The VMBA Days series is coming back for its fourth season with some new great additions. The first and largest is that Lawsons Finest Liquids is supporting the series. We’re excited to welcome back the title sponsor from our first season!

For DH, we are bringing back our ‘New to DH’ and ‘New to the Resort’ group rides. These will be led by Resort & VMBA Ambassadors. At each stop we will also have a Community Builder partner that will lead their own group rides. For ths stop we will be donating a portion of the procceds to Kingdom Trails Association. Not only do you get a chance to win the rad items below, you will be supporting two great organizations!

At each stop of the series, we will also be hosting a fun activity specific to that resort, ranging from timed races, dual slalom, Strava races, and more. After everyone gets their riding in, Lawsons will be hosting an on-site Aprest and providing a limited amount of beverages to raffle ticket purchasers. During the Apres, we will also pull the winners of the raffle! .

One more awesome addition for this year: Following Saturday at the resort, we’ve teamed up with the local trail stewardship organization to host a trail ride day on Sunday! For our first stop at Burke, we will be riding Kingdom Trails on Sunday the 7/13/25 ,based out of the Wilderflower Inn. These will be great opportunities to ride new single track with the local riders and trail builders.

Please see below for a full breakdown of the activities, timing, prizes, and other rad things we have in the works for each stop. With limited space available, make sure to secure your spot on a ride. If you can’t make this stop, make sure to look below for our other dates.

Host Resort: Burke Mountain Resort

Host Trail Organization: Kingdom Trails Assoication

Date: Burke DH – 7/12/25 & Trail Day KTA – 7/13/25

Special: This Saturday (7/12/25) you can redeem the VMBA 50% Off ticket for a Free Full Day! Show your VMBA App at the ticket window to redeem.

Eventbrite Page (tickets for group rides)

Address:

• Burke Mountain Resort (Sherburne Lodge): 223 Sherburne Lodge Rd, East Burke, VT 05832
• Kingdom Trails/ Darling Hill (Wildflower Inn): 2059 Darling Hill Rd, Lyndonville, VT 05851

DH Rides:

New to DH: if you’re used to riding single track and want to get more time descending. There is nothing like some downhill laps to perfect your riding. Also riding a lift is not bad at all!

New to Resort: This ride is for folks who have dabbled into DH already or want to try a new resort. Have the VMBA ambassadors show you around and show you their favorite trails.

Lawsons Party Lap: This ride is for everybody. Depending on the size we will break into groups that fit their riding ability. Then send it down with VMBA & Lawson’s ambassadors to the Apres and raffle pull!

Community Builder Rides: (Coming Soon)

Trail Rides:

Intermediate: (Coming Soon)

Advanced: (Coming Soon)

Raffle Items ($5 tickets):

• Rim Saver: Set of DH Rim Savers (29, 27.5 and/or Mullet)
• CrankBrothers: Pedal, Shoes, and socks of your choice
• Five Ten: Shoes of your choice
• Loam Pass: 1 Loam Pass
• Thule: Round Trip Duffle
• Skida: Collab Hat
• POC: Joint VPD System Knee Pad
• Deity: Bar and Grips
• MotorEx: Cleaning Kit & Assorted Items
• Lawsons: Prize Pack
• Mixed Pack: Kryptonite, Cabot/Darn Tough, BIVOxVMBA Bottle etc.
• Resort Prize Pack (Tickets & Merch)

Free Samples (Nachos on the lift..):

• Cabot: Cheese slices
• Vermont Smoke and Cure: Mini Sticks
• MiNina Tortilla Chips: Mini Bags
• Sunset Lake CBD: CBD Samples

Resort Activity: Dual Slolom in base area. Head to head match, assorted prizes given out during.

Community Builder Partners: Vermont Adaptive

Accomidations (Must be a VMBA member for the deals)

• Burke Mtn Resort: 20% Off your stay (Restrictions Apply – call to book)
• Burke AirB&B Rental: 10% Off your booking use link and code (On VMBA.org or VMBA App)
• The Wildflower Inn: 25% Off accommodations on Sunday through Thursday nights
• 10% Off accommodations on Friday and Saturday nights
• (Holiday weekends for both U.S. and Canadian holidays are blacked out.)

2025 Season Schedule:

• Thunder Mountain Bike Park / DRT – 8/2/2025 – 8/3/2025
• Bolton Valley Resort – 8/16/2025
• Stratton Mountain Bike Park – 8/23/2025
• Killington Mountain Resort – 8/30/2025

If you have any questions about the rides, location or anything else. Please reach out to Joe Gaynor at Joe@vmba.org

We look forward to seeing you at one of the VMBA Days Series stops!