Private Lessons on Beginner and Intermediate Trails at Chestnut Mountain Nature Park
Mountain Bike Private Lesson for Beginner to Intermediate Level Trail Riding at Chestnut Mountain Nature Park (Berm Park)
Choose this lesson if you want to work on trail riding skills on beginner to intermediate rated trails at Chestnut Mountain Nature Park (Berm park) near Canton NC. The focus of these lessons is helping you progress your ability by intentional skill application. Move from being a passive and defensive rider to being a proactive and intentional rider!
Example Lessons:
Strategies for tackling obstacles including rocks, roots, berms, rollers, steps, roll-down drops, slow tight turns.
Body position techniques for downhill and climbing
Better braking including ratio of front vs rear, when, and how much
Maintaining an efficient cadence
Have better terrain awareness through strategic data collection and decision making
Better cornering through body position, braking, line choice, rotation, etc.
How to tackle slow roll-down drops
Wheel lift techniques for front and rear wheel
Coaching and feedback for individual obstacles and features
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All level riders can take this lesson
Someone who has never ridden a mountain bike before will benefit greatly from getting started the right way.
People who have already been riding a while but feel like they have hit a plateau in their ability will enjoy having intentional skills to apply at specific places.
Even advanced riders will benefit from a makeover of their fundamentals on intermediate level terrain.
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This lesson requires the instructor to be a certified “Level 1 Instructor” or higher, through the GSMBC or PMBIA. This means they have gone through specific training and evaluation on teaching beginner to intermediate level riders on green to blue rated trails.
Level 2-4 instructors can also teach this lesson. Certifications ensure instructors follow proven teaching techniques, excellent risk management, and ability to offer accurate feedback to help you progress in a safe, intentional, and controlled way.
You can choose between our Head Coach - Josh Whitmore or other certified instructors in the availability calendars below.
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We’ll start by listening to your specific goals, do a skills assessment to understand your current ability, then design a custom lesson that will help you reach your goals.
Depending on your starting ability, we may spend some time in the grass field working on basics, but aim to get practicing on trails quickly
We’ll make the tough climb (320ft elevation gain) up to the Berm Park section of the trail system to practice on the short laps and repeatable features offered there before descending back down Bearcountry Trail to the bottom
Expect LOTS of practice time, drills, and plenty of feedback/video analysis to help you progress.
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Chestnut Mountain is an e-bike friendly pedal-access trail system near Canton, NC. Purpose built for mountain biking, the park contains the “Berm Park” trail hub, with bike-park style short laps with lots of berms and jumps, AND longer backcountry trails featuring a combo of man-made and natural features with longer climbs and descents. Chestnut Mountain is a great location for any skill level.
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Required equipment for this lesson:
A bicycle in good working order. e-bikes are permitted at Chestnut Mountain. We can even tow you to the top on our staff e-bikes.
Helmets are required
Water and food to last the duration of your lesson
Closed toe shoes (no sandals, flip-flops, or crocs)
Optional (but highly recommended) equipment:
Knee Pads
Gloves
Lesson Duration: You can choose 2hr, 3hr, or 4hr for this lesson.
Head Coach / Owner - Josh Whitmore
GSMBC Certified Level 4 “Expert Coach” (one of only 4 to achieve this certification in the USA)
Coach - Tiffany Litsey
GSMBC Certified Level 2 “Air Instructor”
Coach - Whitney Houck
GSMBC Certified Level 2 “Air Instructor”
Meeting Location:
Chestnut Mountain Nature Park
2415 Asheville Hwy, Canton, NC 28716
Questions: email info@mtbskillsfactory.com or call / text 828.222.0890
Cancellation Policy You can cancel at any time for any reason for a full refund (minus our credit card and processing fees - 5%) up until the day before your lesson. If you cancel ON the day of your lesson, we keep the deposit. You can also reschedule your lesson for no additional cost up until the day before your lesson.
