Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
Running for nearly 100 miles across Vermont’s Northern reaches, the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail is fast becoming a gleaming new gem among the cycling jewels New England already boasts. The trail offers incredible scenic vistas as you cycle through rolling farmlands, wooded hillsides and soaring mountains. In addition to great cycling and scenery, the tour includes 2-overnights in fabulous Stowe, VT where we’ll take a short, but super scenic ride on the Stowe Rec Path. And we wrap up this great experience with our final 26 miles on the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail cycling through lush farmlands and offering spectacular mountain views.
Pricing:
Per Person Double Occ: $1389
Single Occ: + $350
Deposit of $500 per person required with reservation. You will be invoiced for balance, including any discounts or adjustments.
2027 Tour Dates:
On Demand Only
The Essentials:
Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
Difficulty: Easy
Total Miles: 125 -- Daily Miles: 30 - 35 miles
Meals: 3 Breakfasts; 4 Lunches
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: St. Johnsbury to Hardwick (34 miles)
We’ll rendezvous at the trailhead in St. Johnsbury where we’ll make introductions and prepare for our first 34 miles on the incredible Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. Our journey will take us along rollicking rivers offering fantastic mountain views. At the end of our 34 miles, we’ll take a short shuttle to beautiful Stowe VT, which will be our basecamp for the next 2 days. In Stowe you’ll find no shortage of things to do. Enjoy walking the charming main streets with their lovely shops and great restaurants, and let yourself relax into the chill Vermont vibe.
Day 2: Hardwick to Jeffersonville (35 miles)
A great breakfast, a quick shuttle this morning gets us back on the beautiful LVRT, where we’ll meander with the trail’s namesake, the Lamoille River, for almost the entire day taking in the amazing mountain and lake vistas as we cycle. At the end of the ride we’ll return to Stowe for a second fabulous evening, and today’s shorter ride allows time for you to walk or bike the awesome Stowe Rec Path. It’s a 5.5 mile local trail that packs in truly extraordinary scenery!
Day 3: Jeffersonville to Swanton (32 miles)
A short shuttle gets us back on the LVRT where, for today, we’ll cycle along the full length of the beautiful Black Creek connecting it, and us, to its headwaters at the Missisquoi River. From there we enjoy great cycling and breathtaking views as we wrap up our last 10 miles taking us into Swanton and the end of our 93 miles on the LVRT.
Day 4: Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail (26 miles)
Today we’ll cycle out from our hotel jumping right on the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail which begins in St. Albans. St A’s was once heralded as “Rail City” as it was a central hub for Vermont railways. But today, while St. Albans sees very few trains, it sees its fair-share of cyclists as it sits at the confluence of the LVRT and the MVRT. The Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail is one of the longest, and also one of the most scenic trails in Vermont, rolling past the dairy farms, cornfields, lakes and mountains that define the character of northwestern Vermont.