Social Rides are back this May!
Good times, great people, epic trails — what more do you need? Lock in your 2025 Annual Membership and join the upcoming rides!
Stay tuned for more details.
Bike Raffle - Norco Sight C3
Ride, win, and give back! NOCS and Norco Bicycles are teaming up with Sun Country Cycle to bring you an exciting chance to win big—all while supporting the trails you love.
NOCS is raffling off a brand-new Norco Sight C3, an all-mountain machine worth $6,999! Entries can be purchased for just $10 each, with 100% of proceeds going directly to trail maintenance in Vernon.
The deadline for entry is June 1st, 2025 with the winner drawn at Bikefest Bash on June 7th, so don't miss your chance to ride away on a brand-new Norco Sight C3!
Bikefest 2025
Clear your calendars it's almost Bikefest time again and we are celebrating 20 years of NOCS!
It just wouldn’t be Bikefest without a theme! This year we are paying homage to the "dirtbag mountain biker". Bring on the plaid and mullets!
Proceeds from events go towards keeping our trails awesome. On June 7th, join us for a special appreciation party to honor all of our incredible members and supporters who’ve made these 20 years possible. Don't miss out on this one!
Ladies Ride
May 27th
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Place: Ellison Bikers Lot
Post ride Apres and Drinks provided
Cost: $10
Trail Day
May 31
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Location: TBA
BBQ lunch to follow
Hotcakes & HAndlebars
June 1st
Demo bikes and fuel up with pancakes! The local bike shops will be bringing a line up of bikes for you to try! Don't miss out on this fun event!
Location: Ellison riders lot
Time: 10 AM - 2 PM
Cost: Free
20th Anniversary Bash
JunE 7th
Grab your tickets now for a family friendly evening of food, music, and fun!! Dinner Included - Smokehouse BBQ buffet and more. Musical Guest, Games, and Prizes.
Location: Lakers ClubHouse
Time: 5 - 10 PM
Adults $40
Youth $20 (12 - 18)
11 and under free!
Post Ride Vibes
We’ve teamed up with BNA Brewing Co. & Eatery to bring you the ultimate post-ride vibe!
Flash your NOCS membership on the dates below and BNA will donate $1 from every draught beer to support NOCS. It’s a win-win: hang with your crew, fuel up with awesome food + beer, and give back to the trails we love.
Mark your calendars for these dates: May 15, June 5 & 12
Let’s turn BNA into the ultimate post-ride hangout—see you there!
Ride Smart!
Spring is in the air, but the trails aren’t quite ready! Ride smart during these shoulder season weeks so we can all enjoy a full season ahead.
Ride early when the ground is still frozen.
Avoid mud—riding soft trails causes trail braiding & long-term damage.
Explore other options: hit Silver Star for some turns, glide on skinny skis at Sovereign, or go for a spin on the Rail Trail.
Take care of the trails now, and they’ll take care of you all season long.
Anniversary Photo Contest
Spring Solstice is here, and we’re as excited as ever for the change of seasons! Longer days, warmer rides, and fun events await.
Submit your favorite trail photos from the past 20 years for a chance to win a $100 gift card from Olympia Cycle and Ski.
Submit photos to: info@nocs.ca
Movie Night Photos
A snapshot of our MTB Movie night! Every person who came out made the night special, thank you for supporting our Trail Ninja Fundraiser.
To those community members who made edits and to the pro athletes who shared their edits with us - hats off to you all! Stoked to have athletes @tvansteenbergen & @tayte_proulx_royds handing out posters being great role models. We worked with @haydenzabl0tny and his family on a surprise showing of @petezablotny ‘s Canadian BMX hall of fame inauguration video.
We welcomed the Lunn family to our event and celebrated the life of Jordi Lunn and the inspiration he has created.
Huge Congratulations to @g.man.of.action who won our Short MTB Edit People’s Choice Award.
Thanks to @thetownetheatre for working with us on a film festival style movie night! We love your venue.
Trail Ninjas Registration Open
Trail Ninjas are back for the 2025 season!
Registration opens on February 24th at 9am for our 10th season! Youth ages 6-15 can join one of our four amazing programs
Academy
G-Tribe
TNT Crew
Mini Ninjas
With coaching sessions, weekly group rides, trail days and some special events it’s going to be an amazing season! Contact Erin, the program coordinator at trailninjas@nocs.ca for all the info!
Fat Tire Fun Ride Photos
We had an amazing ride with an awesome group.! Thanks to all you beautiful people that joined in.
Winter Carnival Photos
A huge shoutout to everyone who made the Vernon Winter Carnival parade such an incredible event! We had an absolute blast riding through the streets, celebrating our love for biking and community. A big thank you to the organizers, volunteers, and all the amazing participants who brought the energy and spirit to this fantastic event. See you on the trails!
Fat Tire Fun Ride
GoByBike week is on, and on behalf of GoByBike week, NOCS is hosting a fat bike ride.
Join us for a fun, no-drop inclusive ride! Participants should have intermediate bike handling skills and fitness. We will likely split into sub groups along the way that that keeners can go ahead.
The Ride plan is: Gingerly, Three Rings, Pond Serendipity, Garden, South Park, Cabin, No Boats and return via Gingerly. Feet on the pedals and ready to roll at 10am. We look forward to seeing you there!
Date: Sat, Feb 15
Time: 10 AM
Location: Kal Park, Cosens Bay parking lot
Ride Leader: Ross
Remember to go to the GoByBike website and log your rides this week for a chance to win prizes!
Trail Ninja Socks Now Available
Support Trail Ninjas and buy socks! All proceeds to support Youth programming.
Bombshell Women's Enduro Registration
Set your clocks! Registration for the Bombshell Enduro goes live Feb 1st at 9am.
Whether you’re racing or volunteering, this is your chance to be part of the action! Your entry fee unlocks a full day at Silver Star bike park, supports NOCS, fuels you with refreshment stations, fires up a BBQ feast, and packs in plenty more adventure.
Mark your calendar, set your alarm, and get ready to ride!
Trail Ninjas Movie Night
Come on out for the NOCS Trail Ninjas movie night at the Vernon Towne Theater on Friday Feb 21! It’s a mountain bike film festival style event to celebrate local people, trails and BC athletes on the BIG screen.
This year Bas Van Steenbergen will be premiering his newest edit in person at our event prior to its world wide web release
Doors open at 6PM, show starts at 6:45. . Everyone is welcome to this super fun evening! Proceeds go to NOCS Trail Ninjas, youth biking and trail building programs.
Tickets on sale here on Feb 3 starting at NOON.
2025 Memberships Now Available
It’s our 20th anniversary, and we’re pulling out all the stops! This year is all about celebrating with you, so get ready for exciting events and some must-have anniversary merch. Stay tuned—2025 is going to be a party on and off the trails!
If you previously purchased a three year auto-renewing membership, you will receive a notification before it renews. It renews yearly from the original purchase date and will auto-renew 2 times. For example. if you signed up in 2023, then 2025 will be the third year after which it will expire. If you want to check your sign up date, you can login.
Halloween Treat Trail & Poker Ride
Mark your calendar! Sunday, October 27 will be a Halloween + Poker Ride.
Where: Ellison
When: 10:30 AM
Followed by the Volunteer Appreciation BBQ. Everyone is welcome!
RSVP to help us with food quantity
MTB Movie Night 2025
Let’s keep in person movie nights alive!! The NOCS Trail Ninjas loved showcasing your local short edits last year and are stoked to host another MTB Movie night again!!! Our goal is to create a great night out for the whole family, showcase the people and mountain biking in our area and recognize the hard work and efforts of professional athletes out there risking it all.
To be considered for the big screen, please submit your short mountain bike edit on or before Jan 1st 2025 to trailninjas@nocs.ca. Max 3 minute edit and the quality must be 1080p or 2K and better. Landscape filming fits best on the big screen. If not this year remember for next year. This will be an all ages event so please choose your music with this in mind.
The showing date is Friday Feb 21st 2025 and tickets will be going on sale February 3. Help us spread the word & pass it on.
Kalamalka Lake Twin Bays Parking Upgrades
BC Parks will be conducting parking lot enhancements in the Twin Bays parking lot starting Tuesday, October 15.
The project will run for approximately 4 weeks. The parking lot will remain open, but sections will be closed to the public during construction. Please respect area closures and our contractors.
Thanks BC Parks!
Killer King Aid Station Day Oct 12
Hey Riders! Do you have it in you to do one last big ride in 2024? If you do, try the Killer King for a chance at some great draw prizes.
Thanks to Prestige Resorts, you can win two nights at any of their BC locations. Monashee Optometry has donated your choice of a pair of in-stock sunglasses such as Oakley, Ray-Ban, Maui Jim and more (value up to $300). Also, Skyride has donated a couple of gift cards for the draw as well. The draw will be done when the snow flies up on the Plateau, usually end of October. You can also get a t-shirt and sticker!
Also, for all riders and runners, there will be another Thanksgiving self-catered aid station day this year on Saturday, October 12! The aid station will be up on the King Eddy Plateau so you can refill your water and have some snacks. Your refreshments will be shuttled up to the Plateau to be waiting for you at the half-way point and you will pass it twice.
For more information on how it works, please visit www.killerkingvernon
New Ranchlands Trail
The RDNO announced completion of the newly established Coldstream Ranchlands Trail into the Greater Vernon Trails & Natural Spaces service!
Located on the traditional territory of the Secwepemc First Nations and Sylix Okanagan People, the Coldstream Ranchlands property is a 126 hectare natural space now offering a 6.3km multi-use loop trail around its perimeter.
The west side of this loop doubles as a purpose built mountain bike climbing trail to access crown lands set to the be the future home of the Vernon Trail Network.
These trails were designed to avoid areas of high ecological value, resulting in a user friendly climb trail for hikers, bikers, and trail runners along the western edge of the property. On the east side, a more challenging ascent or descent awaits, which is better suited to hiking than biking.
Parking is available along Ravine Drive.