Craftsbury Outdoor Center
The Craftsbury
Outdoor Center (in Craftsbury Common) offers a number of different
biking opportunities. They have a rental shop and provide lessons
for those just starting out. The Center sponsors a number of guided
tours, including a series of Fall Foliage Cycling Tours. They
also run kind of an outreach program, organizing a number of free
rides throughout the state from May to October. Their Website
has information on all of this, or you can reach them by phone
at 1-800-729-7751.
Ski Areas & Mountain Biking
You'd be hard pressed to find a major ski area in the state that
does not offer a full slate of summer activities, including mountain
biking. Some of these areas include Mount
Snow, Stratton
Mountain, Sugarbush,
Killington,
Jay Peak and
Bolton
Valley.
Lake Champlain Bikeways
Those lucky enough to find themselves in the Lake Champlain area
with a bike are in for a treat. The Lake
Champlain Bikeways network is a series of bike routes that,
all together, take up 1187 miles in the Lake Champlain valley.
Twenty-seven loops are available with lengths between ten and
forty-seven miles, or you can tackle the massive 363-mile Champlain
Bikeway itself as it winds around the entire lake. |
