Inaugural Ride

The Presidential Rail Trail from Gorham to Randolph will be the inaugural ride for The Fat Tire Cruisers Group on Tuesday May 5th. This is a wonderful ride, one of my favorites. We'll ride 9 miles, mostly through the woods with beaver ponds and meadows and some beautiful mountain views, to the Castle Trail in Bowman (Randolph) and then return.

This is a ride for all abilities. The surface is mostly dirt or gravel. Wide tires are recommended. Total miles – 18. There are shorter options. A good turn around point for a shorter distance is at the Pinkham B Road (aka the Dolly Copp Road) for a 9 mile ride. Marty Basch’s “The White Mountain Ride Guide”, second edition has a detailed description of this trail and I highly recommend the book.

The Trail Head and parking is on Route 2 in Gorham. Directions: go north on Route 16 to Gorham. When route 16 meets route 2 at the T intersection turn left. Go through Gorham on Routes 16 and 2 until Route 2 diverges to the left at the traffic light . You'll see the trail head parking lot on the right about .8 miles after you turned left on Route 2.

For those of you who want to carpool meet at The Old Town Hall in Jackson, across the road from the post office at 9:00am.

Be ready to ride at 10:00am at the trail head in Gorham and hope for a beautiful sunny spring day.

If the weather is iffy, check back with this blog on Monday night.

Questions? Email chumley@earthlink.net