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.
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.
New for 2026—MOB (Moms on Bikes) Rides! Join us at every GRiT Ride for an all-level, no-drop ride led by a GRiT Coach. To sign up, register below at select “MOB”. Come ride, connect, and be part of the MOB community!
2026 Schedule:
Give-it-a-Go with GRiT: Meet the 2026 Ambassadors
When: Friday, July 24 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: Basque Monument – Reno Sports Complex, 2975 N. Virginia St, Reno, NV
Please bring a friend and have a ton of fun with the GRiT Ambassadors!
GRiT Lead Coaches are encouraged to attend.
GRiT Mammoth Adventure Ride
When: Friday, August 7 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Where: Mammoth Mountain, CA
Details: Cost $5 lift ticket to the bike park
GRiT South Lake Tahoe Discovery Ride
When: Saturday, August 29 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Where: Oneidas St Trailhead, South Lake Tahoe, CA
Interested in joining our amazing Sisterhood on the Singletrack? Reach out to our GRiT Coordinator, Sheryl Walker, at grit@nevadamtb.org for more info on upcoming rides, events, and how to get involved!
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.
