Just a reminder that today through next Sunday (12/1-12/10) is muzzleloader season. Please stay off of closed trails (trails south of SVC, section of Halloween Tree) for your safety and to respect our landowner partners who hunt!
View this original e-news Hunting Season Reminders | Trail Updates| Regional Volunteer Opportunites & Events We just really want to get the word out about trail use during hunting season since some folks have been asking. Some trail closures will occur starting with Youth Deer Weekend. Currently during Archery Season, nothing is closed, but people maybe actively hunting […]
Hunting Season Reminder / Events & Volunteer Opportunities It is officially hunting season. None of the landowners who grant BATS access adjacent to Southern Vermont College lands are closed to us during Archery/Bow season (10/7-11/3), however, most of the land surrounding the college is hunted during rifle season. We will post some reminders, but please […]
Wow! So it was hot out, and now it’s fall again. Just a friendly reminder that hunting season starts on 10/7. See our tips at the bottom for more information. TRAIL UPDATES: We hope to have new information up at the Southern Vermont College kiosk sometime this month (YAY!), and we will be installing a […]
Time for some trail work! BATS will be holding trail work events on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month from 9:30 am -12pm now through the end of fall. Like the trails on Mount Anthony? Please come join us and pitch in! In the coming weeks we will be working on a new […]
We will be doing a ride before the 4 Corners North Homebrew Fest (get your tickets). It is the same weekend as the 39th Annual Southern Vermont Art and Craft Festival as well. We plan to meet to ride, then get food and beverages. Meet at 9am the Trailhead Kiosk at the Southern Vermont College Upper […]
Though we are a small multi-use trail system, our parent chapter is the Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA), and we need their help because we are a newer, small non-profit. They guidelines and support VMBA has offered has been HUGE to our organization. Without them we would have no tools (of worth), no liability insurance […]
Just a quick run down of the BATS Events in this coming week: WEDNESDAYS ONGOING: Weekly Group Mountain Bike Ride on Wednesdays through fall. Meeting at 5:45PM at Highlander Cycle, 160 Benmont Ave, Bennington, VT. Après at Harvest Brewing in Downtown Bennington. Your BATS/VMBA Membership Card gets you a super deal. Yay! FRIYAY, 7/14/17: SoVT […]
So, we got a lot of rain. We closed the Cave Trail for now. Our BATS volunteers (or maybe just Todd?Thank you!) are out assessing the conditions/fixing what they can saying, “all you can hear is the running water up here.” Give Trails another day or so to dry out. The BATS Trail Conditions on […]
We love maps! Kudos to all involved in creating the Townwide Trail Map which residents and visitors can find on the Bennington Chamber website or in person at the Chamber. See the Bennington Chamber’s Facebook Live video about it from 6/29 (BELOW). Find the BATS Trail map and trail user guidelines here. Many of the other mountainous […]