Adventure

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.

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.

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.

Classic paved and unpaved Gap A-Ride with some challenging but rideable class IV on Rochester Gap and in Middlebury and Lincoln. Spectacular views on the Braintree Hill finish after Roxbury Gap. Stores available at mile 39 (Ripton), mile 60 (Jerusalem), and mile 73 (Waitsfield). Definitely recommend lots of water/carbs, wide tires, negative gear ratios, and climbing legs.

A monster gap ride. This route is mainly dirt roads linking many of Vermont's Gaps (Randolf, Brandon, App, Moretown) and remote byways. There are a half dozen sections of challenging but mostly rideable class IV. There are stores at mile 39 (Ripton), mile 60 (Jerusalem), mile 73 (Waitsfield), mile 84 (Moretown) and mile 100 (Northfield). Definitely recommend lots of water/carbs, wide tires, negative gear ratios, and climbing legs for this one!

There are some great roads on this route, plenty of class IV, and it is always cool to drink spring water (mile 20) and fancy coffee (mile 33) right after popping out of the woods.

Shamelessly copied from a ride that Lou Bregou posted to Strava - this route features the always wonderful Downer Forest, with a sneaky connector over to Route 132.  A mile of woods trail at the top of Alger Brook Road leads to stunning views on Whitcomb Hill, followed by more adventure in UVD and the old copper mines of Strafford.