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Women's Hot Chocolate Ride

Anchorage, AK · Mountain bike

When
Monthly, on a Wednesday, 6:30 pmYear-round
Starts at
Varies by ride; Oct 7: Abbott Loop Community Park Map ↗
Pace
All ability levels; riders split into groupsSplits into pace groups
Next ride
Hosted by
Trek Bicycle Store of AnchorageBike shop
Cost
free
Kind of ride
Mountain bike
Made for
Women / trans / femme
Map of Alaska with this ride's start
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For visitors

A signed waiver is required; arrive 15 minutes early. Bring a helmet, a bike for soft-surface trails, charged lights and weather clothes. Fat bikes can be reserved from the shop in advance. No dogs.

First time on this ride? Here’s the drill
Bring
a helmet, front and rear lights (it's a dark-hours ride), water, a spare tube or patch kit, a way to pay for the stop.
Arrive
Ten or fifteen minutes before 6:30 pm. Tell whoever's leading that you're new.
Pace
All ability levels; riders split into groups. It splits into pace groups. Pick the slowest one your first time; you can move up next week.
Check
Look at the host's website the day of — that's where cancellations, weather calls and start changes get posted.

About the Women's Hot Chocolate Ride group ride

Women's Hot Chocolate Ride is a mountain bike group ride in Anchorage, AK. It rolls monthly, on a Wednesday at 6:30 pm from Varies by ride; Oct 7: Abbott Loop Community Park.

A women's group ride for all ability levels, sponsored by the Trek store. It runs about an hour and a half on soft-surface trails, splits into groups, and ends with hot chocolate and conversation. Past 2026 rides: May 20, June 16, Sept 23.

Checked Oct 1, 2026 against source 1, source 2, source 3. Schedules change. Confirm with the host before you go.

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