Virginia Mountain Bike Trail - day 6 - Matt Smith stretches it out rolling through Blue Grass Hollow on lead into Little Mare.

Lunch stop ahead at Trappers  Lodge. Shenandoah Mountain Trail was amazing yesterday on day 5.

Matt Smith and Jason Mattis are enjoying ridgetop Singletrack on the Virginia Mount Bike Trail

The fall weather is dreamy on North Mountain.

Virginia Mountain Bike Trail, day 2 on North Mountain is sooooo nice!

What a great back country bicycling experience!

Sal came down to get in a HUGE climbing day, Leadville simulation training, what a beautiful day!

It was a great day of climbing. Up the long Union Springs climb with a bonus hot lap into Dunkle Hollow. It was amazing up on Shenandoah Mountain, the AC'ish cool breeze was blowing all day and the ferns were floating with a cool mixed light infused glow.


Nice work Sal Ruibal!

Thanks for training with SMT!

The Bird Knob Loop has some sweet ROCKS!

Kyle and Nick were nailing everything
What a challenging ride!
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Todd Bauer is amazed as he rides the scenic Beards Mtn. Trail above the Cowpasture River just north of Douthat State Park

Todd Rolls the ridge

Jonathan Wheaton is digging the pristine singletrack

Larry Cautilli deep in the remote backcountry

Rich Cobb in the high meadows along Beards Mountain

Jason Stoner tends to his sheep from the river bank

A beautiful post ride swim!
Under this cool bridge

Misty in the deep clear cool water

MORE el Presidente' Jason Stoner brought his pals out for a sweet ride into the Beards Mountain Potential Wilderness Area. They rode from Douthat State Park north into the George Washington National Forest and along Beards Mountain before dropping off the east side to the swinging bridge over the Cowpasture River on the Walton Tract. What a great place to finish a ride!

Rode up Wolf and down Lynn - Sweetness!

Thomas, Tyler, and I got out to the woods to ride the sections that SVBC re-worked last weekend on Lynn Trail. We were also looking for SM100 trash that had ejected on the Wolf Ridge downhill 2 multi tools and a flatted tube was all we could find, not counting the regular trash we picked up like soda bottles and tin cans. The new sections on lower Wolf Ridge are riding really well. You can't even tell that 500 + riders had been on that section of trail 2 weeks ago. The upper pitches of Wolf are going to be a chore to maintain over the next few years because of all the dead trees.

SVBC 6 Pack Road Hollow

Jasper blasts past Kevin Sherman as Kevin crawls back up the trail

Chase shows some form

Rich Edwards is gettin' it

Matt Smith drops in on the Cake

Paul Hansohn is the 6 Pack Man for 2009!

Trailside BEAUTS!

Alex from Winchester

Emily is always looking smooth!

Dan the man!
Rolled the 29er Dualie
Kyle almost took him on the hardtail
Collin was rippin fast too
Carpenter choked...
Emily couldn't cover Whitney's moves
What a great trail
A great turnout with lots of new faces!