Staytripper, May 2021
The Mountain Biking Issue: The Beginning of the End-to-End Velomont Trail; Luxe Trailside Lodging at the Inn at Burklyn; Happening Hubs for Refueling Post-Ride
Painstakingly Renovated, the Inn at Burklyn Offers Luxury and Easy Access to Kingdom Trails
Almost any posh hotel or resort offers valet parking so guests can rest assured that their BMWs, Land Rovers or McLarens will remain safe and sound. But how many luxury lodgings also offer a primo spot for your horse, or a tune-up station for your mountain bike? In Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, there’s at least one:…
Three Trailside Mountain Bike Bars for Post-Ride Refueling in Vermont
Mike’s Tiki Bar 44 Belden Hill Rd., East Burke You’d be hard-pressed to call Mike’s Tiki Bar a hidden gem, as Yankee Magazine did a few years back. It’s a gem, for sure, but there’s nothing secret about this bumping bar near the Kingdom Trails welcome center. In non-pandemic years, it draws crowds from early…
How a Teenage Mountain Biker Helped Cochran’s Ski Area Carve Warm-Weather Turns
When Mother’s Day rolls around each May, most kids give their moms the typical presents — flowers, a birdhouse, a handmade clay pot. Dana Cabrera chose a different route. A couple of years ago, after his mom had knee-replacement surgery and couldn’t ride the steep mountain bike trails that snake through the woods behind their…
The Velomont Collective Breaks Ground on Vermont’s New End-to-End Mountain Bike Trail
Vermont can boast hundreds of miles of single-track mountain bike trails, most managed by the 27 chapters of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association. Regional clubs from Bennington to Montgomery maintain spaghetti-like clusters of trails, but there’s little or no connectivity between them. A new VMBA chapter, the Velomont Collective, has the ambitious goal of connecting…
Staytripper: A Trail Map to Mountain Biking in Vermont
Since Seven Days launched Staytripper in mid-2020, the monthly supplement has offered suggestions for safely rediscovering in-state recreation during the pandemic. In this special edition, it’s less road map, more trail map. Grab your helmet and go with the flow — it’s the mountain biking issue! Mountain biking has been picking up speed in Vermont…
Ranch Camp Serves Up Bikes, Beers and Burritos in Stowe
The driveway that leads to Ranch Camp in Stowe is steep, gravelly and curved. In other words, just right for a mountain bike. Mountain bikers are, in fact, the target audience for this hybrid business on the Mountain Road. In the brown building at the top of the driveway are three ventures rolled into one:…
