Sometimes days that are no good for any one things are perfect to do all the things. The fabled quadrathlon returns to Craftsbury.
A young Greta Kilburn races through the woods at the Outdoor Center.
The Vermont Youth Cycling league again opens its fall season at the Outdoor Center. Join us for a fun day of cross country mountain bike racing.
For more details, including seeding information, head over to the VTYC page.
An event-specific registration link will go up shortly. The race is open to any Vermont youth, whether they are part of a VTYC team or not.
Schedule: Please note that start times may be delayed slightly but will not begin ahead of the time below.
8:30-9:45 Course open to pre-ride
9:00-9:45 Chip Pick-up and Day-of Registration
9:30 Mandatory Coaches Meeting at VTYC Tent (including parents of independent riders)
10:00 Cat C Race Start
10:15 Grade 5/6 Race Start
10:30-11:15 Chip Pick-up and Day-of Registration for Cat A/B
*10:45 Pre-riding for Cat A and B allowed
~11:00 Cat C/Grade 5/6 Podium
11:30 Cat B Race Start
12:30 Cat A Race Start
~1:30 Cat A/B Podium
Registration is live for the second Singletrack Shootout of the summer - September 9. Come give biathlon a try, no matter your experience level! It’ll be a fun morning of biathlon racing - running or mountain biking, your choice. A novice clinic will teach you everything you need to know to complete the four stage race. Club rifles will be provided.
Registration closes at 8:00pm. 100 total entries, across all categories. NO day-of-race registration. (While not a requirement to participate, Craftsbury Annual Members save on their registration! Read more about membership.)
8:00-9:00am - Bib pick-up
9:00-9:45am - Novice safety talk and clinic (required if using a club rifle)
9:30am - Zero (for the experienced category - those bringing a rifle: points 13-15)
9:45 - Short Demo Race by GRP Biathletes
10:00am - Bike start (15 sec intervals)
10:30 - Noon - Running waves will start (both novice and experienced category)
NOTE: The exact start schedule is TBD, based on number of entries. Check your pre-race email for more info, but be prepared that your wave's scheduled start can vary greatly depending on registration numbers.
All categories will complete a four stage biathlon race: lap, shoot, lap, shoot, lap, shoot, lap, shoot, lap. So that’s starting with a lap, four shooting stages, and ending with a lap. For each miss, there will be a short penalty lap to complete before returning to the course. This will be an interval start for bikes, and a wave start for runners.
For anyone not bringing their own rifle. Club rifles and ammo will be provided. All shooting will be in the prone (lying down) position, using a support block for the rifle. Targets will be set to standing (bigger) targets.
Anyone bringing their own rifle. Zero period before race as stated in schedule. Will shoot two prone stages on prone targets and then two standing stages on standing targets.
Running: 1k lap, ~5k total.
Mountain Biking: 1.5k lap, ~7.5k total.
You betcha.
Questions? Please email us at biathlon@craftsbury.com.
Interested in eating at the dining hall for lunch? Call our office at 802-586-7767 to reserve your spot. Reservations can only be made within 48 hours of the meal (so call starting Thursday lunch time!).
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Tuesday Night Races (TNRs) draw all ages and abilities of runners and cyclists.
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Our 2023 Women’s Mountain Bike Clinic dates have been set: Thursday, June 15 and Thursday, July 13 at 4-5:30pm. These introductory/beginner mountain bike clinics will focus on learning and honing mountain bike skills in a safe, supportive environment. Participants must be at least 18 years old. No previous mountain bike experience is necessary, but participants must be able to ride a bicycle competently and safely. Registration and rental bike info here. We look forward to riding with you!
Tuesday Night Races (TNRs) draw all ages and abilities of runners and cyclists.
CANCELLED due to flooding. Stay home and stay safe.
It’s back: the Singletrack Shootout! Come give biathlon a try, no matter your experience level! It’ll be a fun morning of biathlon racing - running or mountain biking, your choice.
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Our 2023 Women’s Mountain Bike Clinic dates have been set: Thursday, June 15 and Thursday, July 13 at 4-5:30pm. These introductory/beginner mountain bike clinics will focus on learning and honing mountain bike skills in a safe, supportive environment. Participants must be at least 18 years old. No previous mountain bike experience is necessary, but participants must be able to ride a bicycle competently and safely. Registration and rental bike info here. We look forward to riding with you!
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Zipping through the ferns at the 2022 Black River Grand Prix
The Black River Grand Prix is back! Join us on Saturday, June 10, 2023 for the Black River Grand Prix, a celebration of fast racing, big loops, varied terrain, and fun on bikes in the woods. The format is simple: a mass start on one big lap. This ain’t XCO, this is VT mountain biking - flow, tech, jank, doubletrack, and even a dirt road or two - there’s something for everyone.
Race Info
The 2023 Black River Grand Prix field will head off at 9:30am on a ~25k (~16mi) course featuring nearly all the riding the Center has to offer. The race never loops back into the stadium, so once you’re gone, you’re gone (though we will have a spot close by where you can stash feeds). First one back wins. We’re playing it close to the vest when it comes to the course layout, but rest assured almost all of it will be fun (what’s a race without a little suffering, right?).
Check out this year’s Race Guide!
Price & Registration
Registration is now open at BikeReg.com
Sunday’s Grand Prix will be $40 for open racers, $25 for current college students, and $20 for juniors (ages 18 and under). $12 of every open entry fee will go towards prize money for the open category ($3 to the male and female winners, $2 for second place, and $1 for third place). Juniors are only eligible for prizes, not cash.
Tuesday Night Races (TNRs) draw all ages and abilities of runners and cyclists.
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Sometimes days that are no good for any one things are perfect to do all the things. The fabled quadrathlon returns to Craftsbury.
Runners and cyclists: Craftsbury Outdoor Center welcomes you to a couple of weeks of low-key, XC style trail races, October 18 and 25.
Make sure your membership is current (Craftsbury, Albany, and Greensboro residents receive complimentary memberships!)
Come join the fun!
Runners and cyclists: Craftsbury Outdoor Center welcomes you to a couple of weeks of low-key, XC style trail races, October 18 and 25.
Make sure your membership is current (Craftsbury, Albany, and Greensboro residents receive complimentary memberships!)
Come join the fun!
Craftsbury junior Amelia Circosta navigates some classic Vermont singletrack.
The Vermont Youth Cycling League, an XC mountain biking league for Vermont middle and high schoolers, is hosting their season opener at the Center on Sunday, September 11th. Racing kicks off at 10am and wraps up around 2pm. The course map is attached below. Please be prepared for singletrack closures.
For more details (and to register if you are interested in racing) visit the registration page: Race #1: Craftsbury Outdoor Center Online Registration (bikereg.com).
Looking for a low-key way to test your summer fitness? Starting June 7, our weekly trail series offers annual members and houseguests a 5k run and 5k/10k bike race every Tuesday! And the 3k kids fun run is back for 2022! We will alternate courses week to week: runners on one course, bikers on the other. Courses will posted below soon. We hope to see folks of all ages participating in these fun races.
Looking for a low-key way to test your summer fitness? Starting June 7, our weekly trail series offers annual members and houseguests a 5k run and 5k/10k bike race every Tuesday! And the 3k kids fun run is back for 2022! We will alternate courses week to week: runners on one course, bikers on the other. Courses will posted below soon. We hope to see folks of all ages participating in these fun races.
Looking for a low-key way to test your summer fitness? Starting June 7, our weekly trail series offers annual members and houseguests a 5k run and 5k/10k bike race every Tuesday! And the 3k kids fun run is back for 2022! We will alternate courses week to week: runners on one course, bikers on the other. Courses will posted below soon. We hope to see folks of all ages participating in these fun races.
Mountain bike racing at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center is back and bigger than ever! Join us the weekend of August 13 & 14, 2022 for the Black River Grand Prix Weekend, a celebration of fast racing, big loops, varied terrain, and fun on bikes in the woods. The format is simple: Saturday is a short track XC race and Sunday is a mass start on one big lap.
Mountain bike racing at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center is back and bigger than ever! Join us the weekend of August 13 & 14, 2022 for the Black River Grand Prix Weekend, a celebration of fast racing, big loops, varied terrain, and fun on bikes in the woods. The format is simple: Saturday is a short track XC race and Sunday is a mass start on one big lap.
Looking for a low-key way to test your summer fitness? Starting June 7, our weekly trail series offers annual members and houseguests a 5k run and 5k/10k bike race every Tuesday! And the 3k kids fun run is back for 2022! We will alternate courses week to week: runners on one course, bikers on the other. Courses will posted below soon. We hope to see folks of all ages participating in these fun races.
Looking for a low-key way to test your summer fitness? Starting June 7, our weekly trail series offers annual members and houseguests a 5k run and 5k/10k bike race every Tuesday! And the 3k kids fun run is back for 2022! We will alternate courses week to week: runners on one course, bikers on the other. Courses will posted below soon. We hope to see folks of all ages participating in these fun races.
