking area and grassy areas to test out other trail equipment.

Equipment to expect:

  • Mini-excavators

  • Mini-compactor

  • Mini-skid steers

  • Articulating loader

  • Tracked buggies

  • Stone-crushing / stump grinder equipment

  • Variety of hand tools to test in the field

  • Ford Bronco to ride on course

  • GRIT Freedom Chairs

Exhibitors & Dirt Demo

Check out these exhibitors and test out their machines & trailbuilding equipment in the dirt demo area!

  • Areté Structures, LLC

  • Bedford Reinforced Plastics

  • Blue Ridge Land Design

  • Ford Bronco Wild Fund

  • Dane County Parks

  • engcon North America

  • FarOut Guides

  • Full Sun Services

  • GRIT Freedom Chair

  • Ice Age Trail Alliance

  • Kafka Granite

  • Legacy Trails

  • LHD Machinery

  • NICA

  • Pixel Trail

  • SEPPI M. USA

  • Shapeshifter Tool Co

  • Traction Trailworx

  • Trails Unlimited

  • Vermeer Wisconsin

  • Wagners CFT LLC

Food & Beer Vendors:

Your Summit registration includes 3 $5 vouchers for food trucks and the beer tent! Trucks will also be doing direct sales.

(please note: attendees must check-in at the check-in booth when they arrive at the Offsite Day to receive their meal vouchers)

Free Non-Alcoholic Beer!

Food & Beer

Thanks to Athletic Brewing for donating a variety of their yummy non-alcoholic beers for the Offsite Day!

Delta Beer Lab will also offer $1 back for all beer sales during the offsite day as part of 1% For the Planet.

Educational Sessions:

1:00-2:00 pm & 3:00-4:00pm (unless noted below):

  • Hand Building Full Bench Trail

  • Drones for Trail Assessment, Planning, and Design

  • Trail Layout Using A Clinometer (Please note: 24 capacity limit, 12 clinometers available with teams of 2)

  • Setting the Tone: The Power of the Tailgate Safety Talk and How to Prepare and Give Them Effectively (1-2pm only)

  • Ergonomics for Trail Work: Hands-on Approach to Getting More Done with Less Fatigue and Fewer Injuries (3-4pm only)

Join us for some hands-on educational sessions in a field setting during the Offsite Day! These sessions take place in the dirt demo area (unless otherwise noted). Free to attend and no pre-registration necessary!