Our trail network has also expanded to two new areas: Power Island and Pine Mountain. The club became a 501(c)3 organization in 2016 and now gets together for weekly group rides, organizes volunteer trail work days, and accomplishes larger projects through a combination of donations and small grants. Over the course of the last 10 years, Coos Cycling Club has evolved and gotten more organized while retaining its groovy roots. With a double-track access road dividing the two halves of the park and an ice-cold swimming hole at the base, a fun half-day of riding can be made out of exploring the trails within Moose Brook State Park.
The club began by reclaiming and adding onto the old 1930's trails in the park, which now make up some of the more technical, old-school portions of the club's network, with plenty of easy to moderate riding mixed in as well. Harkening back to the spirit of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Coos Cycling Club (CCC) has, through their trail-building efforts, been a part of one small piece in the complex process of revitalizing the economically-depressed area of rural Northern New Hampshire. Located just a couple minutes from downtown Gorham, Moose Brook State Park is a beautiful 87 acres which was largely built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934-1936 as a part of President Roosevelt's New Deal. The park enthusiastically gave the cyclists their blessing, adding that not only would the park allow the cyclists to improve and ride on the existing trails, but that they could build new trails in the park too, as long as they took care of the maintenance. The cyclists approached the managers of Moose Brook State Park and asked if they could do a little work on the trails in order to make them rideable for mountain bikes. For many decades folks around Gorham have been exploring the hiking trails, logging roads, and anywhere else two wheels might roll, but the club really started to form around 10 years ago, when a couple of friends who loved mountain biking discovered some underused and abandoned trails in a local state park, and they had an idea. We are dedicated to great trails and open spaces for riding, building community, sharing our love of cycling and, most of all, having fun on our bikes. The Coos Cycling Club is a non-profit, all-inclusive group of cycling enthusiasts in Northern New Hampshire's Coos County. Gorham's Coos Trails network consists of over 20 miles of purpose-built MTB trails, created and maintained by the Coos Cycling Club. Have you ever found yourself somewhere that made you think “this place is like a hidden paradise made just for mountain bikers”.? Well, I'm here to tell you a little secret: we live there, and it's awesome! If you find yourself exploring the White Mountains this summer, be sure to make your way to Gorham, NH, home to a sweet network of mountain biking trails as well as the ideal accommodations for cyclists.
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