Burlington, VT-Green Mountain Century

The Bike MS Green Mountain Getaway: The routes below include rides for the 2014-2015 two-day event. 100 miles Route at RideWithGPS View and print cue sheet View and print mapLog in to RideWithGPS & click on More to export GPS files 75 miles Route at RideWithGPS View and print cue sheet View and print mapLog in… Continue reading Burlington, VT-Green Mountain Century

Lake Champlain-Adirondacks Tour

Lake Champlain Adirondacks bicycle tour

The former CHAD tour combines some of the finest rides in the Lake Champlain basin with challenging climbs in the Adirondacks. The tour begins in Burlington and heads to Plattsburgh via the Lake Champlain Islands, then into the Adirondacks, and back east to Ticonderoga, crossing back into Vermont. The return to Burlington goes north through Vergennes. The total distance is 346 miles.… Continue reading Lake Champlain-Adirondacks Tour

Cycling in Northern New England

Bicycle rides in Northern New England

Rides in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, including a couple of week-long cycling tours.

Burlington-Greenbush Loop

Greenbush VT bicycle ride

Head south from the parking lot at Deerfield Road and Spear Street in Burlington VT through open farm fields and small villages. The route turns west to Lake Champlain before turning north on Greenbush Road. As you approach Shelbourne,you may wish to detour to the eastern shore of Lake Champlain before heading back to the start… Continue reading Burlington-Greenbush Loop

A couple of rides from Burlington, VT

Burlinvton VT to Plattsburgh NY bike ride

Burlington is a popular and very progressive small city in the northwest corner of Vermont. For a place that is plunged into winter almost half the year, it has adopted a very progressive attitude toward cyclists, and has a wonderful bike trail that runs for several miles along Lake Champlain. Local Motion offers many resources… Continue reading A couple of rides from Burlington, VT

Middlebury-Burlington VT loop

Middlebury to Burlington ride

This ride starts on Main St. in downtown Middlebury Vermont and heads north to Burlington along the edge of the Green Mountains before looping back closer to Lake Champlain on the return. Route at RideWithGPS View and print cue sheet View and print map GPX file TCX Course Burlington to Middlebury The  ride below follows… Continue reading Middlebury-Burlington VT loop