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Skelly's Excellent Adventure

Town
Enfield, NH
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Description

Start/Finish at Carpenter's Cup Coffee next to the Rail Trail in Enfield, NH

Enfield, Grafton, Danbury, Canaan dirt with some (excellent) adventure class VI sections.

UPDATE SMGR 8/29 Central VT, reverse, avoid CCC closure

Location
Town
Bridgewater VT
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Description

Start/Finish at Bridgewater Park
Long climb up Curtis Hollow Rd and down Long Hill Class IV, 
Reading spring water stop at mile 10
Class IV jughandle off Nelson Rd at mile 18
Class IV singletrack jaunt around Echo/Amherst Lakes mile 23-28
Class IV catamount trail connector mile 31-33
Detour south of closed CCC includes some class IV on Round Top Road around mile 40
Chloe's market in Plymouth mile 43
Final climb and then beautiful gravel descent of Hale Hollow to finish.

SMGR 8/29 Central VT

Location
Town
Bridgewater VT
Map
Description

This is a climby gravel ride through central VT with two adventure class IV sections. The class IV is challenging but scenic and (famous last words) rideable.

We'll start/finish at the Bridgewater Park parking lot, see the google map link. It's across from Gold Coast Road, right off Route 4. 

The route goes through Hale Hollow, the "CCC" climb (2 miles at 10%!), then a flat section of class IV on the Catamount Trail. 

We have a stop planned at Singleton's Store at mile 37.

Norwich to Woodstock

Town
Norwich
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Description

The route starts at Huntley Meadows in Norwich and climbs Bragg Hill to Kate Wallace, which offers about a half-mile of single track to Mitchell Brook and the long descent on Tigertown.  Kate Wallace can be avoided if you descend back to Beaver Meadow and continue up to Mitchell Brook.

After descending Tigertown, and climbing Joe Ranger, enjoy views along Webster Hill and Wild Apple in Pomfret.

There is some additional unmaintained surface on North Perry in order to get to Abracadabra Coffee on Route 12.

Newbury Ackworth Washington

Town
Newbury NH
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Description

A keeper route put together by Art Copoulos. About 70% paved, no Class VI gravel. Bring plenty of liquids, after a Goshen convenience store the first stop may be Washington General store.

Sharon-Chelsea road loop

Town
Sharon, VT
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Description

Starting at the Sharon Park & Ride frontloads the climbing. :-)   Up and over 132,  then Tucker Hill to 113.  Post Mills and the long climb through Vershire to the top of the ride, then the long descent to Chelsea.  110 down through Tunbridge to South Royalton, and back to Sharon on River.