Vermont Is ROOTED In Cycling. Gravel Bike Ride: Northeast Kingdom
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- Vermont Is ROOTED In Cycling. Gravel Bike Ride: Northeast Kingdom.
This week on our New England bike touring episode, we head over to Danville,Vermont for a scenic gravel ride in the Northeast Kingdom. This area of the Vermont is a gravel grinding dream or a great way to fuel your hunger for a bikepacking trip. Did you know that Vermont has more gravel roads than paved roads!? How bout gravel roads that lead to cute towns and cafe's as Nikki mentioned in the intro. Or gravel roads that lead to world class breweries such as Hill Farmstead Brewery. Or maybe you'd like to tour the perfectly manicured farmland that rolls along the countryside and leads up to the stunning Green Mountain Range. Yeah, its no doubt that Vermont really does have it all. It's also a stomping grounds for gravel legends such as Ted King who is featured on episodes of GCN Global Cycling Network and created Rooted Vermont Race. It's a state with deep pride in their outdoor offerings, food and drink, and keeping things just a little funky. We love living so close to the border in our hometown of Lincoln,NH and visit almost weekly in the summer months. On This gravel ride we use the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail as a main artery to the big loop we did and end up at a cool little general store right near Joe's Pond and not too far from Cabot Creamery. Food is always in the plans. As usual we just sort of wing the route and get lost for a bit, but we kinda enjoy that anyway as it always yields us something interesting. In Vermont you always feel like taking the path less pedaled. Nikki "the route whisperer" has a knack for choosing a cool ride on just her instinct. The typical northcountry weather leads us to outrun a thunderstorm before zipping back to the trail head.
We hope you enjoy this little adventure as much as we did. We feel so grateful to be able to share it with you and that you subscribe and watch. What awesome people you all are for showing such great support!
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Still love your older videos too. Cool to see the progression of your videos. Great stuff! Nikki is a crack up by the way! 😂
Awesome
Vermont looks so beautiful. Like something out of a nostalgic movie.
I would say that's an accurate way of decribing Vermont for sure. It's such an incredible place to experience by bike. Thanks for commenting.
I grew up in Vt and moved away right out of school, typically I have explored and come to appreciate VT much more since I’ve been gone.
Agreed Blain! I moved away from New England at same age to pursue a career and enjoyed the experience of where it took me but realized very quickly that places like Vermont and New Hampshire are very special. I'm very grateful to once again call it home. What part of VT were you from?
And the General Stores are such a staple of Vt, as much as our covered bridges. Sadly they are fading away.
NEK, Orleans County right on the boarder. Kinda funny that I am born Canadian, grew up in Vt and have lived in NC fir more than half my life yet I still consider myself a Vermonter above all.
I've lived in Midwest, West and many states and I've always said that New Englander is always a New Englander no matter how long you've been gone. There's no place in the country like NEK. Do you get back here very often?
Great video!
Thanks so much! Vermont is a great place to ride.
Thanks so much! Vermont is a great place to ride.
That Mountain Moment looks like it!
We've ridden some of those miles here in Vermont - and your movie really gives a wonderful expression of the feeling of riding them. Really enjoyed.
Thank you so much, it's such a beautiful area to ride that when I watch the footage I was hoping it would capture even half of how scenic it is in actuality. Are you from that area? We love our neighbor state of Vermont.
@@ThatMountainMoment we are now in Vermont some 33 years - on the east side of the State and not that many miles from the NH border - lots of gravel where we are and extending well above us. Endless gravel this part of VT! I can ride to Peacham from my house. That you rode there in the snow - inspiring!
That's amazing. That's definitely a favorite area to ride. I love that it's still somewhat preserved from being highly touristed and retained a local home vibe. We have held off since that snow ride to respect the more strict travel guidelines currently in place but can't wait to be able to go back. You live in a beautiful quiet spot.
Nice video. More of the trail is getting done. The ride from Morrisville to Cambridge is pretty nice. Take care, Al
Thanks! It's such an outstanding project they have created with that trail. We'll definitely check out the Morrisville to Cambridge section. Do you live in that area?
@@ThatMountainMoment Fairfield a little bit aways.
On that last segment you can coast nearly all the way to St. Johnsbury!
Yes! That's a great section! The Lamoille is an amazing trail. Rode the northern mist section this spring for the first time. Very beautiful. Have you tried that part yourself?
@@ThatMountainMoment not yet. I’m meaning to.
Nice job on the video! I ride a lot of the same areas as you with my wife and you do a great job capturing the beauty and adventure of northern New England. Maybe we’ll see you on one of the amazing dirt roads one day.
That would be great! It would be great to get meet you while out pedaling. What area do you ride in mostly? There's so much to see in New england by bike. I'm so glad you like the videos. We're constantly trying to improve how we create these videos and do justice to the beauty of the northeast. Thanks for saying hello and watching.
That Mountain Moment We have a camp in North Haverhill NH and mostly ride from there. It’s a great base camp as the adventure is endless and travel throughout the White Mountains and Northeast Kingdom is easy.
Oh yeah that's a great location to get to some great roads in VT and NH. Lots of good logging roads with dispersed camping sites not to far from you as well.
We're currently camping and riding up near the border of Canada and New Hampshire but just wanted to say thanks for watching!
Good music
Do you have the actual route you rode that you could share? Ride With GPS maybe ...
I wish I did! Let me see if I can plot it out and if I can remember it all, I'll post it on our Instagram @that_mtn_moment this week. Next riding season it's a goal to post the ride stats and routes. Thanks for that interest in that.
I am not an Instagram user but will see if I can find it later.
@@ThatMountainMoment did you ever post your route?
There were a few roads I just couldn't remember but this year we've been posting our routes on RidewithGPS including our 225 mile bikepacking route called the Mountains And Manure Bikepacking Route or MMBR for short. We researched and built the entire route. It came out awesome. Thanks for coming back and commenting.
That was one incredible adventure! That is wild that there are more gravel roads than paved roads there. Great work guys
Thanks man! Yeah it's a cool fact about Vermont. Their mountain biking is world class too. Thousands of trails. Thanks for watching!
i never got to do the D2R2
i think because it was too rainy and wet, i wasn't going to do that kind of suffering.
that and Rasputitsa. or the Muddy Onion.
i did the WATA Gravel Adventure in Waterbury VT. and then the VOMAR.
are you signed up for The Ranger? i'm starting to get emails about that event.
I've actually never entered an event but it's in the list of things I want to do this coming season.
Where is mini wolf?
Oh he'll be in next week's for sure. Wait until you see his new setup in action. We're up in Pittsburg,NH right now.