RVA MORE

This was a MASSIVE project, and we are excited to say that the Trail Crew wrapped up the finishing touches today and the connection along Northback is back open! We know it was a long time coming and appreciate your patience over the weeks.
PHEW! Stop and take a look while you wak, run or ride past - the amount of rockwork is seriously impressive, but thats what it ended up taking to stabilize this hillside!
Hydrate, stay as cool as you can out there, and enjoy the trail network.

has been a trails supporter and TdFL sponsor for years now - chance are you snagged a hotdog from them at Larus if you’ve ridden during our annual fundraiser the last two years.
This weekend, May 22-24, 10% of sales at the Libbie Mill location go to support Friends of Pocahontas State Park for their Memorial Day “Give Back” event - what a great reason to go pop in!

A word to the wise: starting Saturday April 25th, the section of Northbank from the Pumphouse Trailhead parking lot to the lower ramp below Stairway to Heaven will be closed due to the ramp demolition and construction of the new trail.

The Trail Crew is gonna try to get this thing finished and open ASAP, in its most incredible final form. We were hoping we’d not see a closure/detour - but in the name of finishing it all up, we gotta give em some space!

For now, enjoy a Byrd Park detour and HARK! back to thee olde ways that we used to have to ride Northbank…with Stairway as our entrance and exit.

A reroute is marked with yellow arrows, and also lives digitally on the rvaMORE Ride With GPS account if you need to check it out.

The closure is expected to last two weeks.

Spread word wide n far!

Signs are posted, spread word!

The lower ramp will be removed Saturday the 25th, a.k.a. NEXT Saturday.

Enjoy your weekend trail time, we think you’re gonna love the Trail Crew’s new vision for this hillside.

Much like the Buttermilk Ramp, you’ll see a new trail in its place that will be improved in stages. We want to leave features rideable whenever, so we will start with a dirt trail for now. The next phase will be to install rock armoring, when the ramp replacement will take its final form.

Basically - the trail won’t be exactly “FINISHED” on the 25th - so bear with us while we let it stabilize then go back to finish it up.

🚨The revised Buttermilk Trail is SOFT LAUNCHING, folks.🚨

And by SOFT LAUNCH we remind you that the dirt is very SOFT and rocky so please don’t LAUNCH yourself while you get used to the beginnings of the new feature.

Take it easy. Preride it mindfully. Maybe even stop and take a looksee first.

There is still A LOT of work to do here to bring the Trail Crew’s vision to full fruition, but that section is back open for now.

Have a fun 10k tomorrow, maybe we’ll see you out there for a recovery hike.

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