Freeze/Thaw Cycle Reminders: 1) Avoid trails if too muddy 2) If icy, please wear traction on your shoes or have studded tires on your bike. 3) Please avoid making trails wider or short-cutting trails. 4) Go out before trails get muddy, earlier in day or later in the day. Read our updated Trail Use Tips […]
BATS has slowly been working to improve signage at other trail access points. We have updates to do on the trails this winter so in spring we can focus on trail improvements and junction signage. This mini-map is at the upper “Garlic Fest” field tract on our map. A second mini-map is below the SVC ball […]
We were happy with the late October VOREC Meeting in Arlington. We look forward to more collaboration between community organizations and existing groups to support and sustain outdoor recreation and stewardship of our recreational spaces. Read more about the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economy READ ALL the comments from the statewide meetings and other updates here: […]
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 […]