West Virginia Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking at North American River Runners

With more than 30 miles of private, easy to extreme trails, our 1,500-acre property is the perfect hub for mountain biking. Start your journey from our full service bike shop and ride straight into the National Park Service trail system for endless adventures. From rentals to guided trips or custom-designed clinics, get your wheels rolling down the right path with us and discover some of the best trails on East Coast!

Scenic New River Guided Trip

95% downhill, this trail is perfect for both beginners and experienced bikers. Leave NARR and hook up with the Mary Ingles Trail (Thurmond - Minden National Park Trail), an old railroad grade converted into a rails-to-trails, that follows the contours of the mountain down to the historic town of Thurmond. From Thurmond you will follow the Southside Junction Trail to our private river beach where a shuttle will be waiting to take you back up the mountain to our basecamp.

• Half day trip - approximately 8-mile ride.
• 95% downhill - minimum age 8.
• Fully Guided with rich history and fantastic overlooks.
• Cross five railroad tressles and see McKinley Rock.
• Vist historic Thurmond and follow the river.
• Shuttle back up the mountain.

Single Track Attack

Single track mountain biking is a blast! These trails are narrow, usually more technical than the wider trails. Very popular in the mountains, these trails are fast, winding trails with a more organic quality in that you will have to deal with rocks, roots and anything else in your path. Our guides can lead the way or teach you more technical skills in dealing with these type of trails.

• Half day trip.
• Minimum age 10.
• Guided Trip.

Follow the Gauley River

This is a full day, guided adventure, on the rails-to-trails along the Meadow and Gauley Rivers. Easy and spectacular, it is 95% downhill and approximately 17 miles long, so you need to be in moderate good health. This remote trail system, rarely used, gives you plenty of opportunities to see wildlife and experience these awesome river canyons.

This is especially special during the Fall Gauley release. You will be able to watch people raft through some of the legendary rapids on the Upper Gauley and experience spectaculary Fall colors!

• Full day trip - approximately 17 miles.
• 95% downhill - minimum age 12.
• Guided Trip.
• Deli lunch included.

Tour de Gorge

This is an epic guided mountain bike experience with diverse terrain from forset service roads to single track trails and a lot of up and down peddaling! At approximately 17 miles, we recommend some experience and moderate good health. You will start out a top the New River Gorge near the Kaymoor Mines and work your way down to the Kaymoor-Cunard Trail (NPS), about half way to the bottom of the gorge. You will travel along this trail to the Cunard Access road where you will descend to river level onto the Southside Junction Trail (NPS). You will then follow the river upstream to our property where you will catch a quick shuttle up to the top of the mountain to our basecamp.

• Full day trip - approximately 17 miles.
• Diverse terrain - minimum age 12.
• Guided Trip.
• Deli lunch included.

Custom Tours and Clinics

Our professional guides are excellent working with large and small groups. With so many options, we can customize a mountain bike experience perfect for diverse groups with different skills and special needs. We can create a custom clinic to teach you basic to racer type skills. Our guides can teach you all kinds of skills in a few hours that could take yo years to learn. Give us a call today to plan that perfect trip.

• Custom full, half and multi-day trips and clinics.

Mountain Bike Rentals

We encourage our guests to bring their own bikes and go out on our private trails - take a map - there are more than 30 miles of trail! If you don't want to haul a bike to here you can always rent one.