Ian Beckner guiding the crew on Brushy Ridge Trail in the Stokesville Douthat Stokesville 3 day backcountry bicycle tour.

New Faces

Lots of new faces on SDS this year.  Congrats to everyone who made it: Metro, Nik, Chris, Dan, Justin, Zack, Wolf, Roger, Kurt, and Joe. 

Bonus Loop on Mill Mountain

countdown is on

Look the end is just over there.

The 2011 SDS 2 Day is a few days out!

So excited to be about to head deep into Virginia's amazing backcountry for 2 days of bicycling the most pristine singletrack the George Washington National Forest has to offer. What a ride! We hope you like the few pics above. There should be many more amazing pictures to follow after the 2011 rides.

Stokesville Douthat Stokesville 3 day ride

The 3 day ride is a very good option

Check out the pictures from the 3 day singletrack tour on Picasa

 

Tony makes the big push over the last summit at the top of Dowells Draft in the SDS 3 - day. Going big with your bicycle on National Forest singletrack is a great experience!

Gotta like the pink lady slippers!

Sue Haywood rolling Beards Mountain Trail during the SDS 2 day ride last weekend - a few spots remain for this weekends 3 day SDS ride

The Stokesville Douthat Stokesville ride was amazing last weekend
Singletrack bicycling over, on and along 8 amazing mountains in the George Washington National Forest
Check out the details and sign up for our 3 day ride this weekend May 15-17th

If you need a little help getting motivated here is a quick video clip of the last section of singletrack on day 1 in the 3 day ride

2010 SDS

Sooo exciting!

Never have we spent so much time preparing the trails for this ride

Never have we had all the trails riding this well for the ride

 

The 2 day has been full since the Creasy Lodge was booked in October

The 3 day is filling fast, just a few slots left – get on it YO!

 

Sorry the honorable Mike Klasmeier won’t be able to make it this year

He is nursing a broken foot for the next few months – DOUP!

 

Check out one of our missions on the SMT blog

Southern Traverse mission #1

Yes there were 4 more missions needed to clear Shenandoah Mountain Trail from Rt. 250 to Rt. 627

Over 100 hours of preparation with chainsaws, handsaws and our bicycles!

 

- photo of Mike Klasmeier on Beards Mountain Trail on the 2009 SDS Trail Ride

jimmy k pics of SDS 09

http://community.webshots.com/user/cjk133

sorry I use webshots. everyone else uses smug and I'm just never in the loop.

incredibly fun ride, despite my abbreviated interpretation this year.
awesome lasagna.
great company...thanks all

Sue Haywood shares her view of SDS

some pics are stashed on Timmy's mug

http://sherman86.smugmug.com/gallery/8187425_hB6ey#534828185_fHs6f

Sue was smiling HUGE all weekend, this is what she has to say about the ride....
http://susanhaywood.blogspot.com/2009/05/sds-2009.html

Stokesville Douthat Stokesville - 2009 SMT Pics

SDS, flat pedals, no gears or pack? Nice Nate!

weather and trail conditions were great. support was fantastic. a big thanks to everyone who helped out and to make this a really enjoyable weekend. http://picasaweb.google.com/nathanshearer73/SDS2009#

SDS Tomi-style

S-D-S '09
Qwik linky for pics, still digesting the experience, letting it all soak in.
incrediable, once again.thanks everybody!
Pics on the Smug.
Posted by Tomi on Tuesday, May 12, 2009

SDS garmin

I'm not too pro at using this thing, but I brought a Garmin 705 along for the ride. The battery far exceeded expectations, and it's pretty cool to see all the numbers. I started it a bit late on day 1, right about when we turned left at the top of the campground, and forgot to hit the stop button till after dinner. Day 2 was good, started right from the lodge and remembered to hit stop within a few minutes of finishing. 

Day 1  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/5203276 

Day 2 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/5214576 

That was a truly TRULY epic weekend of riding, thanks to everyone who chipped in.

poz

Photos from the Ride

http://patrickgmiller.smugmug.com/gallery/8174279_Goqkm#533798643_o7Atd

Thanks so much for all the work folk put into this ride.  Trails were in great shape and support was top notch.

Southern Traverse Trailwork was good for the S D S

http://picasaweb.google.com/shenandoah.mountain.touring/SDSTrailworkOnSouthernTraverseGreatEasternTrailBicycleRoute#

Shenandoah Mountain Trail is a bloomin'

Matt Smith, Dan Fudala and I are heading out on our bicycles to clear the middle 3 miles of the Shenandoah Mountain Trail with brushers. The tread is suffering as users are being forced off the downhill side of the trail because the growth pushes one that way. Here is a picture of a dwarf iris from last weekend up there. The Shenandoah Mountain Trail is a great segment of the Great Eastern Trail Bicycle Route. The section known as the "Southern Traverse IMBA Epic" from Rt. 250 to Rt. 627 Scotchtown Draft is officially maintained by Shenandoah Mountain Touring, LLC.

2009 SDS Roster

Support
Kari Carpenter
Katy Martin
Misty Tilson
Julie Jenkins
Dan Oates

Riders
Mike Carpenter
Matt Smith
Chris Scott
Tim Dougherty
Cheryl Sornson
Sue Haywood
Pat Miller
Jon Poz
Nate Shearer
Tony Brown
Jimmy McMillian
Sue George
Kyle Lawrence
Tommi McMillar
Pete Schildt
Theo Procopos
Matthew Wikswo
Matty Donahue
Mike Klasmeier
James Kelly
Eric Anderson
Thomas Jenkins
Matthew Lee
day riders
Andy Kinley
Jay Dicharry
Tim Richardson

Stokesville Douthat Stokesville Maps

http://www.mtntouring.com/mountain/maps/s-d-s/

Map 1 - 18.5 miles 3459 ft. gain

Map 2 - 9.3 miles 2903 ft. gain

Map 3 - 17.5 miles 3507 ft. gain

Map 4 - 11.5 miles 1536 ft. gain

Map 5 - 11 miles 2606 ft. gain

Map 6 - 15 miles 2929 ft. gain

Map 7 - 11.5 miles 3584 ft. gain

Map 8 - 14 miles 2007 ft. gain

Map 9 - 15 miles 3385 ft. gain

Map 10 - 14.5 miles 3266 ft. gain

Map 11 - 14.5 miles 2818 ft. gain

I don’t think these will print very easily. If you think you need hard copies I will mark them on the Trails Illustrated maps. The set is $25 for you to keep, but I need to do it in advance, so let me know.