This year's version of the Asheville Training Camp/vacation included 8 people total with 3 on just mountain bikes, and 5 on both road and MTB. I rented an enclosed trailer taking responsibility for hauling 10 bikes. The trip down was tediuous at best because of traffic. Weather was a bit miserable the first day with our road group starting on wet roads in cool weather. This was a new cabin/location so we decided to drive part of the first route before riding it = good call! To get out of the cabin you had to descend the access roads (about 15% grade in sections) only to climb back up a similar twisty road for 15 minutes, and descend another twisty road to the 50 mile loop below. On our first time doing this descent we had one rider slide out on one of the many rain soaked downhill switchbacks. Checking his condition (and his bike) at the bottom, both were OK, so we decided to press on with a shorter loop than originally planned. Everything was going well (other than the steadily increasing showers) until late in the ride when we had another rider miss judge a 90 degree turn at the bottom of a steep descent, and he ended up going front-wheel/chest first into a 6-foot deep ditch. A rough start no doubt but there were no serious injuries in either accident. And thankfully, the rides improved everyday thereafter. No significant crashes after day #1. About 3 hours of mountain riding per day with a couple of short recovery rides thrown in for good measure = 17 hours of saddle time for the week.  Although fatigued, the camp/vacation participants could often be seen smiling and laughing when verbalizing the highlights of each ride. Awesome rides everyday kept us signing up for more. Great people, rides, food, and location made this trip a winner! And the view out my office window wasn't bad either.