The wound on my elbow was only a scrape, but the blood and dirt smeared across the white porcelain sink and cotton hand towels looked as if some-one had been murdered in the otherwise spotless clubhouse bathroom.

Surely, a stinky, dust-covered mountain biker like me did not belong in such upscale facilities. So, when a polo-and-khakis-clad gentleman walked in, I knew I was about to get reported to management.

Instead, he just winced and asked on which trail I’d fallen, before recommending a post-crash beer at the restaurant to take the edge off. I cleaned up the sink as best I could, made a karmic apology to the janitorial staff and headed to the clubhouse bar, only to be confronted by a jarring mix of tucked-in polo shirts, smelly kneepads, crisp golf shoes, and scuffed helmets. At Jug Mountain Ranch, the contrast is oddly fitting.

At first glance, “Jug” seems an unlikely pairing: Located 100 miles north of Boise, Idaho, and 10 miles south of the resort town of McCall, the private residential community’s 1,410 acres includes an 18 hole championship golf course, posh luxury homes, an elegant clubhouse and restaurant, as well as 20 miles of top-tier, shuttle-accessible singletrack, all free to the public.

It’s a contradiction Jug wears surprisingly well. So much so, in fact, that in an area famed for its outdoor pursuits, the small golf club has become a cornerstone of McCall’s notably deep bike community. Nestled on the south shore of Payette Lake and the western edge of the Salmon River Mountains, the 3,700-person town has been a haven for mountain bikers since locals started exploring the surrounding backcountry trails in the 1990s. Today, hundreds of miles of singletrack wind through the valley. And, at the center, sits Jug Mountain.

“It’s the local’s place for an after-work ride—go out and get an hour, hour-and-a-half, two-hour pedal in,” says Joe Weede, Jug’s outdoor recreation director. “It’s great for families—kids get to play in our skills park and the parents will take turns riding all day.”