Routes

Over the years, we have developed many routes that we think are worth sharing. This page will serve as a place to do just that. As I have time, I will add links to posts with stories about the ride and photos. In the meantime, this is mostly a series of links to RideWithGP maps.

DROVES (2012 - ) mostly dirt road routes from East Burke, VT

• South Bayley-Hazen 90 miles - stores in Wells River and Danville
• Peacham-Danville  66 miles - stores in Danville

• North Bayley-Hazen 83 miles - stores in Craftsbury and Wheelock
• Almost Craftsbury - 61 miles - store in Wheelock

• Willoughby Lake Loop 45 miles - store at the Lake

• Radar Victory Loop - 44 miles - no services. Big climb to radar installation
• Victory Loop 30 miles - no services
• Reverse Victory Loop 30 miles - no services
• Stannard Danville - 68 miles, lunch at Bentleys 
• Danville Dam - 70 miles, lunch at Bentleys

Original DROVES (2009-2011) from Ludlow to Waterbury/Waitsfield area and back

• Ludlow to Lincoln 73 miles then choose App Gap or Lincoln Gap to get to White Horse
  
  • AppGapFinish +17 miles 
  • LincolnGapFinish +14 miles

• Waitsfield to Ludlow 82 miles

• Moretown and Roxbury Gaps 42 miles

These are rides I used to lead on a regular basis out of Lexington, MA

Ride Studio Cafe
1720 Mass Ave
Lexington, MA 02420

60ish miles

• Bakery On the Common (RSC to Natick)

• Blue Moon (RSC to Medfield) 67.1 miles RUSA permanent
  
  • Medium/Snowy Option - 59 mile miles (cuts out all the dirt and trails).
  • Short - 43.2 miles 

• Bolton Flats (RSC to Bolton/Harvard)

• Brimstone and Sudbury Reservoir (RSC to Sudbury, Southboro) 

• Concord - the long way (RSC to Carlisle, Concord, Sudbury, Lincoln)
• Harold Parker Plus Ryers Store (RSC to North Reading)
  

• Harvard/Fruitlands (RSC to Boxboro and Harvard) 

• Haystack Observatory (RSC to Westford, Groton) RUSA permanent

• Paradise Lost Lake (RSC to Groton) RUSA Permanent

• Pegan Hill (RSC to Dover)
• Sawyer Hill (RSC to Hudson)
• South Harvard (RSC to Bolton and Harvard) RUSA permanent

100+ miles

• Hollis (RSC to Hollis, NH)

• Purgatory to Paradise  (RSC to New Boston, Temple, Brookline NH)   RUSA 227 km Permanent
  

• Purgatory Chasm (RSC to Sutton)

• Redemption Rock (Mt Wachusett) (RSC to Mt Wachusett) 106 miles
• Redemption Rock (Mt Wachuseet) -  RUSA 200km permanent

Other Massachusetts Rides

• Framingham - Purgatory Chasm and photos

• Hingham -  World's End

• Westminster, MA - Grace and Redemption and photos

New Hampshire Rides

• Milford, NH Purgatory to Pack and photos

Mostly dirt road routes from Brownsville, VT

• Chester 66 miles
• Bethel 69 miles
• Cloudland 45 miles

Catskills Routes

• Woodstock, NY to Reservoir and back - 33 miles (link to Peekamoose)
• Peekamoose - credit to Riding The Catskills - 55 miles
• Woodstock Climbfest - 66 miles, 8200 feet
• Woodstock Climbing Century 99 miles, 9100 feet
• Phoenicia Climbfest - Crump Hill, Slide Mountain, Sugarloaf, Peekamoose - 75 miles, 6700 feet
• Mead Mountain, Phoenicia and Seven Sisters
• California Quarry and Seven Sisters
• Gunks from New Paltz (thanks Ron Roth)
• Dirt Roads of Delaware County (thanks Somerville Bikes)