About Mad River Riders
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Current Board Members
Andrew Hally - Board Member
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Bob Kogut - Board President
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Derek Lusso - Events/Marketing Committee Chair
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Fletcher Malcom - Finance/Fundraising Committee Chair
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Kathy Haskell - Board Member
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Kim Hall - Board Member
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Patrick Hartnett - Trails Committee Co-Chair
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Rob Wilich - Trails Committee Co-Chair
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Ryan Carr - Board Member
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Evan Oppenheimer - Landowner Relations Committee Chair
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Steph Hartnett - Treasurer
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Tom Weigel - Board Member
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Trails/Landowner Relations Committee members:
Scott Fleckenstein
Patrick Hartnett - co-chair
Bob Kogut
Chris Stephenson
Culley Thomas
Tom Weigel
Rob Wilich - co-chair
Events/Marketing Committee members:
Kim Hall
Andrew Hally
Derek Lusso - chair
Marissa Wilich
Finance/Fundraising Committee members:
Ryan Diehl
Steph Hartnett
Fletcher Malcom - chair
Landowner Relations Committee members:
Bob Kogut
Evan Oppenheimer - chair
Mad River Riders in the Media
Mad River Riders By The Numbers
History and Trail Protections
Mad River Riders founded: 1986
MRR Founding Chapter of VMBA: 1997
First legal state land multi-use trails in VT: 2002 - Phen Basin
Official VT-FPR State Recognition: 2006, with Stowe Mountain Bike Club (now Stowe Trails Partnership) and MRR officially adopting Perry Hill and Howe Block-Camel’s Hump State Forest, in addition to Phen Basin.
First VMBA chapter to build legal multi-use trails in Green Mountain National Forest: 2012 - Blueberry Lake (Flying Squirrel and Lenord’s Loop)
Official trails in 1997: 10 miles - all on private land
Official trails in 2022: 58+ miles - GMNF/USFS, 2 state forests, 3 town forests, more than 20 private landowners
Trails permanently protected in 1997: 0 miles
Trails permanently protected in 2022: 29 miles
Membership, Volunteers and Trail Investment
Members in 2011: 35
Beginner trails in 2011: 0 miles
Intermediate trails in 2011: 4 miles
Expert trails in 2011: 33 miles
Members in 2022: 702
Beginner trail miles in 2022: 5 miles
Intermediate trail miles in 2022: 14 miles
Expert trail miles in 2022: 36 miles
Volunteer hours in 2011: ~500
Volunteer hours in 2022: ~3500
Funds invested in MRV trail network 2011-2018 = $500,000+
Funds invested in MRV trail network 2019 = ~$90,000
Total MRV trail investment in 2019 (funds + volunteer hours) = $160,000
Trail Visits and Economic Impacts
Current estimated annual trail visits for the entire Riders network: ~90,000
Blueberry Lake
2016 Annual Visits: ~35,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$1,800,000
2018 Annual Visits: ~40,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$2,200,000
Lareau Farm and Howe Block Camel’s Hump State Forest
2016 Annual Visits: ~39,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$1,900,000
2018 Annual Visits: ~35,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$1,700,000
Mad River Riders founded: 1986
MRR Founding Chapter of VMBA: 1997
First legal state land multi-use trails in VT: 2002 - Phen Basin
Official VT-FPR State Recognition: 2006, with Stowe Mountain Bike Club (now Stowe Trails Partnership) and MRR officially adopting Perry Hill and Howe Block-Camel’s Hump State Forest, in addition to Phen Basin.
First VMBA chapter to build legal multi-use trails in Green Mountain National Forest: 2012 - Blueberry Lake (Flying Squirrel and Lenord’s Loop)
Official trails in 1997: 10 miles - all on private land
Official trails in 2022: 58+ miles - GMNF/USFS, 2 state forests, 3 town forests, more than 20 private landowners
Trails permanently protected in 1997: 0 miles
Trails permanently protected in 2022: 29 miles
Membership, Volunteers and Trail Investment
Members in 2011: 35
Beginner trails in 2011: 0 miles
Intermediate trails in 2011: 4 miles
Expert trails in 2011: 33 miles
Members in 2022: 702
Beginner trail miles in 2022: 5 miles
Intermediate trail miles in 2022: 14 miles
Expert trail miles in 2022: 36 miles
Volunteer hours in 2011: ~500
Volunteer hours in 2022: ~3500
Funds invested in MRV trail network 2011-2018 = $500,000+
Funds invested in MRV trail network 2019 = ~$90,000
Total MRV trail investment in 2019 (funds + volunteer hours) = $160,000
Trail Visits and Economic Impacts
Current estimated annual trail visits for the entire Riders network: ~90,000
Blueberry Lake
2016 Annual Visits: ~35,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$1,800,000
2018 Annual Visits: ~40,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$2,200,000
Lareau Farm and Howe Block Camel’s Hump State Forest
2016 Annual Visits: ~39,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$1,900,000
2018 Annual Visits: ~35,000
Annual local economic impact from visitors and locals: ~$1,700,000
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