BIKING
We have mountain bike rentals available at the Fitness Center & Spa. Trail maps are available in the Hotel Lobby. Use of trails is free to guests.
Bike Rentals at the Fitness Center
Half Day (6 Hours): $17 per Bike
Full Day (12 Hours): $29.50 per Bike
Mountain Biking
Appreciate what Vermont has to offer while riding through its beautiful wooded landscape. We have some exciting mountain bike trails right her at Ascutney Mountain Resort. Enjoy every moment out on the trails whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or expert. It’s something your whole family can enjoy outdoors.
Road Biking
Take to the Vermont roads this summer! With 4 different routes, varying in length, difficulty, and scenery you can pick the right ride for you and your family, or try all the routes during your stay at Ascutney.
Road Trails
Cloudspin
Distance: 6 miles
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate (short and steep)
Estimated Time: 45 minutes
Suggested Bike: Mountain
Route: Take left out of the Resort onto Rt. 44W and into Brownsville. Bear right on dirt road after the Post Office. Follow until you come to stop sign and take right up steep hill. Head down the hill and take a right at stop sign, take a right and proceed into Brownsville. Take a left onto Rt. 44 until you come to Ascutney Mountain Resort.
Easy Rider
Distance: 5 miles
Degree of Difficulty: Easy
Estimated Time: 40 minutes
Suggested Bike: Mountain
Route: Take a left out of the Resort onto Rt. 44W, then your first right onto Brook Road. Follow road along the river until you come to Esty Lane, where you will take a right up the hill. When you come to the stop sign take a right onto Rt. 44W. Go past Sitzmark Ski Shop. A bit further you will come to the Ascutney Mountain Resort access road on your left. Go up the hill and you’ve made it!
Sidewinder
Distance: 14 miles (7 miles to bridge and back)
Degree os difficulty: Moderate (easy to covered bridge and back)
Estimate Time: 1½ Hours
Suggested Bike: Mountain
Route: take a left onto Rt. 44W and ride through Brownsville. Continue a few miles down the road until Matteson Real Estate is on your left. Take that left onto Ascutney Basin Road and cross the covered bridge. (For an easier ride, turn around & return to Ascutney.) If you continue, Clay Gates Farm will be on your right. Use your brakes as you ride down the dirt road. At the stop sign at the end of the road, take a right onto Rt. 106N. Follow through the village of Reading ( While in Reading, for a pit-stop, cross the bridge and take immediate left. Claude Bartley Field will be on the left. Hike up the hill for a rest at the field or waterfall.) Continue down the road and take a right, then a left at the stop sign past Reading Country Store. Follow up the hill and take a right on to Rt. 44E. The remaining distance is “all downhill” as you follow Rt. 44E until you reach Ascutney Mountain Resort on your right.
Around the Mountain
Distance: 25 miles
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate (one long climb)
Estimated time: 1 ½ - 2 hours
Suggested Bike: Road
Route: Take a left out on the Resort onto Route 44W through Brownsville and on through mostly flat terrain for five miles until you reach Route 106. Turn left and continue for five miles through gradual downhill terrain (you can easily sustain high speed through this section) until you reach the junction os Route 131E. There will be a blinking yellow light. (Note that there is a very tempting Dairy Bar at this crossroads that may deserve your attention.) Turn left and continue for a few miles until you begin a two mile ascent that is fairly rigorous. When you reach the crest, the four mile descent flies you to the junction of Route 5N. Turn left and continue one mile to Route 44A on left. There is a gradual three mile rise as you pass over I-91 and continue to Route 44W. Turn left for a scenic two mile return to Ascutney that is gradual uphill climb, but not difficult. You’ve done it...completely circled Mount Ascutney!
For more information, contact Ascutney's Activities Director at 802-484-7711 ext.3041 or by email.
