GRiT
Empowering Girls and Women through Mountain Biking
GRiT exists to empower young women through mountain biking, providing them with the skills, confidence, and community to pursue their biking adventures. By focusing on empowerment, skill development, and community, GRiT aims to increase female participation in mountain biking and inspire a lifelong love for the sport.
GRiT Camp
The GRiT Camp is an exciting opportunity for female student-athletes in grades 6-12 to connect, build confidence, and develop their mountain biking and camping skills in a supportive, all-girls environment. Open to riders of all experience levels, the three-day camp blends fun, adventure, and empowerment through guided rides, skill-building sessions, and team activities. Hosted in partnership with the NorCal League, the camp fosters friendships, personal growth, and a deeper connection to the cycling community. Scholarships are available to ensure accessibility for all participants.
When: July 20-22, 2025
Where: Tahoe Donner, Truckee, CA
Cost: $415
We have scholarships available if needed!
Please have female athletes fill out this link here if a scholarship is needed for camp: Nevada North Scholarship Application
Upcoming Rides and Events
GRiT Gatherings are for female student-athletes and coaches looking to meet other females who love to mountain bike! These gatherings include fun icebreaker games, a short skills session, a fun no-drop ride, and some sort of delicious treat. These events are all FREE! Come to as many as you would like. Please note that coaches who attend will receive 3 CEUs.
COMING SOON
Why Join GRiT?
Currently, girls represent 24% of NICA’s overall national student-athlete participation. NICA GRiT (Girls Riding Together) seeks to increase that number significantly over the next five years.
Have Fun
Activities are focused on increasing girls awareness of NICA programs by offering girls-only social and riding opportunities for girls, moms, friends, siblings and female coaches. GRiT Camps and GRiT student-athlete Ambassador programs are available in some leagues as well!
Be Empowered
GRiT recognizes the need to get more girls on bikes. GRiT’s goal is to empower female student-athlete’s to make their mark, on or off the bike. All NICA leagues have an individual GRiT Coordinator to implement programming from the NICA GRiT Tool box and events at the league level.
Equity
Girls Riding Together is NICA’s initiative to increase female participation to 35% overall by 2033. With help from the Fox Factory Trail Trust, Terry Bicycles, and a number of other sponsors and NICA leagues across the country, GRiT’s mission is to provide fair treatment, equal access, opportunity, advancement and elimination of barriers to encourage participation for all.
Community
NICA is making a concentrated effort to increase the number of girls and female coaches in NICA programs by focusing on creating a more welcoming environment for girls to join through girls-only events, rides, camps, clinics and socializing opportunities.
