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Join CAT for a 3-day bicycle adventure that will take us from Bethlehem to Jim Thorpe with lakefront camping at Mauch Chunk Lake Park. Imagine riding the D&L in the early-autumn sunshine with crispy cool evenings by the campfire, sharing food, stories, and resting the legs. This will be a mixed-level outing, with options to bike 0-40 miles a day. Riding will be largely along the D&L Trail, but will also have on-road sections at both ends with a few hills.
Riders are welcome to ride at your own pace generally between 8-14mph, with regrouping spots along the way. CAT ride leaders will support you. The trip offers options for riders to carry your own camping gear or have it transported for you. Additionally for anyone not biking up, you are welcome to sign up and join us at the campsites. There will not be a SAG vehicle during the rides.
The Campsite
We have booked three lakefront campsites at Mauch Chunk Lake Park. These three sites will accommodate 18 people in tents. More campsite info. Campg
Schedule
Friday, 10/4, 9am: Ride from Bethlehem (40 miles) – For those riding up, we’ll meet at CAT, 1935 W Broad St, Bethlehem, PA 18018 on the front sidewalk. Door will be open by 8:45am for anyone who needs bathroom/water, etc.
Friday’s Ride: The first 7 miles of our ride up will be on local roads that will take us to the Nor-Bath rail trail at Bicentennial Park, then connecting to the D&L trail in Northampton to Lehighton. Bathrooms and snacks available at Northampton, Slatington, Bowmanstown, JT. We have the option to stop at the Jim Thorpe Market or a market in Lehighton for groceries before riding to the campground. This will avoid the need to carry groceries on our bikes for the first 30 miles. (Just leave some room in your packs to carry it.)
Those driving car up to Jim Thorpe can arrive at the campsite no earlier than 2pm. The address for the campground is Mauch Chunk Lake Park, 625 Lentz Trail, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229.
Saturday, 10/5, 9am: Day Ride from Campsite w/ option to meet 10am at Glen Onoko (0-40 miles) – Those biking from the campground can roll out about 9am for the mostly downhill ride to town and then further north along the D&L trail. If you’re meeting us at Glen Onoko, we’ll on the bridge closest to the restrooms (GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/
Note that for Saturday’s ride, we can travel light without our tents, etc, since we’ll be coming back to the campground for another night.
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This project is being completed in partnership with the Lehigh Valley Greenways Conservation Landscape. Funding is provided in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, Environmental Stewardship Fund, administered by Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.
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