Browse our Hotel Vermont Guest Bicycle Tour Programs hosted by POMG Bike Tours of Vermont, Inc, available for booking through October 2022. 

ISLAND LINE BIKE TOUR

Half Day Tour
2.5 to 3.5 hours (including orientation)
4 guest minimum | 6 guest maximum
$85 per person
Includes: Hybrid Bicycle, Helmet, Bike Bag, Water Bottle, Trail Snack & Tour Guide
Not Included: Lunch, Guide Gratuity, Transportation
Difficulty: Easy, with 10-20 miles of riding primarily on bike paths.

Full Day Tour
5-7 hours (including orientation)
4 guest minimum | 6 guest maximum
$135 per person
Includes: Hybrid Bicycle, Helmet, Bike Bag, Water Bottle, Trail Snack, Boat Ferry & Tour Guide
Not Included: Lunch, Guide Gratuity, Transportation
Difficulty: Easy to moderate, with 30 +/- miles of riding.

MORE ABOUT THE ISLAND LINE TOUR

Tours depart from the Hotel Vermont Lobby. We’ll start with a brief welcome meeting, safety talk and bike fitting. Our ride will take us along Lake Champlain on the Island Line Trail, an easy, paved, rail trail.

We’ll cross the Lamoille River and join the Colchester Bike Path on our way to the Colchester Causeway which is surrounded by Mallets Bay and the Green Mountains to the East and broad open lake and Adirondack Mountains to the West. The views are stunning. The Causeway is crushed gravel and our hybrid bikes are made to handle this surface nicely. At the 10 mile mark we reach “The Cut” where the old rail bridge once stood and now allows sail boats to pass from Mallet’s Bay to the broad lake. On weekends in the fall (Fri, Sat & Sun), A bicycle ferry boat operates and shuttles cyclists to the other side of the cut where we may continue onto South Hero, the southern most island in the Champlain Island Chain.

Half day adventures will turn around at “The Cut” and return along the path, back to Burlington, enjoying the views to the south. Full day tours may continue onto the Islands where we will enjoy a loop on the west shore of South Hero Island and visit Hackett’s Apple Orchard for delicious apples and fresh cider doughnuts. The northern terminus of our ride is Snow Farm Vineyard & Winery where you may taste and purchase some of their locally produced, award winning wines.

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS BIKE TOUR

Via Van Shuttle; Full Day only.

5-8 hours (including orientation)
4 guest minimum | 6 guest maximum
$175 per person
Includes: Hybrid Bicycle, Helmet, Bike Bag, Water Bottle, Trail Snack, Transportation from Hotel Vermont to Champlain Island and back & Tour Guide
Not Included: Lunch and Guide Gratuity
Difficulty: Easy to moderate, with 35 +/- Miles of riding. Some short hills and riding on roads with cars.

MORE ABOUT THE CHAMPLAIN ISLAND TOUR

The tour will depart from the Hotel Vermont lobby. We’ll start with a brief welcome meeting, safety talk and van shuttle to South Hero. Once on the island, we’ll fit bicycles and depart. Our loop will take us North on East Shore Rd with stunning views of Lake Champlain’s St Albans Bay. Highlights include a lakeside lunch at Hero’s Welcome General Store on North Hero and beer tasting at Kraemer & Kin Micro-Brewery (Fri, Sat & Sun only). We turn the corner and head south along the West Shore of Grande Isle with views of the broad lake west to New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Our next stop is Snow Farm Vineyard & Winery where you may take a tour and taste some of their award winning locally produced wines. A few more quiet easy miles away we’ll conclude our tour at Hackett’s Apple Orchard. Reward yourself with a fresh hot cider doughnut!

HOW TO BOOK

Tours are booked directly with POMG Bike Tours of Vermont, Inc., led by our friend Richard First. Please contact POMG directly with your desired tour, number of guests, and date. Scheduling, payment and further detailing will be handled by POMG Bike Tours.

Richard First
POMG Bike Tours of Vermont, Inc
802-324-2988
rich@pomgbike.com

Booking is available through October 31.