Youth Programs
Through mountain biking, young people can have the opportunity to develop the skills, values, and strategies that will guide them throughout their lives and enable them to successfully reach their full potential.
📷 Jonathan Selkowitz
Mountain Bike the Tetons community programs & education philosophy:
MBT works to cultivate responsible trail users, trail stewards and vibrant, healthy community members through local programs and education. Through inclusive opportunities including races, clincis, outreach events and Sprockids, MBT aims to support the mental and physical benefits of riding bikes.
sprockids & Sprockids JR
Sprockids are…fun seeking kiddos, excited to be outside, and ready to learn some amazing mountain bike skills! One evening per week for eight weeks each summer.
Age: Kids age 4 – 11 | Cost: $210
📷 Lindsay Nohl
MBT’s Educational Goal
To grow the regional community of active and engaged mountain bikers, and to act as a trusted, reliable regional leader in the life-long mountain bike journey.
Objectives:
To foster a healthy community of mountain bikers through positive and inclusive culture in all educational programming.
To develop skills that increase participants’ access to the trail systems of the Teton region.
To foster a sense of stewardship and personal responsibility to protect and preserve regional trail systems and trails access.
To create respectful and inclusive mountain bikers that work to cultivate positive relationships with all user groups on regional trail systems.
To promote mountain biking as a viable recreational activity for youth of all ages, while shaping the next generation of riders to be life-long, engaged mountain bikers.
Values:
Trails stewardship
Trails advocacy
Respect and inclusion for all trails users
Competence and self-awareness on trails
Collaboration and problem solving
Rider safety
Kindness, positivity, and fun