On a beautiful fall morning, my friend Elaine Stockbridge and I decided to pedal the scenic Jackson-Dundee Loop. It is a less-than-14-mile mixed pavement-gravel ride. However, with 1,755 feet of elevation gain and a 16.7 percent maximum grade on Dundee Road’s “Wall,” it’s challenging enough!
On the first day of fall, I drove up “Eagles’ Way” to visit Kennett High's mountain bike team.
Local high school mountain bike team seasons are short, from early September to October’s end. Coaches have to fit in quality practices around weekly meets. By visiting different Mount Washington Valley trail systems, coaches keep training interesting while building skills.
In the spring of 2016, my husband and I spent a lot of time on Maine’s Eastern Trail in Scarborough, Maine. It was there on a kiosk that I first saw a flyer about “Closing the Gap.”
On Friday (Sept. 4), through no fault of my own, I turned 75. That milestone event set off a whole slew of weekend activities. On Friday, I got a surprise visit from my Atlanta sister Jane. Saturday, my daughter and son arranged a surprise party at my house.
September is a month for bike festivals and fundraising in the Mount Washington Valley. These four events coming up will give riders of all ages and types opportunities to ride, raise money and have fun on bikes.
Have you ever been on a trail and gotten lost, hurt or had a mechanical breakdown? That’s when you realize your true vulnerability.
In Center Ossipee, I looked for Conway Branch Rail Trail Phase 1 construction. Past N.H. Trails Bureau machinery, I found old abandoned rails and a new 8-foot-wide path beside them. Walking down the trail, I spotted others in the quiet, cool tunnel of trees. When I got too close, they “turne…
FRYEBURG, Maine — Turning into the Maine Visitor Information Center off Route 302, just across the Maine/New Hampshire state line last Sunday, I saw bicycles everywhere. Where were they all going?
Tin Mountain Conservation Center’s Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb is only a week away. On Saturday, Aug. 15 (rain date Aug. 16), over 500 riders are registered to tackle the 7.6-mile climb up the Northeast’s highest peak. With an average grade of 12 percent, extended sections of …
I haven’t ridden Hurricane Mountain Zone mountain bike trails in a while. When I heard about recent Black Cap and Red Tail trail improvements, I wanted to check them out.
There’s a unique watershed area in Madison known as the “Chain of Ponds.” At least five water bodies occupy this corridor of less than three miles long and .3 mile wide. They include ponds, “kettlehole bogs (small, round wetlands formed by glaciers) and unique fen systems (small nutrient-ric…
Want to try an “epic tour/race” on your mountain bike or gravel steed? Signups end at 7 a.m. this Sunday, July 19, for White Mountain New England Mountain Bike Association’s (WMNEMBA) second annual “Livermore Challenge.”
How did you celebrate July 4? Did you go to the parades and barbecues? Did you dance to the music and watch fireworks?
Where can families go cycling in the Mount Washington Valley that’s fun, interesting, not too hard, and most of all, safe?
It’s official. Summer is here. Schools are out, people are vacationing and temperatures are rising. Unlike winter, when we worry about frostbite and hypothermia, summer brings another concern — overheating.