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 […]
BATS FOLKS: Let’s carpool! If you want to carpool, leave a comment on the Facebook Event Discussion Page: SoVT VMBA Chapter Explore & Tour Ride Series or contact Jared or Silvia. All: Please note the date for the BATS hosted ride in Bennington has been changed to Friday, 7/14. Details below. This idea has been […]
The BATS Board of Directors would like to thank Dan Strohl of the Bennington Young Professionals for organizing an event this past weekend. We had a group of folks come out to hike and mt. bike on the BATS trail system from the SVC Upper Lot (meeting at the old and soon to be revised […]
Join Bennington Area Trail System (BATS) members on a group mountain bike ride on Wednesday nights beginning Wednesday, May 25 and continuing throughout the summer and fall if there is interest. We will depart from Highlander on our mountain bikes to official trailhead access points and ride until the ride is done. Time: 5:45PM- Be ready to […]