In case of event changes, make sure your Meetup settings allow you to receive email updates for this group, including start time and location, and new comments and chat messages.

Our next ride will be on Friday, 10/18 when we will ride to Reddish Knob and then to Flagpole Knob. This will be two out-and-back segments from Briery Branch Gap: first to Reddish Knob on asphalt; then to Flagpole Knob on dirt/gravel. We will meet at the parking area at 10 AM (see the Google map below for driving directions) and start riding around 10:15 AM.
This is one of our easier Forest Road rides with 1,600 ft of climbing in 12 miles. E-bikes are welcome but non-E-bikes will set the overall pace. MTBs are always recommended. See the Ride with GPS map below for the riding route. We’ll take breaks, and plan to be back at the cars by 1:30. Since this is an out-and-back, you have the option to ride faster, or ride slower and ride less than the full route, as long as you manage your time to arrive back at the cars by the agreed upon time.

Weather looks like sunny with temps in the 50s. Bring lunch, snacks, sunscreen, and water.

Ride route
drive to ride start

REGISTER HERE: https://svbcbike.org/trailtraining

We’re here to help increase the capacity in our trail building community. We can’t wait to spend the day with you.
We’re lucky to have Rich Edwards in our trail community and as our instructor for the day.

• There is a $5 charge for attending and that includes lunch and a swag! We do ask and expect you to attend the ENTIRE Day. We’re hosting this training for nearly free (when you include lunch). You can choose to help cover the true cost with a donation.
• *What: Trail maintenance training and MORE
• *When: Saturday, October 19 9am – 5pm
• *Where: Classroom portion to be held at Lucy Simms in Harrisobnurg and fieldwork on the Massanutten Western Slope Trails
• *Why: A well-trained, informed, and educated trail community is key to the long-term health of our trail systems.

Your Teacher:
Rich Edwards is the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Coordinator for the Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative at West Virginia University. Before joining the team, Rich worked for 21 years at the International Mountain Biking Association as the IMBA Trail Solutions Director of Community Engagement and Education. Rich has gained quite the reputation in the trail building community and is known for the care and effort he places into design, with special attention to sustainability and working with the land, not against it. Rich has gathered this knowledge across time and space, traveling over 33 U.S. states and eight countries to build his understanding of trail building, mountain biking land management and techniques.

Come trot through the wonderful Western Slope trails on Wednesdays during this femme-focused trail run. Specifically, this is a welcoming space for women new to the trails, BIPOC, nonbinary, and trans women.

A parking pass is not necessary for this run (if you don’t have a pass, just ask a run leader for one when you arrive). However, please sign an electronic waiver before the run!

Time: 5:30p on Wednesdays
When: Ongoing unless stated on FB/IG stories at @svbcoalitionbike (check here for weather concerns)
Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
Pace: ~12 min/miles
Length: Join for the first 3 miles, and continue on for another 3 miles with the group if you’d like!
Run Surface: We run out to the pond on double-track gravel for the first 1.5 miles; the rest is a single-track trail.
Regrouping: This is a community run, designed to regroup at every intersection and stick together.
Route: We will meet by the parking lot and loop back in 3-mile increments.

Loop 1: Boundary – Pond – Creekside
Loop 2: Homestead – Red White + Blue

The Big Dig Day is a volunteer trail-building event on the Western Slope of Massanutten. Volunteers will work together to build new trails and or maintain existing trails.

This is more than a volunteer day! It will be a fun, family-friendly day in the woods with friends old and new! Bonus… you can earn your annual Western Slope trail pass volunteer hours in a single day!
Prior trail experience is NOT necessary.

On-site training and instruction will allow volunteers to work safely, confidently, and effectively.

• What: A celebration of our volunteers while we work on improving the Western Slope trails.
• Where: Massanutten’s Western Slope near Keezletown
• Where do I park? Parking will be in the main parking lot or the field near the pavilion. Please be aware that there is an event going on on the same day, and we will be sharing parking.
• When: Saturday, October 26, from 11 am to 3 pm
• What to wear: Sturdy closed-toe shoes, long pants, gloves, and water!

We will get together at 11 am to go over a plan for the day and then break up into groups to work on project sites. We will have food ready at 3 pm for our post-event gathering and hangout.
We’ll grill burgers and have drinks for folks and other snacks and food.

RSVPs ARE REQUIRED. Once you’ve signed up, you will receive email notifications with details about the day, including where we will meet. We need a headcount for food/drink and to give you some thank-you gifts.

https://svbcoalition.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events#/events/8044

Come trot through the wonderful Western Slope trails on Wednesdays during this femme-focused trail run. Specifically, this is a welcoming space for women new to the trails, BIPOC, nonbinary, and trans women.

A parking pass is not necessary for this run (if you don’t have a pass, just ask a run leader for one when you arrive). However, please sign an electronic waiver before the run!

Time: 5:30p on Wednesdays
When: Ongoing unless stated on FB/IG stories at @svbcoalitionbike (check here for weather concerns)
Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
Pace: ~12 min/miles
Length: Join for the first 3 miles, and continue on for another 3 miles with the group if you’d like!
Run Surface: We run out to the pond on double-track gravel for the first 1.5 miles; the rest is a single-track trail.
Regrouping: This is a community run, designed to regroup at every intersection and stick together.
Route: We will meet by the parking lot and loop back in 3-mile increments.

Loop 1: Boundary – Pond – Creekside
Loop 2: Homestead – Red White + Blue

The Event is FREE but you MUST REGISTER to attend: Click to Register

💥Coaching Clinics
💥Group Rides
💥Shuttles
💥Cookout
💥Raffle

The GRiT Grant (Girls Riding Together), through the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA)), with support from the She Sends Foundations, as well as a generous donation from Take Aim Cycling, is making this female-focused mountain biking possible ❤️

Make your calendars you a full day of JOYRIDE-ing and get yourself amped for this fall Sunday 🍁open to all-level FTWNB riders ages 9+

Full schedule to come!

Register here

Come trot through the wonderful Western Slope trails on Wednesdays during this femme-focused trail run. Specifically, this is a welcoming space for women new to the trails, BIPOC, nonbinary, and trans women.

A parking pass is not necessary for this run (if you don’t have a pass, just ask a run leader for one when you arrive). However, please sign an electronic waiver before the run!

Time: 5:30p on Wednesdays
When: Ongoing unless stated on FB/IG stories at @svbcoalitionbike (check here for weather concerns)
Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
Pace: ~12 min/miles
Length: Join for the first 3 miles, and continue on for another 3 miles with the group if you’d like!
Run Surface: We run out to the pond on double-track gravel for the first 1.5 miles; the rest is a single-track trail.
Regrouping: This is a community run, designed to regroup at every intersection and stick together.
Route: We will meet by the parking lot and loop back in 3-mile increments.

Loop 1: Boundary – Pond – Creekside
Loop 2: Homestead – Red White + Blue

Come trot through the wonderful Western Slope trails on Wednesdays during this femme-focused trail run. Specifically, this is a welcoming space for women new to the trails, BIPOC, nonbinary, and trans women.

A parking pass is not necessary for this run (if you don’t have a pass, just ask a run leader for one when you arrive). However, please sign an electronic waiver before the run!

Time: 5:30p on Wednesdays
When: Ongoing unless stated on FB/IG stories at @svbcoalitionbike (check here for weather concerns)
Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
Pace: ~12 min/miles
Length: Join for the first 3 miles, and continue on for another 3 miles with the group if you’d like!
Run Surface: We run out to the pond on double-track gravel for the first 1.5 miles; the rest is a single-track trail.
Regrouping: This is a community run, designed to regroup at every intersection and stick together.
Route: We will meet by the parking lot and loop back in 3-mile increments.

Loop 1: Boundary – Pond – Creekside
Loop 2: Homestead – Red White + Blue

Come trot through the wonderful Western Slope trails on Wednesdays during this femme-focused trail run. Specifically, this is a welcoming space for women new to the trails, BIPOC, nonbinary, and trans women.

A parking pass is not necessary for this run (if you don’t have a pass, just ask a run leader for one when you arrive). However, please sign an electronic waiver before the run!

Time: 5:30p on Wednesdays
When: Ongoing unless stated on FB/IG stories at @svbcoalitionbike (check here for weather concerns)
Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
Pace: ~12 min/miles
Length: Join for the first 3 miles, and continue on for another 3 miles with the group if you’d like!
Run Surface: We run out to the pond on double-track gravel for the first 1.5 miles; the rest is a single-track trail.
Regrouping: This is a community run, designed to regroup at every intersection and stick together.
Route: We will meet by the parking lot and loop back in 3-mile increments.

Loop 1: Boundary – Pond – Creekside
Loop 2: Homestead – Red White + Blue

Come trot through the wonderful Western Slope trails on Wednesdays during this femme-focused trail run. Specifically, this is a welcoming space for women new to the trails, BIPOC, nonbinary, and trans women.

A parking pass is not necessary for this run (if you don’t have a pass, just ask a run leader for one when you arrive). However, please sign an electronic waiver before the run!

Time: 5:30p on Wednesdays
When: Ongoing unless stated on FB/IG stories at @svbcoalitionbike (check here for weather concerns)
Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
Pace: ~12 min/miles
Length: Join for the first 3 miles, and continue on for another 3 miles with the group if you’d like!
Run Surface: We run out to the pond on double-track gravel for the first 1.5 miles; the rest is a single-track trail.
Regrouping: This is a community run, designed to regroup at every intersection and stick together.
Route: We will meet by the parking lot and loop back in 3-mile increments.

Loop 1: Boundary – Pond – Creekside
Loop 2: Homestead – Red White + Blue