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Join race director Mike Silverman at Skunk Hollow Tavern this Sunday at 9:00 AM. If you plan to join, contact Mike at mike.j.silverman@gmail.com and he can keep you updated with what tools to bring.

The Vermont Overland running and gravel bike races will be utilizing the Ascutney Trails on the mountain this weekend - August 15-16. They will be using more of our trails than in previous years. The ski area, Mile-Long Field and Town Forest trailhead areas will be closed Sunday during the running races, and there will be major trail disruptions in the Ascutney Outdoors Center area all weekend, starting Friday afternoon. To avoid these disruptions, we recommend using the Swoo

Help Keep the Ascutney Trails Flowing! This Giving Season, we invite you to give back to the trails that give us so much joy. The Ascutney Trails Association (ATA) is a volunteer-driven nonprofit dedicated to building, maintaining, and protecting the trail systems that connect our community — from the West Windsor Town Forest to Mount Ascutney and beyond. Your support makes it possible for us to: 🛠 Maintain and repair trails damaged by weather and use 🔧 Equip volu

All trails on Mount Ascutney are closed to mountainbiking until December 15th for deer hunting seasons. Hikers and runners are encouraged to wear orange for their safety.

Much of the ATA trail system will be closed to bikes this weekend 9/28 and 9/29 for the VT50 mile and associated races. Norcross Trail...

Sunday September 14th We'll have some trail tools, but feel free to bring what ya got (see below) Every September Ascutney Trails...

Where/when Vermont Overland races will affect trail closures this weekend Vermont Overland running and gravel bike races will be...

Some trails will be closed this weekend. Saturday the 16th, a MTB race will necessitate the closing of much of the trail network...

Saturday 7/19, 8:30 AM at AOC Prep for Flow State We will form work groups and head out to: Clean up Rock ’n’ Roll Finish new entrance to...

Trail closures in the next two weeks We have just been informed that VT FPR has opened a section of the state park to a logging operation...

This Saturday June 21 Help Repair Trails Then Ride Some on Demo Bikes We’re asking for volunteers to help us repair some of the...

Ascutney Trails are partially open. The last storm hit us hard. Be prepared for minor washouts and small mud puddles throughout the...

Happy (Soggy) Memorial Day Weekend Lots happening this weekend. Despite the storm coming through, the trails drain well and should be...

Due to a website glitch, email notices didn't go out, so we're trying again. With a strike of the gavel, We open on gravel BAM! Let's...

Get your trail openers out Time to Pick 'n' Blow (the trails, not your nose). This Saturday, volunteers are meeting at the Ascutney...

This Sunday, November 10, members of the Mount Ascutney community will again be working to clear some of the upper slopes for a hopeful...

It's that time of the biking season again. The slopeside trails will be closed Wednesday afternoon 10/16 for a high school MTB race. Then...

Another year has come and gone and it's time once again for Steve & Janice's more or less annual "Six peaks of Pomfret" no drop, foliage...

Much of the ATA trail system will be closed to bikes this weekend 9/28 and 9/29 for the VT50 mile and associated races. Norcross Trail...

Every September we have a Trail Day dedicated to making the Vermont 50-Mile mountain bike and ultra-run race course "ready for prime...