Our mission is to advocate for, create, and maintain mountain biking opportunities and leadership in Chittenden County, Vermont. We are a passionate and ambitious organization that relies on a collective group effort to accomplish our goals and make our activities successful.

So, what would mountain biking in Chittenden County look like without the efforts of Fellowship of the Wheel? In a word, "minimal". Most of the singletrack in the area would not exist without the dedicated constant efforts of FOTW.

The next time you swing your leg anxiously over your bike to ride one of these trails, remind yourself that folks spend their precious free hours to make this possible for you. Your involvment is critical to our continued success. Join the Fellowship today, contribute, put your shoulder to the wheel, and please help make a difference. Enjoy the trails!

What exactly has this group accomplished? Take a look at some of the trails built and maintained by FOTW:

• Mud Pond Loop in Williston
• Lake Iroquois Connector - slated for reopening later this season
• Mobbs Hill Americana Trail
• Mobbs Valley Arcana Loop and Tarbox Trail
• Saxon Hill Flo Trail and the new MoFlo Trail
• Hinesburg Town Forest 18+ miles of new singletrack added over the last few seasons
• Sleepy Hollow - Various trails built and maintained by FOTW
• Carse Land - 1,000 acres of land contiguous to the HTF, trails currently under construction
• Two of the famous Waterbury Trails were designed and built by FOTW

2009 FOTW Accomplishments

Thanks to all of our members for helping to make 2009 our best year ever! We are lucky to be able to say that each year has eclipsed our previous in terms of growth and accomplishment. Your continued support will ensure that we can maintain this pattern.

A quick overview of this past season:

Our Trail Coordinators put in 1500 paid hours in 2009, most of which was maintenance work on our 90 miles of trails. The Trail Coordinators were responsible for everything from building bridges, berms, and switchbacks, to reinforcing wet areas with gravel, and of course digging copious amounts of bench cut trail. We also spent a good chunk of this time on fundraising, planning, mapping, and the organizational tasks which are critical to keeping a group of this size functioning.

Over 1700 hours were contributed by volunteers throughout the season. This included large groups of volunteers at our 18 Fellowship Trail Days and 10 Youth Trail Days. Our indispensable Trail Stewards also maintained specific trails on their own and a few individuals learned the art of trail building by volunteering one on one with the Trail Coordinators a couple days a week.

With this time and effort, we created approximately 9 miles of new trail in 2009 at Saxon Hill, Sleepy Hollow, Carse Hills, and Catamount. Nice work everyone!

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