Virginia Outside - Mountain Biking

For over 15 years, Virginia Outside has been running summer camps, teaching youth about the great outdoors and creating lifelong memories for both campers and staff members. Our Mountain Biking Camp was created to appeal to our adrenaline junkies looking for a faster paced week of camp! Richmond has some of the best urban mountain biking trails around and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to introduce more kids to biking on these trails. It is a great way to explore nature and allows us to cover more distance on trail than we would by foot! 

For their safety, campers should know how to confidently ride their bike off pavement before attending this camp. (For example: they should be able to keep themselves upright and moving at a decent pace on a single track trail at various riding speeds without multiple stops) 

This camp is designed for riders with prior experience riding trails confidently Campers will develop beginner and intermediate trail riding skills including: steering at higher speeds on tight trails, shifting timing, hill climbing and descending, dodging obstacles, trail etiquette, bike maintenance, riding safety and more. Campers will start each day with warm ups and then a nice long trail ride. Throughout the week we will spend time cooling off in the James River by swimming, tubing, and exploring the rocks. 

Campers are often placed in groups or their riding order is arranged from beginner to intermediate, so they are riding with campers of the same ability.

Our programs provide meaningful experiences in the outdoors where kids learn, play, and grow their confidence!

Please visit www.virginiaoutside.com for pictures from past sessions and for a detailed description of our weekly activities. Pickup and drop-off for this camp will be at the Upper School Courtyard, located on next to the Hershey Center on Collegiate's Upper School campus.

For more information, contact Brittany Deleon at brittany@virginiaoutside.com or 804.272.6362. You can also visit the Virginia Outside website at www.virginiaoutside.com.