Everwild: Women’s MTB Day at Hale

Everwild creates a space for women of all skills and abilities to advance the sport and build community through wellness, whether you’re a veteran rider or someone who has never been on a mountain bike.

Skill clinics cover the essentials of mountain biking, introduce the fundamentals of jumping, develop advanced skills, and more! Workshops explore bike mechanics, nutrition, strength, and mobility.

Local food vendors and craft brewers will fuel your day, including Black Hat Brew Works. Demo bikes will be available.

This event welcomes and respects all women, inclusively defined—this includes trans women and those who are nonbinary, gender non-conforming, and any others who identify as women in ways that are significant to them.

Please note that we require a name for each attendee. If registering a minor, please use the minor’s name with a parent’s or guardian’s email address. All riders should be comfortable on bikes, independently and without training wheels.

Be among the first 100 people to register and receive a free pair of Everwild socks!

Clinic Descriptions

Youth Essentials (Ages 8-13)

Review and practice the essentials in a controlled environment as you focus on the importance of body positioning and technical skills such as braking, shifting, and steering. This clinic includes small features, drills, and demonstrations.

Adult Essentials (Ages 14+)

Review and practice the essentials in a controlled environment as you focus on the importance of body positioning and technical skills such as braking, shifting, and steering. This clinic includes small features, drills, and demonstrations.

Adult Progression (Ages 14+)

This clinic is for intermediate riders. Discover the importance and power of body positioning and learn to navigate tight situations, work on climbing and descending, tackle tough features, and practice cornering. This clinic spends more time on open trails and stops to session certain features.

Adult Advanced (Ages 14+)

Intermediate+/advanced: this clinic is a more extended, advanced approach to the skills riders already have. Emphasis on the progression in technique with more advanced maneuvers of the rider’s skills. Cornering, braking, slow speed, balance, body bike position, wheel lifts, variance of these skills, switch backs, basic drops, vision, and more. A great opportunity to expand the solid techniques you may already be using while making your riding fun.

Adult Intro to Jump (Ages 14+)

Make progress with fellow riders as you go from wheel lifts to bunny hops to small gap jumps. These clinics explore the mechanics of taking off and safely landing on flats and descents. Expand your riding capabilities to confidently hit trail features you wouldn’t have before.

Adult Corners, Hops, & Drops (Ages 14+)

Mountain biking involves a blend of technique, control, and confidence. Mastering cornering and jumping, from small hops to more significant drops, opens up a new level of riding skill, fun, and freedom on the trails. This course will expand on the essential techniques, body positioning, and line vision to help you stay in control while tackling corners and learning to “pop” off objects and jumps.

Adult Trailside Repairs & Basic Suspension Set-Up (Ages 14+)

Trailside Repairs will help you conquer common trail-side challenges with confidence. Get the hang of fixing flat tires, whether with traditional tubes or tubeless setups, master derailleur and chain troubleshooting, and tackle broken spokes like a pro. Don’t let mechanical setbacks derail your ride—learn to keep your mountain bike rolling smoothly!

Basic Suspension Set-Up will explore the fundamentals of suspension, unraveling vocabulary that often mystifies riders. Empower yourself by learning how and when to fine-tune your bike’s suspension, then apply this new knowledge by checking and adjusting your own bike’s settings.

MTB for More

Mountain bikers of all ages are drawn to Hale’s rugged, varied terrain just miles from Boston’s city line, and we’ve been eagerly expanding our youth mountain biking programs over the past five years.

Hale MTB Camp focuses on skill-building and ride time for an existing community of young mountain bikers. Hale is growing its community through a fantastic team of volunteer coaches, rides, races, and events for mountain bikers of all ages. Intrepid Academy at Hale students enjoy rides during their semester. Hale is growing its community through a fantastic team of volunteer coaches, rides, races, and events for mountain bikers of all ages.

We’re thrilled with our progress and are helping hundreds of riders advance, but with your help, we can do more.

Thank you for supporting MTB opportunities for youth by making your donation today.

Hale is a nonprofit that serves 20,000 people every year, and we count on donations from people like you to help us provide outdoor experiences for all. Your gift makes great programs and events like this one possible. Thank you for helping us steward the land and support our community.

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