Five purposeful rides. Real coaching. Farm to Table™. And the people who make every mile worth riding.
26 years at this location by our 2027 camp. Ride the Blue Ridge Mountains with CIS Training Systems, where we’ve been bringing athletes together since 2001.
Build your climbing confidence, make better pacing decisions, and share six days of riding, recovery, food and conversation.
We train with purpose on the bike. Off the bike, we recover, eat together and enjoy the people around us. That's what makes this a CIS experience.
Get a closer look at the riding, the people, and the experience that make a CIS camp different.
Explore the Strava routes planned for Conquer the Ridge™. We'll focus on cadence, gearing, pacing, and managing the cost of each effort—not simply getting to the top.
Difficulty reflects five consecutive riding days and sustained mountain climbing, finishing with a 100.0-mile ride and 10,428 feet of elevation gain. Arrive prepared for demanding days on the bike.
Totals are the sum of the five listed Strava route distances and elevation gains. Route plans may change.
May 26, 2027 · Route preview
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Route plans may be adjusted for conditions and group safety.
We've returned to the same Blue Ridge training ground since 2001. Every camp teaches us something, and athlete feedback helps us improve the experience.
Our ride communication equipment helps ride leaders coordinate, share information and respond as conditions change on the road.
Alongside pre-ride briefings and SAG support, it's part of our commitment to a well-organized, purposeful experience on challenging mountain roads.
Radio range and communication can vary with mountain terrain and conditions.
Ride together. Stay together. Eat together.
After a day in the mountains, we come together over food, stories and conversation. It's part of the experience, not an extra.
We aren't here just to collect miles. We're here to share an experience that lasts longer than the ride.
The Blue Ridge gives us the terrain. CIS gives every ride direction.
We use the CIS Performance Triangle™ to connect heart rate (cost), cadence and gearing (method), and power and speed (output). The goal is better decisions when the road gets hard.
Photographs show previous CIS camp experiences. Kerry Warner served as a ride leader at a prior camp; 2027 ride leadership is not yet announced.
We have been coming back to the same Blue Ridge training ground since 2001. These are comments shared by people who have experienced CIS camp firsthand.
One participant described the camp as “more difficult and intense than I had imagined” and “more geared to very advanced if not elite riders,” while also calling it “a great learning experience and very worthwhile.” The Blue Ridge climbs demand preparation. We want you to know that before you reserve.
Testimonials are verbatim excerpts of feedback shared with CIS. Names withheld; minor formatting may differ from original submissions.
Six days in Virginia, five rides and the CIS experience. Select the level that's right for you.
Train with purpose. Arrive prepared. Leave with better skills, greater confidence, and lasting connections.
Camp experience + 8-week Blue Ridge Climbing event-specific PowerMap™ training program.
Reserve with $750 deposit ↗Camp experience + 8-week Blue Ridge Climbing event-specific PowerMap™ training program + Camp Intel™.
Know the routes, understand the demands, and arrive with a plan for pacing, fueling, and recovery.
Reserve with $750 deposit ↗$750 non-refundable reservation deposit applied to your selected package. Choose Experience or Performance during checkout.
Read booking and cancellation terms ↓
Both packages use the existing CIS HOTSPOTS™ Stripe deposit checkout. Select Experience or Performance during checkout. The $750 deposit is non-refundable and applied toward the package total. Review the booking and cancellation terms below before paying.
CIS HOTSPOTS™ makes advance commitments for lodging, food, transportation, local partners and camp operations. Please review these terms before reserving.
The $750 reservation deposit is non-refundable. It secures your place and is applied to your selected package total.
Payments above the $750 deposit are refundable, less non-refundable third-party costs already committed on your behalf.
50% of payments made above the $750 deposit are refundable.
All payments are non-refundable.
No refund will be issued for a no-show, late arrival or early departure.
Participants may receive a refund of payments made to CIS or transfer eligible payments to a future HOTSPOT, subject to the circumstances of cancellation and any non-refundable third-party costs.
Travel insurance is strongly recommended. Some third-party travel, lodging, transportation and vendor costs may become non-refundable before the cancellation windows above.
These terms reproduce the cancellation policy published on the previous CIS HOTSPOTS™ website. Camp dates: May 26–31, 2027.
June / July 2027
Ride Colorado’s spectacular roads at altitude. Connect with the Olympic dream through Coach David’s ties to USA Cycling and the Olympic Movement.
Join the Colorado priority list →September / October 2027
Ride alongside the pros on Virginia’s winding roads beneath brilliant fall foliage. Purposeful coaching, breathtaking scenery, and great company.
Join the Virginia priority list →Be first to hear about our next CIS HOTSPOTS™ experiences.