Asheville
Welcome to the Asheville, North Carolina Chapter!
We provide life changing, community based, adaptive adventure sports for people with physical disabilities in Asheville and the surrounding communities.
Our current adaptive programs at this location include:
New to Catalyst Sports? Create an account below to see all events and register to participate in a program or to volunteer with us.
Existing participants/volunteers: Login below to check or make changes to your account and to see upcoming events.
Contact: asheville@catalystsports.org
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Adaptive Mountain Biking
Experience the thrill of being in nature with our Adaptive Mountain Bike Program!
Location: The Asheville rides rotate between different trail heads within our region
Riders and Volunteers sign up below to attend.
aMTB Group Rides & Events
The Catalyst Asheville Chapter will host our 2025 monthly group ride during the 2nd weekend on each month. Registrations for the next ride open on the 15th of each month. Be sure to see more details at the link below.
Find Details and Registrations for AVL Group Rides HERE
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1/12/25 - Sunday Afternoon
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2/8/25 - Saturday Afternoon
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3/9/25 - Sunday Afternoon
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4/13/25 - Sunday Afternoon
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5/10/25 - Saturday Morning - SORBA Summit Ride
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6/15/25 - Sunday Morning
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7/12/25 - SAVE THE DATE - Special Event
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8/10/25 - Sunday Morning
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8/29 - 9/1 - End of Summer Jam adaptive race at Ride Kanuga Bike Park
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9/10/25 - SAVE THE DATE - Special Event
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10/11/25 - Saturday Morning
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10/31-11/1 - AMBC Fall Fest, Knoxville
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11/7/25 - SAVE THE DATE - Special Event
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12/14/25 - Sunday Afternoon
Adaptive Greenway Rides
Catalyst Sports is thrilled to bring you an Adaptive Bike Greenway Series! These rides offers
individuals with physical disabilities the chance to explore parks & greenways on adaptive bikes.
These rides are structured differently from our traditional group rides. The Greenway Series will take place at different parks & greenways in western North Carolina. We encourage adaptive riders of all ages to bring a friend or family member to join your ride in the park (Please have your guest bring their own bike, or plan to walk/run with you during your ride). Catalyst will help fit you to one of our fleet adaptive bikes & give you instructions on how to safely ride. You are then free to enjoy your ride.
We are looking for Sponsors for our 2025 Greenway Series. If you know of an Organization who would like to help bring this event to our community, please reach out to Kirby@CatalystSports.org
Community Rides
Do you own an adaptive bike and want to have more opportunities to ride in the WNC bike community?
We are working closely with other group rides in our community to offer support for adaptive riders
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Adaptive Rock Climbing
Indoor Rock Climbing: We host monthly adaptive climbing clinics for youth and adults with a wide range of physical disabilities. These sessions are open to all levels of climber from those who have never climbed before to experienced climbers looking for regular opportunities to climb with others.
Location: The Riveter – 701 Old Fanning Bridge Rd, Fletcher, NC 28732
Time: 4th Saturday of each month. 4pm – 6pm
Volunteer: Interested in supporting our adaptive climbers? We require belay certified volunteers for this role. All climbing volunteers must complete our adaptive climbing volunteer training before beginning. Register below to get started.
Register below to climb or volunteer. You will be required to create an Adaptive Athlete or Volunteer account the 1st time you register.
Asheville Adaptive Climbing is currently paused until the Riveter is able to re-open. Please check back for updates. We hope to see you again soon!
Outreach Events
We welcome all of the Catalyst Crew to volunteer or visit our catalyst table
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2024 Get In Gear Fest - May 4, 2024 12-5pm
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Old Fort Fest - June 1, 2024 10am - 3pm