Hey riders. By now you’ve seen ‘Super Tundra‘ – the newest addition to our winter grooming fleet. Isn’t she a beauty!

Buying a brand new snow machine off the lot with a warranty is a game changer. Our master volunteer groomer Dan Breau has already reported that it’s changing the way he’ll groom, given its pulling power. Having this machine is going to lower our gas costs, and most importantly it will mean that Dan has to spend far less time maintaining the machine for each hour he spends shaping snow for us. We’re super psyched. We want to send a huge thanks to the City of Fredericton who awarded us a community grant that covered half of the purchase cost which we matched with funds raised from you – our club supporters and members! Thanks so much!

And here’s what we plan on doing with it…

This winter RVC plans to keep 14 km of trial open with the sled. In addition to this we are hoping that the ‘shoe-to-ride’ effort will keep the Greg’s Way loops open – which are an amazing winter ride once you find yourself at the end of the Back 40.

Unfortunately, it won’t be an option to groom the flight deck this winter. The landowner is allowing his road to be used to support a nearby logging operation which we understand will start anytime in the next week with frequent trucking expected throughout the month of March. Out of a concern for rider safety and a need to respect the landowner’s arrangements trails from #Blazing Destruction to V-Fib will remain closed until spring. There’s still plenty to ride though!

So, we hope you’re as psyched as we are now that the snow is here and the weather is consistently cold. We hope you love the winter trails and remember to support RVC Winterbike with your 2024 membership!

We just got our first dump of snow this weekend. RVC is excited for Winterbike. You’re excited. Undisputed RVC Grooming Champion Dan Breau messaged us today to say he’s excited for another winterbike season! We’re all ready!

So what better day than to tell you about the grooming plan for MVP this winter!

For 2023 MVP will have ~ 22 km of groomed singletrack. This is basially the same network that was groomed last year. For you riders who have never ventured over to ride Greg’s Way in the summer make sure to go check it out in the winter. The Back 40 is a game changing connection and it open’s up access to the Greg’s way area. Back 40 is a hilariously good trail in it’s own right. We’ll keep the parking lot open all winter so that you don’t have to brave narrow slushy roads to get to the riding. We fixed up the water issue that turned the parking lot into a skating rink last year so fingers crossed (thanks Norm and Bev)! We’ll also keep the Trailforks map up to date but remember to hit the ‘winter trails’ option on the map and you may need to refresh the data on your phone app.

Keeping 22 km of singletrack groomed takes a lot of resources and a heroic effort from the groomers! This winter if you see the sleds out while on the trails make sure you stop them to say thanks!

You can get your 2023 RVC Winterbike membership here to access the trails and support the grooming. Also, if you love winter trails and want to consider giving something more you have the option to take out a gold-level supporter membership. All the perks of a normal membership plus that satisfying feeling that comes with making an extra donation. Thank you!

It’s January 7th and we’re finally looking to get our first dump of snow today in a nor’easter. RVC is excited. You’re excited. Dan and Todd are excited.

So what better day than to tell you about the grooming plan for MVP this winter!

For 2022 MVP will have ~ 22 km of groomed singletrack. This includes most of the Flight Deck area and we’ve got the trail building crew’s support to groom Monkey Business this year too. For you riders who have never ventured over to ride Greg’s Way in the summer make sure to go check it out in the winter. The Back 40 is a game changing connection and it open’s up access to the Greg’s way area. Back 40 is a hilariously good trail in it’s own right. We’ll keep the parking lot open all winter so that you don’t have to brave narrow slushy roads to get to the riding. We’ll also keep the Trailforks map up to date but remember to hit the ‘winter trails’ option on the map and you may need to refresh the data on your phone app.

Keeping 22 km of singletrack groomed takes a lot of resources and a heroic effort from the groomers! You can get your 2022 RVC Winterbike membership here to access the trails and support the grooming. Also, if you love winter trails and want to take your support one step further please check out our GoFundMe campaign. We have one week left to try and meet our fundraising target of $5,000 to get the grooming team some updated and more reliable equipment. We are so close and even small donations are a big help. Thank you!