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GREEN DRAKES are here!! They have been seen sparsely for about 5 days. In general, they tend to be first spotted on Meadow Run and Beaver Creek, where water temperatures are higher. On the Youghiogheny, they will be first seen on the Loop, the 1.5 miles...

CSX appropriately making an appearance this morning - sending off this crew of Great Allegheny Passage Rail Trail (formerly the Western Maryland Railroad) riders! Have a great trip!       This group is loading up and departing from the Wilderness Voyageurs base in Ohiopyle. Join us on a...

Meet the Easy Riders! These lucky people are on the trail as we sit at our computers - they're riding, we're dreaming about riding. They headed out this morning - it was a little grey and a little overcast, but just the right temperature to ride the Great...

Mountain Biking in the Laurel Highlands The Laurel Highlands can be found in the south western corner of Pennsylvania, covering parts of Fayette, Westmoreland, and Somerset counties.  Generally, it is the area that is contained between the Chestnut Ridge and the Laurel Ridge of the Appalachians....

Welcome back to our 12 riders recently returned from the Wilderness Voyageurs Katy Trail Bike Tour! Starting in Clinton, MO, riders cycled east for six days on an inn-to-inn style bike tour. With beautiful scenery, delicious meals and fun excursions out of the saddle, our...

A biking vacation through battlefields and countryside Welcome back to the 21st century to the 12 riders recently returned from our Gettysburg and Civil War Bike Tour! Starting in Gettysburg, PA, the group cycled back through time, also passing through Antietam and Harpers Ferry, visiting the historic...

Montana Miller sets out on the toughest Mountain Bike race! If you have been a bike customer of Wilderness Voyageurs in the last five years, you may have been fortunate enough to have made the acquaintance of Montana Miller.  During his 5 years with us in Ohiopyle he...

Pyranha Burn 3 Arrives! Ohiopyle has the Burn 3!!!   Wilderness Voyageurs has the Pyranha Burn in stock in all sizes.  But you better move fast, because these boats are hot. With the snow melting and warm weather on the way, we here at Wilderness Voyageurs are turning our...

Ohiopyle in general can be classified as a bit "different". Ohiopyle is a small appalachian town with 65 ish year round residents ( most in their golden years) that is an outdoor sort of Xanadu.   We have an 18 foot waterfall in the middle of...