FOTW EVENTS CALENDAR

Help us work on trails in the Hinesburg Town Forest on the evening of Wednesday, May 18th!

We will meet at the Hayden Hill WEST parking area. IMPORTANT: you can only access this parking area from North Rd in Hinesburg (no access from Hayden Hill EAST or Texas Hill). Please arrive between 5:30 and 5:45pm with plans to hit the trail shortly after!

You’ll get to work with our trail crew and meet some new folks as we help install a new climbing relief option to the Back Door trail. We’ll have tools for you to use, but please bring some water, snacks, bug spray, and closed-toe shoes! Expect to walk about a half mile to the work site!

Please register here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-18th-volunteer-trail-day-at-htf-tickets-342655811757

1332 Hayden Hill Rd W
Hinesburg, VT 05461
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/CAvb7WZZGE194G8E6

Help us work on trails in the Hinesburg Town Forest on the evening of Wednesday, May 25th!

We will meet at the Hayden Hill WEST parking area. IMPORTANT: you can only access this parking area from North Rd in Hinesburg (no access from Hayden Hill EAST or Texas Hill). Please arrive between 5:30 and 5:45pm with plans to hit the trail shortly after!

You’ll get to work with our trail crew and meet some new folks as we help install a new climbing relief option to the Back Door trail. We’ll have tools for you to use, but please bring some water, snacks, bug spray, and closed-toe shoes! Expect to walk about a half mile to the work site!

Visit the link below to sign up!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/may-25th-volunteer-trail-day-at-htf-tickets-347437313357

Vermont Grassroots Enduro Series is partnering with Fellowship of the Wheel and Richmond Mountain Trails to bring some fun and welcoming opportunities for you, the community, to try racing!

Join us for a round of casual and fun racing! This Enduro style event is meant to be a friendly and supportive atmosphere to encourage new riders and experienced riders alike to come outside and play. The event will showcase 2 stages, but the open format allows you to choose to do one or both! This year, we will not have distinct categories, but a simple single results sheet! We will have prizes and schwag to give away, so whether you come through the finish line with a sigh of relief for completing your first ever enduro or mashing the pedals to improve your time from last year, we will have tokens of our appreciation for your participation!

This is the first of a series of events which are intended to increase course length and difficulty as the summer goes on. The first course at Sleepy Hollow is the perfect intro to racing, with 2 courses which are intermediate and a mix of machine built and some rooty single track. Transfer out to stage 1 on Tatooine and Millenium Falcon to race Kessel Run and the end of Han Solo. Then transfer out to stage 2 on Tatooine and Storm Trooper to race down portions of old and new Storm Trooper and finishing on Tatooine back to the parking lot. Join us and let the good times roll.

Fellowship VMBA Members entry fee of $15.

Non-Fellowship or Non-VMBA Members entry fee of $23 to support Sleepy Hollow day use prices.

You can pre-register by clicking here.

ON SITE REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE! Riders can register starting at 4:30 PM and end by 6:00PM. Racing will begin at 5:30 PM and end by 8:00 PM

Refunds will be available if the event is postponed or cancelled due to weather.

All proceeds from tickets go directly towards supporting Sleepy Hollow and your FOTW trails!

If you have a number plate from any previous Grassroots events bring it with you.

We can’t wait to see you all!

If you ride a mountain bike and your pronouns are she/her/hers, you are welcome to join us! These rides are “no-drop”, meaning we don’t leave anyone behind. We generally have two to three groups at every ride: one that runs at a mellow pace on easier trails, an intermediate group and another group that is interested in more advanced trails.

The goal is for everyone to have a good time and not feel pressured, so generally, these rides are social and not “hammerfests”. At a minimum, all riders should be comfortable with climbing, descending, and turning at a mellow pace on forested single track. We will meet at 6:00PM and start riding by 6:15PM. We will meet at the parking lot at the end of Economu Road.

We can’t wait to see you all!

Friday July 1st we will host one of our classic events with the help of two beloved sponsors, Fiddlehead Brewery and Firebird Cafe!

We will meet at Saxon Hill at 5:30 in the Thompson Dr. parking area. This ride is welcome to all genders and a variety of abilities, from first time beginners to advanced with everything in between. These no drop rides are aimed to be fun, social and community building events. After the ride we will head to Firebird Cafe at 1 Main St in Essex Jct for apres beers provided by Fiddlehead Brewery. If you are just looking for eats after your ride, Firebird kitchen will be open just for us, so come hungry!

We think you might want to make this one!

If you ride a mountain bike and your pronouns are she/her/hers, you are welcome to join us! These rides are “no-drop”, meaning we don’t leave anyone behind. We generally have two to three groups at every ride… one that runs at a mellow pace on easier trails, an intermediate group and another group that is interested in more advanced trails.

The goal is for everyone to have a good time and not feel pressured, so generally, these rides are social and not “hammerfests”. At a minimum, all riders should be comfortable with climbing, descending, and turning at a mellow pace on forested single track. We will meet at 6:00PM and start riding by 6:15PM. Meet at the parking lot at Sleepy Hollow. Usually, the rides last 1.5 hours, so bring snacks, water, and anything else you might need out on the trail.

We can’t wait to see you all!

If you ride a mountain bike and your pronouns are she/her/hers, you are welcome to join us! These rides are “no-drop”, meaning we don’t leave anyone behind. We generally have two to three groups at every ride: one that runs at a mellow pace on easier trails, an intermediate group and another group that is interested in more advanced trails.

The goal is for everyone to have a good time and not feel pressured, so generally, these rides are social and not “hammerfests”. At a minimum, all riders should be comfortable with climbing, descending, and turning at a mellow pace on forested single track. We will meet at 6:00PM and start riding by 6:15PM. Meet at the parking lot at the end of Economu Road. Usually, the rides last 1.5 hours, so bring snacks, water, and anything else you might need out on the trail.

We can’t wait to see you all!

If you ride a mountain bike and your pronouns are she/her/hers, you are welcome to join us! These rides are “no-drop”, meaning we don’t leave anyone behind. We generally have two to three groups at every ride: one that runs at a mellow pace on easier trails, an intermediate group and another group that is interested in more advanced trails.

The goal is for everyone to have a good time and not feel pressured, so generally, these rides are social and not “hammerfests”. At a minimum, all riders should be comfortable with climbing, descending, and turning at a mellow pace on forested single track. We will meet at 5:30PM and start riding by 5:45PM. Meet at the parking lot at the end of Thompson Road. Usually, the rides last 1.5 hours, so bring snacks, water, and anything else you might need out on the trail.

We can’t wait to see you all!

FOTW partner network and 5-pack member, Catamount Outdoor Family Center, will be host to our 2nd Annual Halloween inspired ride on October 23th from 10AM-2PM.

Since this is Halloween themed and youth focused, costumes are absolutely encouraged! We’ll be having quite a few things on tap for the day, see below for more info:
-A family group ride around the trails at Catamount
-A costume parade on the pump track!
-Pumpkin painting and carving station
-Some of our sponsors will be there with their own stations, you’ll have to wait and see for them!
-And, of course, Halloween Candy!!

This will be a great time for 5-Pack members to redeem passes if you have not already! There will also be a casual pace ride for anyone else looking to check out the Catamount network. Come enjoy a day outside with the whole family amidst Vermont’s peak fall beauty!

We’re excited to see everyone again!