Our Story

At Fairfax Cycling Camp, we pride ourselves on having a knack for teaching kids. Our founder, Mitch Brown, is a local public school teacher and Emile, who is now running our camp, has been teaching kids to mountain bike since 2002 when he started coaching the original Drake High MTB team member. We have helped thousands of kids become confidant on their bikes, helping them on a journey towards being life long cyclists.

Mitch has been teaching at Manor Elementary School in Fairfax for over twenty years. When the school district decided to eliminate summer school, Mitch decided to combine his love for biking with his passion for teaching and inspiring kids. Fairfax Cycling Camp was born!

Emile has lead mountain biking summer camps for No Limits Day Camp, San Domenico, and Mulholland Mountain Biking, MMTB. He loves helping people at all levels become better mountain bikers. Before starting MMTB in 2017, he volunteered his time coaching several high school or middle school mountain biking teams. Through MMTB, he has offered after school bike rides, day camps and adventurous camps where he brings local kids to destination riding areas like the Sierras and Mendocino coast.

Mitch, his wife Eileen and Emile share a passion for cycling, nature and getting more people outside and feeling good! We have many successful years of mountain bike camp experience. We pay special attention to children’s developmental and social needs while having a great time on the bike in our beautiful open space!

We carefully select their staff to ensure that all campers have a positive, safe and emotionally connected experience from start to finish. Unique to FXCC is that weeks are led by experienced adult teachers, and staffed by local counselors, many of whom we’ve known for years. We maintain a ratio of at least 1 staff member to every 5 campers. Emile is Wilderness First Aid/CPR certified, and our adult ride leaders (& most of our counselors) are First Aid/CPR certified, while some have more extensive safety training. You can read more about our crew here.