Mountain biking can be a terrific way to get off the beaten path and enjoy Vermont's beautiful scenery. But there's a little more to mountain biking than just peddling. Trails can be an obstacle course of ruts, rocks, roots and steep downhill grades. It's to the rider's advantage to learn the correct way to mountain bike. Host Marianne Eaton spends a day at the Catamount Family Center in Williston for a little mountain biking primer to learn a few things about how to negotiate the trails. Then these skills are put to the test on the Contest Trail in Pittsfield for some serious single track riding in the mountains.

• Catamount Family Center
• Eastern Fat Tire Association
• International Mountain Biking Association

• New England Mountain Biking Association
• Vermont Living's Vermont Mountain
  Biking Cycling Guide
• Vermont Mountain Bike Advocates

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