Two things at Stratton Mountain, Vermont, are true.
One, a new trail called Hibernator is rocking and rolling. Two, bike park tickets are only $8.02 on Sunday (or 8/2), which, of course, is a nod to Vermont’s lone area code, 802.
The ticket discounts are steep. Normally, they run $55. So, if you do the math, you get about seven Sunday tickets for the price of one. Don’t hesitate to surprise the whole crew.
As for Hibernator, it’s a delightful-looking, long cruiser that takes bikers to the less traveled Sun Bowl side of the mountain. On the way back, Stratton offers shuttle service back to the main base to keep those legs fresh for more laps.
The trail, according to a blog post shared by Stratton last summer, comes courtesy of Sinuosity, a local trail design and building team that’s also contributed to parks at Windham Mountain and Saskadena Six.
“This trail will be a fast, and fun ‘enduro’ style trail with a slightly steeper pitch than Bear’s Den,” the blog post reads, detailing Hibernator. “It will be a hybrid of machine-built flow sections mixed with natural tech and raw loam.”
That post detailed a slew of other trails that were being worked on at the time, too, like a climbing trail called Ground Control.
As of Friday, July 31, Hibernator was open per Stratton’s bike park report, but the resort cautioned that, due to recent rainfall, there were some closures.
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In total, the park, which is lift-served, spans more than 10 miles and over 15 trails, ranging from chill greens to tougher black diamonds.
Beyond biking, the resort offers the usual off-season diversions like scenic lift rides, golf, and UTV tours.
Outside of Stratton, a slew of other resorts in Vermont host mountain biking, and at least one more is getting in on the 802 festivities: Bolton Valley is running BOGO half-day lift tickets and scenic lift rides with the Vista lift spinning, fittingly, from 8:02 a.m. to 8:02 p.m.
In short, it’s shaping up to be a good weekend to go mountain biking in the Green Mountain State.
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