The largest curated gravel & bikepacking route network in the eastern U.S. is here. 🚴♂️🌄
Introducing the Mon Forest Gravel & Bikepacking Route Network — 66 routes and nearly 5,000 miles of riding across the Monongahela National Forest. From rail-trail cruisers to rugged backcountry epics, this network connects nearly one million acres of public land with 12 mountain towns along the way.
This is a new way to experience the Mon — where every ride links landscapes, communities, and stories across the mountains of West Virginia.
A huge thank you to the partners, collaborators, and the entire Mon Forest community who helped bring this vision to life.
Start planning your ride. Links in bio.
Who’s ready for the 3rd Annual Endless Mountains Grand Depart?! Join us in Towanda, PA on September 12, 2026. We will kick things off with a mass start at 7AM!
There are three distances to choose from: 115, 250, and 430 miles. These are the same routes as last year, and you are welcome to come and race or take it slow and tour.
Sound fun? We have simplified registration this year! You can sign up for the Grand Depart, gps tracking, and sign the digital waiver in one fell swoop thanks to @followmychallengeusa ! Registration is linked in our bio, and it will also put you on the email list for the updated Rider Packet, Resupply Sheet, and other important info.
Can’t wait to see all your friendly faces in September!
Filmed and edited by @aldenroth2
The Mountaineer Monster is back… for REVENGE!
We are stoked to announce that the Mountaineer Monster Grand Depart will return on October 24, 2026. Riders will roll out of Chestnut Ridge Park at 7:30am.
There are three distances to choose from: 110, 275, and 465-miles. The routes will be the same as last year (except for minor updates), so you can tackle the same route from 2025 or join us for a new challenge.
The Cryptid Scavenger Hunt will also be back, but we may do some updates and add new locations to keep things… interesting.
Are you in? We have simplified registration this year! You can sign up for the Grand Depart, gps tracking, and sign the digital waiver all through one convenient form thanks to @followmychallengeusa , linked in our bio. Registering will also put you on the email list for the updated Rider Packet, Resupply Sheet, and other important info.
We hope to see y’all in October!
Filmed and edited by @aldenroth2
We’ve been working on something exciting, and now we need your help!
The Endless Gravel PA route network will be expanding to include day routes, and we need riders to help us test them out and appear in the highlight photos. The routes will start from 12 towns throughout our 4 counties, with the target to publish 30+ day rides this season.
@aldenroth2 , who you might know as our filmmaker on the onewheel from last year’s Grand Depart, is leading the photography portion of our route project. Over the next few weeks, he’ll be here riding all of these routes and taking photos, and he’s looking for people to ride with and photograph. We have a variety of routes, and we need a variety of people in the photos! So whether you’re down for a short morning ride or an all-day adventure, we want to ride with you!
Would you like to test some of these routes with Alden and be included in the photos? Comment below if you’re interested, or message us directly, and we will figure out which routes and dates work for everyone!
It’s not every week a lifelong friend is on the @thedailyshow with John Stewart, @npr , and has a top 10 book on Amazon! In DC celebrating the launch of “The Future is Peace” with our beloved Maoz. Mabruk @azizabusarah & @maozinon on inspiring the masses with your vision and commitment to the road ahead. https://a.co/d/07cgf6ym
The Elk Rut Ramble drops on youtube Thursday at 7p! I’m really stoked with how this one turned out - still a short film, but a bit longer than the last two. Please head over to youtube, set up premiere notifications, and like and comment once the video goes live. /watch?v=j5hok3oBvEU (clickable in my bio)
The Elk Rut Ramble is a 225-mile bikepacking route based out of Emporium, PA, that follows the roaming range of Pennsylvania’s wild elk herd, combining the possibility of elk encounters with big climbs, dark skies, rich history, expansive public lands, and quiet connections between small mountain communities.
Shot and Edited by me 👋
Additional footage from @jeremy_bickling
Color by @patheine.film
Voiceover by @oliveyoutothemoon
Route Design by @dplandis , @aitchers and @v2vtrails
Featuring
@aitchers@miro_rakic@kaylareneehall@schoonover_eric@weidowj@like.no.tomorrow@itsjonnyramirez
and more!
With Support from @thepawilds and PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship.
Episode 55 is live! Israel or Palestine? Damascus, Syria or Damascus, Virginia? West Virginia or Western Virginia? To David Landis, all are points on a map. David has made it his mission to find shared humanity across borders, even in conflict zones like the Middle East, through hiking and bikepacking trails. Having first visited the Middle East for a semester abroad during his university studies, David returned there to live for almost a decade. During his travels in the region, David experienced the incredible kindness of people he met, with several becoming lifelong friends. He’s also felt the sorrow of having some of those friends or their relatives killed in violent episodes that continue throughout the Middle East. As someone who has tried long-distance hiking, bicycle touring, and bikepacking racing (surviving waist-deep snow and concrete-like "death mud" on the grueling Tour Divide), David has come to the conclusion that, somehow, it’s all about the people and building trails that connect them.
#accidentalbicycletourist
The Mountaineer Monster comes ALIVE tomorrow on youtube! Catch our new short film recapping the inaugural Grand Depart tomorrow night at 7pm.
/watch?v=D2HIhNuN5vI
Filmed by @aldenroth2
Color by @patheine.film
The 2025 Mountaineer Monster Recap Film goes live on youtube next Thursday, 4/2 at 7pm.
We are 7 months out from the 2026 Mountaineer Monster, and our recap film is here just in time to get y’all excited! This short film is the second release in the @v2vtrails bikepacking series, and highlights a few of our favorite stories from the 2025 Grand Depart.
Head to the link in our bio to get notified about the premiere, and we’ll see y’all there virtually on thursday!
Filmed and edited by @Aldenroth2
Narrated by @matt_vanwormer
Color by @patheine.film
Made with support from @visitmountaineercountry
“Magic in the Endless Mountains” is our new short film, created by @aldenroth2 , that recaps our 2025 Grand Depart! Here are some stills from the documentary, which goes live tonight at 7pm on the @v2vtrails youtube.
Wanna get in on the fun this year? The 3rd Annual Endless Mountains Grand Depart starts on September 12th in Towanda, PA!
You can find links for the film and registration in our bio.
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