Fat Biking on Frozen Conway Lake NH | Winter Sports Photography New England
Fat-biking on Conway Lake, New Hampshire.
There's something magical about the crunch of studded tires on ice-covered Conway Lake with almost now snow cover. When winter locks down this corner of New Hampshire and the lake freezes solid, it transforms into an unexpected playground for a fat biker ride if you like to trade trails for open ice. These images capture a perfect winter evening with a few local friends when the temperature hovered around 15 degrees and the ice creaked and moaned beneath our wheels. Fat-biking has exploded across New England, but conditions like this are few and far between for riding on a frozen lake. It's kind of surreal, having a whole huge lake to play on, without a boat. Sunset and the views toward the White Mountains create a backdrop you'd never find on a forest trail, and the solitude of rolling around in the dark was a bit creepy, but certainly enjoyable. This isn't your typical mountain biking shoot. It's about capturing the intersection of outdoor recreation, winter adventure, and that distinctly New England grit that gets people outside when most folks are huddled indoors. From evening light skating across the ice to the casual pace of everyone rolling around in their own little pool of light, these frames tell the story of a micro-adventure here in our New Hampshire backyard.