Biking on Oct 9th

[dulgar]

Hey-

My in-laws are coming down from Canada and I was hoping to get them out for a bike ride to see the foliage.

Preferably, I'm looking for carriage trail/path rides through the woods, but can also do beginner mountain biking (emphasis on the colours, not the trail) or very rural country roads.

Distance is fairly flexible since we'll have all day, so anything between 5 - 20 miles depending upon the trail.

Can anyone suggest a few such spots that will be near peak colours this weekend? We'll be coming from Albany, NY so we can get to the Stowe area fairly easily (1.5 hrs) and can go a bit further north, but hate to drive more than about 2-2.5 hrs one way if possible.

Thanks so much for the help!
Aaron

[dkramer]

Albany to Stowe should probably take about 3.5 hours. Maybe you can shorten that a bit by taking 22a, but I think it's more like 3-3.5 hours (it takes 3 hours to get to Mad River Valley from Albany metro).

Daniel

[dulgar]

*laugh* Oops, apparently my brain quit on me. Stowe is a solid 3+ hr drive for me, I flipped Stratton and Stowe for some odd reason when writing my post.

Basically, I'm hoping to find something in a more southern or central VT area with a nice bike ride and peak colours. Northern VT is beautiful, but I spend too much time getting there to want to do it as a day-trip, which is what I'm limited to this weekend.

Thanks again,
Aaron