Trail Updates
August 16, 2022
July 2022
2022 KT Trail Crew
So far this summer, KT Crew, volunteers and contracted builders have installed 2.94 miles of new trail to help avoid 2.4 miles of road! With guidance from last year's complete capacity study, we focused primarily on providing safe connections for trail access by bypassing travel on the roads. Our next Volunteer Trail Work Day will be Saturday August 27th, please email lukas@kingdomtrails.org to be added to the volunteer contact list.
Trail Projects Completed July 1- August 12, 2022:
- The new phase 4 section of Shonter's Shuffle is COMPLETE! We're pretty excited as this trail has been a long time coming with permitting, grants, and tons of logistics to pull together to make it happen. Built in collaboration with the Ideride crew and of course the landowners, Rick Prescott & Sally Schlueter as well as Rick & Claire Shonter, this new addition to the network is a mechanized build with numerous areas of rock armoring along with berms and rollers. We are most excited about the fact that this newest section of the trail omits over a half mile of travel on Victory Road and when incorporating the Flower Brook Trail offers a loop from our mountain side trails out to the Moose Haven section of the trail network and back without riding on the road!
- Moriah's Ascent .6 mile climbing trail is dedicated and open! Click through for the full story on this beautiful trail and it's namesake.
- Pete's Dragon in O'Reilly's Backyard is open! An excavated blue square trail with a few black diamond features found off of Lou Lou's, this addition gives riders yet another opportunity to progress their skills to the next level with big berms, smooth rollers, and optional jumps lines. Thank you to the Wildflower Inn for generously providing their land and the trail crew for making the trails. Enjoy!
- Fox Run Switchbacks - The machine built blue square/intermediate switchbacks were installed on two of the steeper sections of doubletrack on Fox Run to help make the climb up easier and the descent more fun.
Projects in the works:
- A new 3 mile loop around the Kingdom Campground has started up as phase 1 of the new expansion into the Lyndonville area. This is a work in progress that will not be completed this season.
- Since most trail crew members have returned to school, we will begin to transition towards various maintenance projects for the latter part of the summer season.
Thank you to all for your tremendous support. We are so glad to be part of this amazing community.
7/11/26 Community Chat
Canadian Community Month Offers Below Kingdom Trails Kingdom Trails is a world-renowned, community-supported trail network at the heart of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, built through long-standing landowner partnerships and careful stewardship. It remains the central hub of the region’s mountain biking community. As part of Canadian Community Month, Canadian visitors are welcomed with special membership access and benefits designed to make visiting more accessible. Offers: Canadian dollars accepted at par for annual and day memberships purchased in-person at the Kingdom Trails Welcome Center New and current Canadian annual members will receive a complimentary guest day membership to share with a friend or family member, redeemable anytime during the 2026 riding season. Canadians who purchased day memberships earlier this season may upgrade to annual memberships at par, with the amount already paid in USD credited toward the upgrade Please note that the at-par rates will be applied at checkout in USD as a discount according to the current daily exchange rate; the KT Welcome Center is unable to accept Canadian currency at this time.
From the Executive Director: Hi Everyone! Well, July has certainly brought the heat, but luckily here at KT there are plenty of shady trails to choose from. Speaking of trails...we are opening a new one this weekend: "Cheddar Slice" connects the bottom of Butter Tubs to the bottom of the Dashney Loop, creating a roughly 4-mile family-friendly loop and adding another way to connect the Moose Alley and Dashney zones. Connectivity has been a big focus this year, and there is more to come later this season. Thank you to all our generous Landowners, members and supporters. Have a wonderful weekend and a very Happy Fourth of July!! -Georgia Celebrate the Fourth with Us! As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we invite you to celebrate with us throughout the month of July. If you're riding on Saturday, July 4, be sure to stop by our newly refreshed Welcome Center! We'll be serving complimentary cookies and lemonade throughout the day—a small way of celebrating the holiday and welcoming riders, families, and visitors to Kingdom Trails. Later in the month, join us at Lyndonville's Stars & Stripes Celebration on Saturday, July 18. The celebration begins with the 10:00 a.m. parade, followed by the festival, where you'll find the Kingdom Trails tent. Stop by to say hello, learn about our newest initiatives and chat with our staff about everything happening at Kingdom Trails this summer. The festival runs from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and features food trucks, vendors, children's activities, live music, a Rotary BBQ, axe throwing, and more—making it a fun day for the whole family. We hope you'll stop by, say hello, and celebrate with us! CLICK HERE to read the full newsletter.
