Our mission is to advocate for, create, and maintain mountain biking opportunities and leadership in Chittenden County, Vermont. We are a passionate and ambitious organization that relies on a collective group effort to accomplish our goals and make our activities successful.

So, what would mountain biking in Chittenden County look like without the efforts of Fellowship of the Wheel? In a word, "minimal". Most of the singletrack in the area would not exist without the dedicated constant efforts of FOTW.

The next time you swing your leg anxiously over your bike to ride one of these trails, remind yourself that folks spend their precious free hours to make this possible for you. Your involvment is critical to our continued success. Join the Fellowship today, contribute, put your shoulder to the wheel, and please help make a difference. Enjoy the trails!

What exactly has this group accomplished? Take a look at some of the trails built and maintained by FOTW:

• Mud Pond Loop in Williston
• Lake Iroquois Connector - slated for reopening later this season
• Mobbs Hill Americana Trail
• Mobbs Valley Arcana Loop and Tarbox Trail
• Saxon Hill Flo Trail and the new MoFlo Trail
• Hinesburg Town Forest 18+ miles of new singletrack added over the last few seasons
• Sleepy Hollow - Various trails built and maintained by FOTW
• Carse Land - 1,000 acres of land contiguous to the HTF, trails currently under construction
• Two of the famous Waterbury Trails were designed and built by FOTW

What's New for 2008 Season

This coming season FOTW takes a giant step forward, and we can't do it without everyone's support. If you are on the FOTW website, if you are out on the trails, we need your help! The past 10 years have proven that FOTW is one of the most progressive and productive mountain bike advocacy groups in the country. Having built and maintained close to 80 miles of new single-track trail, FOTW continues to grow each season.

For 2008 we are taking the unprecedented step of hiring two trail coordinators to work 20 hours per week each for the season. Our two trail coordinators will handle a myriad of tasks from structure building, signage, mapping, coordinating stewardship efforts, reaching out to other organizations, as well as helping remind everyone that we need their support!

Mickey Stone, a big name with the back country ski community and PSIA, and Brooke Scatchard who is one of the most accomplished all-around mountain bike racers in New England, will be our two trail coordinators for the coming season. Brooke and Mickey both have extensive training and experience in all aspects of trail building and mountain bike advocacy and will be working closely with Patrick Kell, the executive director of VMBA, as well as IMBA.

FOTW will continue to host trail days and work parties to create new trails as always. Brooke and Mickey will help shore up our efforts, organize our volunteer efforts, and help move us in new directions. If you have ever been out on one of our trail days with either of these gentlemen, you already know what they are capable of. We are lucky to have them dedicate themselves to FOTW tasks this season.

This is an exciting new step for the Fellowship/Bellaship, but an impossible one without your expanded support. We hope that if you ride a mountain bike, use the trails (hiking, trail running, dog walking, snow shoeing, etc), or simply appreciate the value of what FOTW is accomplishing, you'll support the Fellowship Of The Wheel.

We need to raise $12,000 over and above what we have raised in previous years, so we hope you'll help us make this step forward a reality. Please donate what you can. For those of you that can afford to make a larger donation, we humbly ask that you help us with $50, $75, $100, or more. If you can't afford to donate this year, send your application in anyway and become a member. We trust that you'll help us in the coming years. Donations of time and energy during trail days are equally valuable and necessary to expand our trail projects.

We are looking for more input and participation from younger folks and are now inviting younger riders, teenagers, and college students to join FOTW for free. Just send in your application and come join us for a trail day when you have the time. Thanks to all of you for helping us reach this point.