Designed for adults who want to learn to mountain bike with confidence and safety or take their skills to the next level. This six-week program blends focused skills instruction with guided trail riding. Each session begins with coaching on one or two key mountain bike skills, followed by a ride on the Loppet trails where you’ll practice and apply what you’ve learned alongside your coach.

Trail Adults is inspired by our ever-popular Trail Kids program. Curious what your kids have been learning? Come experience it for yourself. An added bonus: the strong sense of community. Participants often build lasting friendships and find new riding partners that stick together long after the program ends.

We offer two ability level programs, Novice and Intermediate (see below for more details)

This is different from our adult skills clinics. More practical application, riding typically 45-60 minutes each practice.

Registration for Spring Adult Mountain Bike Skills Clinics open March 3rd, 2026

Classes:

Novice Class
This class is designed for a broad range of riders, whether you’re brand new to mountain biking, have been riding for years without formal instruction, or fall somewhere in between.

Fundamental skills are the building blocks of balance, stability, and control on the bike. We’ll help you become a more confident, capable rider by focusing on body position, bike/body separation, vision and eye movement, steering, speed control, timing and coordination, and pressure control.

 Here is a list of skills taught during our Novice Trail Adults.

• Neutral/Ready positions
• bike/body separation
• Braking
• Shifting
• Cornering
• Ratcheting
• Tracking
• Turning
• Climbing and descending

Intermediate Class
This class is designed for riders ready to take the next step in their mountain bike progression. Participants should have completed our Novice class or Fundamental Skills Clinic, gained similar instruction through another organization, or have equivalent riding experience.

We’ll begin by building on fundamental skills and introducing intermediate techniques that will help you ride more technical terrain with greater confidence and control. During the trail portion of each session, we may session specific trail features, when rider traffic allows, to refine skills in real-time. 

Here is a list of skills taught during our Intermediate Trail Adults.

• Advance techniques on many of the fundamental skills from the Novice class
• Wheel lifts
• Front
• Rear
• Level
• Pedal assist
• Trackstands
• Drops
• Roll down lunge
• Lunge drop
• Stomp drop

Bike rentals are available through our Trailhead Adventure Shop. Cost is $75.00 per 6 week session.