2024 Afterschool Programs

Calling all young bikers! Join our beginner youth mountain bike programs for safe and confident trail navigation. Perfect for ages 5-11, with a minimum 20-inch wheel bike (gears a plus!), looking to learn riding fundamentals, braking, balance, and body positioning through fun games and on-trail coaching. Give your young biker the confidence to enjoy their biking experience.

The beginner bike program is tailored for your biker aged 5-11 who is just starting to get confident on their bike. The will learn essential skills like braking, balance, and body positioning through fun games, drills and on trail riding. Our PMBIA certified coaches will help your young rider build confidence, make friends, and develop a lifelong love for biking.

This program is designed to boost skills, confidence, and fun. From drills to on-trail coaching, we cover body positioning, gears, braking, cornering, and trail awareness. The riders will explore green trails for skill progression, with a focus on mastering the blues.

Join our four-week, after-school mountain biking program in Castlegar, perfect for 6-12 year olds. Each week, we tackle new challenges, from uphill pedaling to fun downhills at Merry Creek. Our PMBIA-certified coaches focus on skill-building, control, and trail awareness, ensuring fun and growth for every young rider.

Get your rippers out this Fall. Build skills to conquer blue and some black trails with confidence and mastering technical terrain, our certified PMBIA coaches ensure safety while boosting skills. Refine their fundamental skills while exploring more advanced riding techniques. Ideal for strong riders on blue technical trails seeking to reach the next level of skill and confidence.

This Fall, our advanced program is back! This program is tailored for ambitious youth riders eager for continued growth. Building on summer skills with elite coaching, focused drills, and on-trail challenges, participants will confidently tackle advanced trails. Guided by our experienced advanced coaches, riders will be poised to pursue their biking goals.