Event: 2025 Fall Picnic
Date: Saturday, November 1st, 2025
Time: 10am - 3pm
Location: Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, LA5/LA6 Ramada. Way in the back by the last pond.
Details:
There will be:
* Mountain bike ride(s)/poker run(s) commencing at 10am. Prizes will be awarded to the top poker hands. There will be two routes to accommodate your interest-level on the day. Route 1 is a shorter route with less climbing that can easily be completed in under two hours. Route 2 will require a little more speed and focus to get back to the picnic in 2 hours. Links to the routes are below. Ride leaders and sweeps will be on both routes, and there are flags as well as the poker card bags marking both routes.
- Route 1: 9 miles, 811 ft climbing
- Route 2: 14 miles, 1365 ft climbing
* Jan Schmidt will be leading a road ride. Route to be announced.
* Following the poker run(s), there will be a picnic with burgers, hotdogs, water, sodas and beer.
* Participants are asked to bring an appetizer or a dessert to share.
This year there will be awards to whoever brings the best dessert and the best appetizer (as voted by the picnic organizers). Show us your stuff!
* There will be a Raffle and Cornhole.
* Please share your photos/videos taken during the event:
- Instagram/Facebook: tag @VerdeValleyCyclistsCoalition
Members, guests and non-members are all welcome!
Members are FREE! Non-members and Guests are $15, so JOIN today!
Park entry: free with an AZ State Park pass otherwise: $10/vehicle for 1 person or $20/vehicle for 2-4 people. Or, it costs $5 to ride your bike into the park.
Hope to see you all there!
