This course focuses on developing fundamental mountain biking skills. It is designed for riders with little or no mountain biking experience, or for those with riding experience who would like to become better technical riders. In this course, the rider’s current riding level will be assessed, and instructors will teach skills that they deem important to elevating each participant’s riding ability.

The skills taught in this course are designed to make each rider safer and more efficient on the trail to make mountain biking a more fun experience. This is a full-day course and will include basic skills practice as well as on-trail skills application. The day will be completed with a short tour of trails in the Summit County trail system where students can practice their new skills.

In this course, riders will learn, practice, and hone the following skills:

• Pre-ride bike inspection
• Mountain biking trail etiquette
• Body position
• Braking
• Shifting
• Foot position
• Bike/body separation
• Climbing technique
• Basic cornering

Itinerary

We will meet at the CAG office or a convenient rendezvous point, gear up, and head to the field. We will spend the day in field instruction where we turn the backcountry into an experiential classroom where you will learn and hone your mountain bike riding skills.

Trip Package Includes

• CAG professional mountain bike guide
• 5:1 maximum instructor to student ratio

Trip Package Does Not Include

• Mountain bike (rentals available, including helmets)
• Insurance (trip or rescue)
• Guide gratuity