Looking for the silver lining to the weak winter we experienced in the Northeast this year?  Dust off the MTB and go ride!  The best singly in the land is clean, dry and waiting for you.  

 

Buff Stowe single track
Clean, Dry and SOOOOO GOOD!

 

With the exception of a handful of superb “earn your turn” April skiing days, March temperatures in the high 70’s pretty much crushed the ski season.  

Fortunately for MTB riders, the April snow events were sequestered to the higher elevations.  Down low, millions (if not billions) of deciduous trees were aroused from their winter slumber weeks ago, all available moisture is being quickly wicked away and turning the single track forests into a lime green early season color explosion.  This combination of the moisture sucking root balls and SUPERBLY BUILT trail is providing for an epic early season of tours through the lime green network of Stowe.  Time to ride!

Keep in mind, these ridiculously good trails didn’t create themselves.  Numerous volunteer hours, Stowe Mountain Bike Club Membership donations and enjoyable efforts in the woods are the reason we can flow on two wheels through the woods.  JOIN the club and PLEASE check trail status before you ride here.  More members and volunteers equals more new trail to enjoy!

PHOTO TOUR AND TRAIL STATUS

ADAMS CAMP:

New school trail riding at its best!  Countless, perfectly bermed switchbacks, perfect grade climbing and descending trail and bridge work worthy of Landscape Architecture Magazine is the name of the game in this stash of trail.  A few wet spots to be aware of, but if you are looking for flowy goodness, search no more.  Beware of at least one Black Bear roaming around the woods in the area.  At first, the large black spot on the trail was thought to be a stump.  Then the stump moved, rapidly, up into the surrounding woods.

 

 

Lime green single track
The Doctah Ripping the Lime...

 

 

Mountain bike riding in stowe
Green on Green on Green on Granite

 

Adams Camp single track
Scalpel Please!!

 

Fine bridge work
Adams Camp Bridge Feature

 

Adams Camp single track
Carve Coming

 

Adams Camp single track
Landscape MTB Design at its Phinest!

 

PIPELINE TRAIL:

Looking for a quick return on investment?  Look no further.  Accessing the Pipeline Trail requires a power climb of either dirt or pavement depending on your mood.  Get to the top, do a 180 and point the wheels down.  Jumps, berms, bridges and endless pump track style cross hills await.  Fall line riding at its best!

 

Pipeline single track bridge work in Stowe
Pipeline Goodness

 

Pipeline single track
Pumpin' the Flow on the Pipe

 

Pipeline single track in Stowe
TP Checkin' the Flow in the Pipe!!

 

MAPLE RUN / STERLING VALLEY

Spin to win!  Hitting Sterling Valley via Maple Run from Stowe Village requires a solid effort of vertical gain that quickly gets you into the wild.  Once in the wild, a variety of new and old school trail await.

 

Maple Run single track in Stowe
Yellow Jersey Spinning

 

Sterling Valley single track
Sterling Valley New School Singly

 

Sterling Valley single track
TP Ripping Sterling Valley

 

IN THE LOWLANDS:

Pictures worthy of a look cause the colors are just so awesome:

 

Single track in Stowe
Red Barns, Yellow Daisies and a Smiling MTB Rider

 

MTB RIding in Stowe
Color, Light and Awesome Single Track in Stowe, VT

 

Lime leaves, Yellow daisies, Black bears, Brown dirt trail, Grey granite, Red pine needles and Exceptional single track!  How’s that for a Silver Lining?  Let’s go RIDE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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