Slaty Fork + Douthat Int-Adv MTB

OVERVIEW

Have you graduated? Do you not have any looming exams or projects? Or maybe you do and still want to get out for a weekend(sorta) of mountain biking fun!

We are planning on driving out to Snowshoe to “camp” at Austin’s place Satuday night and go for a Snowshoe area ride on Sunday(~25mi, ~2500’). Here are some of the trails we might ride in the area:
https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7038714/distilled-tea-creek

We’ll spend Sunday night at Austin’s again and on Monday, we’ll do a ride at Douthat (12-17mi, 2000-3500’).
https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/879616/douthat-state-park-imba-epic
My strava’s from last semester: https://www.strava.com/activities/9857076006 & https://www.strava.com/activities/10074913695

I’ve never ridden in Slaty Fork, but Douthat definitely has some challenging technical descents and tricky climbs. So, prior mountain biking experience is a must. No need to be a pro rider, but this shouldn’t be your first rodeo. If you have any questions feel free to text us (phone numbers on profile)

Here’s the non-biking plan: We plan to shop for groceries for sunday dinner and sun/mon breakfast. The trip fee is to have a communal budget for food and beverage, and there will likely be leftover funds that will be redistributed among participants. Bring lots of trail snacks/non perishables for riding. For camping gear, we’ll figure out tents with a group chat as well as other camping gear you need (sleeping bag/pad) depending on how many people sign up. If gear is needed, we’ll make a gear room stop before we leave. As usual, we’ve got bikes and helmets.

Tentative plan:
Saturday
5pm: meet at Shred Shack, load up bikes and gear, depart
9pm: grocery, dinner/crash at Austin’s in Snowshoe

Sunday
Tbd: breakfast, Slaty Fork riding
4:30-5pm: back at the car, drive to Austin’s
6pm: dinner/crash at Austin’s again

Monday
Tbd: breakfast, drive over to Douthat
4:00pm: pack up car, head back to cville (if 2 cars, we can have 1 leave later)
6:00pm: back in cville

You bring:
– Appropriate clothing. Bring quick-dry, non-cotton stuff. Be prepared for rain.
– Gloves are recommended for keeping the fingers working and protecting your hands from scrapes if you fall – $10 Mechanix work gloves are great
– Food: we will be doing dinners communally, but bring lots of trail snacks
– Sleeping bag and pad (if needed)
– Headlamp (if needed)
– Water: 2.5-4L capacity
– Bag to carry water and food
– Phone with MTBProject or Trailforks downloaded, with the Virginia & West Virginia region downloaded within the app

We’ll bring:
– Bikes/helmets
– Bike rack(s)
– Dinner/breakfast: well, kinda. We’ll be grocery shopping locally
– Pumps, tools, etc
– Bike lights
– Water jug
– Cooler

As always, hit us up if you have any questions (click on our profiles for our phone numbers)