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ALASKA

Trip Name: Kenai Peninsula

The Kenai Peninsula is Alaska’s playground. Experience its breathtaking beauty and connect with nature as you bike, hike, and sea kayak and see more wildlife in 6 days than many people get to see in a lifetime.
Rated: Moderate fitness level – Biking 36-47 miles, Hiking 15-19 miles, Sea Kayaking full day

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Anchorage and bike the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and travel to the beautiful Kenai Peninsula. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Hike the trails around Exit Glacier and the Harding Icefield and learn firsthand how glaciers shape the land and plant life returns to land uncovered by retreating glaciers. Transfer to Cooper Landing. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Hike the Ptarmigan Lake Trail in the Kenai Mountains. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Cycle in the mountains surrounding beautiful Kachemak Bay. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Transfer by water taxi to Yukon Island and spend the day sea kayaking as you watch for bald eagles, seals, porpoises and sea otters. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – Hike in the morning before travelling back to Anchorage in the afternoon where the tour ends. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
6 Day Tour with Lodges & Hotel: August 21-26

Cost: From USD$2,898 per person, double occupancy /From USD $3,638 per person, single occupancy

Includes: 5 nights accommodations, 5 breakfast meals, 6 lunch meals, 5 dinner meals, water taxi, all guides, cycling and sea kayaking equipment and gear.

Does Not Include: Airfare from your home city to trip starting point, and from trip ending point back to your home city, Gratuities for guides and specialists, Pre-tour and/or post-tour accommodations, Travel insurance

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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USA

ALASKA

Trip Name: Southeastern Alaska’s Mountains & Glaciers

Hike in the majestic Talkeetna Mountains, trek and ice climb on a glacier in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, sea kayaking in pristine Prince William Sound, the home of more than 18,000 nesting sea birds outstanding wildlife viewing.
Rated: Moderate fitness level

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Anchorage. Travel to the Talkeetna Mountains for an alpine hike with beautiful lakes and waterfalls before heading to camp in the Matanuska Valley. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Enjoy a scenic flight to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, the largest national park in the USA, to the living ghost town of McCarthy. (breakfast, lunch)

Day 3 – You’ll hike or ice climb and learn about glacial geology firsthand on the mighty Kennicott Glacier. (lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – You’ll travel to the Chugach Mountains to Thompson Pass and hike the lateral moraine of the Worthington Glacier for awesome views of the icefields before travelling on to Valdez and spectacular Prince William Sound. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Today brings a full day of sea kayaking in Prince William Sound on protected Shoup Bay, home to more than 18,000 nesting seabirds, waterfalls, and Shoup Glacier. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – Watch for whales and bald eagles today as you ride the ferry across Prince William Sound. After disembarking the ferry, you’ll hike to a year round snowfield before travelling back to Anchorage where the tour ends. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
6 Day Tour with Camping & Cabins: June 13-18, July 11-16, August 8-13, August 29-September 3 (Autumn Leaves & Aurora Borealis!)

Cost: From USD$1,600 per person, double occupancy

Includes: 5 nights accommodation – 3 nights tented camping and 2 nights cabin, 4 breakfast meals, 6 lunch meals, 4 dinner meals, guides, ground transportation on tour, all sea kayaking, glacier trekking, ice climbing equipment, sleeping bags, pads, and tents provided.

Does Not Include: Airfare from your home city to trip starting point, and from trip ending point back to your home city, Tips and gratuities for trip guides and trip support team members, Travel insurance

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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USA

COLORADO

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Hiking

USA

ALASKA

Trip Name: Hiking the Talkeetna Mountains & Susitna Valley

Enjoy wilderness hiking amidst the spectacular scenery of the remote Talkeetna Mountains, views of the Alaska Range with Denali (Mt. McKinley), with yaks to carry your gear.
Rated: Intermediate fitness levels required.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet your trip guides and fellow hikers at 8 a.m. for your orientation, then take a bush plane flight in to the Talkeetna Mountains to the hike starting point where your gear will be packed on to the yaks and the hiking will begin. Spend the afternoon hiking and climbing to the tops of ridges that overlook the Susitna Valley and the Alaska Range. Spend the evening with your fellow hikers and guides around the campfire. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – The yaks are repacked and we begin hiking farther into the interior of the Talkeetna Mountains. We hike across rolling tundra encountering thick patches of tasty, wild blueberries as we watch for bear, moose, caribou, and beaver. Spend the evening around the campfire enjoying the comraderie and conversation. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Trek up the valley, ascending to a pass with lakes and rocky outcrops to camp. This afternoon summit the highest mountain in the area and be rewarded with unparalleled views of the Alaska Range, Talkeetna Mountains, and the vast Susitna Valley. Descend the peak and return to camp for the evening. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Traverse across the mountains, circling a valley with the Talkeetna River below, and crossing another pass before we descend into a remote lush valley where we will set up camp for the night. . (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – After breakfast, begin your ascent up a steep slope to a high pass with fabulous views of the Alaska Range. Then trek down into a huge valley to tonight’s lakeside camp. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – Spend the day hiking in the same area, enjoying the spectacular scenery and looking for Dall Sheep and caribou. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 7 – This morning after breakfast, break camp, bid goodbye to the yaks and fly back to Talkeetna for a celebratory farewell dinner. Overnight in local hotel. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
7 Day Tour with Camping: August 15-21, August 23-29

Cost: From USD$2,500 per person

Includes: 6 nights accommodations – tents, all meals and transportation while on tour, guides, yaks, permits, taxes,

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support staff, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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Hiking

USA

CALIFORNIA

Trip Name: The Trans-Sierra Trek, with Pack Horse Support

Hike through and explore Yosemite’s most spectacular wilderness areas – Ansel Adams Wilderness, John Muir Trail, Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Tuolomne Meadows with mountain guides, with full pack horse support on this 8 day trip.

NOTE: ALSO AVAILABLE AS A BACKPACKING TRIP WITHOUT PACK HORSE SUPPORT!

Rated: Advanced hiking skill & fitness level/ 57 miles total hiking on moderate to difficult terrain

Day 1 – Arrive in Fresno Meet your hiking guides and fellow adventurers and for your trip orientation over happy hour. (Dinner on your own).

Day 2 – Transfer to the trailhead at 7,300 ft. elevation where you’ll meet your pack horses and their guides as they load all of our gear onto the horses for the journey. Begin the 6 mile hike to beautiful Staniford Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, arriving about twilight at your first camp where our guides will begin preparing dinner while you fish, swim, and relax. Spend this evening stargazing and talking around the campfire. (lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Today’s hike is a hard 11 miles as you go up the switchback trail that takes you over Post Peak Pass at 10,750 ft. elevation and into Yosemite National Park to camp at Lake 10K at 10, 005 ft. elevation. From camp you have a magnificent views of Isberg Peak – 10,996 ft. elev. Long Mountain – 11,502 ft. elev., and Forester Peak at 12,057 ft. elev. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Today’s 11-mile downhill hike descends 2,500 ft. elevation through the drainage systems of the Merced and Tuolomne Rivers that drain the Park. Camp tonight at Merced Lake 7,300 ft. elev. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Today your westward 7 ½ mile hike with gradual ups and downs takes you toward the iconic Half Dome, which you will climb tomorrow, to tonight’s camp in the Sunrise Creek area – 7,200 ft. elev. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – Today’s roundtrip hike and climb up Half Dome today is very challenging, but rewarding. Before sunrise this morning you’ll start the 3 ¾ mile hike to the beginning of the Half Dome Trail. From there, the distance to the top of the imposing granite dome is 2 ½ very tough miles. The Dome rises 4,800 feet above the Yosemite Valley floor. To reach the top, you’ll scramble up the first half of the route on the switchbacks that have been carved into the granite face. Then you’ll begin climbing a semi-permanent cable handrail system for the remaining 900 ft to the top – 8,836 ft. elev. At the top of the Half Dome you are rewarded with spectacular views of the Park and the Yosemite backcountry. After lunch on the summit of Half Dome, you’ll descend and hike back to camp. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 7– Today you’ll hike another 8 ½ miles along the John Muir Trail, passing through the remote, gorgeous High Sierra Loop area on your way to Lower Cathedral Lake – 9,288 ft. elevation, to camp for the night. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 8– After breakfast you’ll break camp and hike the last 4 ½ miles to a trailhead in Tuolumne Meadows, the end of your great traverse across Yosemite. From the trailhead you are driven down into Yosemite Valley which you have viewed for the last week on your trek through the high country. Return to Fresno where the tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

2010 Trip Dates for Trans-Sierra Trek with Pack Horse Support
8 Day Tour: July 31-August 7, September 4-11 (Sold Out)

Cost: USD$2,595 – USD $2,895 per person, double occupancy / Add USD $75 if forced single occupancy, Add USD $150 if requested single occupancy.

Includes: 7 nights accommodations – 1 night hotel, 6 nights tented camping, all meals while in back country, transportation while on tour, guides, pack horses, permits, taxes

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support staff, travel insurance.

2010 Trip Dates for Trans-Sierra Backpack Trip:

8 Day Tour: July 10-17, August 28-September 4

Cost: USD$1,695 per person, double occupancy / Add USD $75 if forced single occupancy, Add USD $150 if requested single occupancy.

Includes: 6 nights accommodations – 1 night hotel, 6 nights tented camping, all meals and transportation while on tour, guides, permits, taxes

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support staff, travel insurance.

We can customize these trips to your request. Please contact us.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on one of these trips!

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Cycling & Mountain Biking

USA

ARIZONA

Trip Name: Introduction to Mountain Biking: North Rim Grand Canyon

This 5-day tour on flat and gently rolling trails through beautiful ponderosa forests and quaking aspens, with humbling panoramic views of the Grand Canyon from its less visited East and North Rims, is a dream ride for novice riders who want to learn riding and bike handling skills in one of most beautiful, unforgettable places on earth.
Rated: Moderate fitness level / Beginning riding & bike handling skills / 55-70 miles / Elevation 6,200 ft.–8,300 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Early morning transfer from Las Vegas Nevada to St. George, Utah where you’ll meet the tour and be transported into the beautiful Kaibab National Forest. You’ll begin today’s spectacular 10 mile ride through forests and meadows on Jeep roads and a short doubletrack section on the Arizona Trail (stretches from the Arizona-Utah border to the Arizona-Mexico border) to your camp on the East Rim of the Grand Canyon. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll travel into the Grand Canyon National Park for a very scenic, short dayhike along the Canyon’s North Rim with awesome views across the Canyon. Return to your East Rim camp, and a campfire under the starry Northern Arizona skies. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Today’s 25 mile ride through the forest backcountry on jeep roads and narrow tracks used as fire breaks takes you to your camp and the dramatic vistas and Canyon formations at North Timp Point. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – This morning you’ll learn singletrack riding techniques that will help you enjoy the glorious Rainbow Rim Trail which you’ll ride today and tomorrow. Today’s out and back ride has many of the most awe-inspiring views to be seen on the Canyon rim. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Today’s ride along the next part of the Rainbow Rim Trail takes you to Timp Point and the last view of the Grand Canyon on this trip. Get your binoculars out to see Thunder River as it bursts forth out of the Tapeats Sandstone on the Canyon wall and plunges down toward mighty Colorado River below. After lunch you’ll travel back to St. George where the tour will end. Transfer back to Las Vegas. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
5 Day Tour with Camping: Weekly departures each Monday from Monday, May 17 – Monday, September 27

Cost: From USD$1,474 per person

Tour Dates Exclusively for Families
5 Day Tour with Camping: June 28-July 2, July 12-16, August 9-13

Cost: From USD$1,450 per person

Includes: 4 nights accommodations tented camping, roundtrip land transfer from Las Vegas to tour meeting point, all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare from home city to Las Vegas, Nevada, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support team members, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this awesome trip.

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USA

CALIFORNIA

Trip Name: Introduction to Cycling in Death Valley National Park

This 5-day tour of the eastern end of Death Valley offers riders many opportunities to marvel at the austere beauty of this extreme landscape with its abrupt, high mountains juxtaposed with low, flat desert playas while riding on relatively flat roads and desert-varnished tracks. A dayhike in Red Rock Canyon is included.
Rated: Moderate fitness level/ 108 miles / Elevation 3,700 ft. – 7,300 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Las Vegas. Travel to Death Valley National Park and up to Dante’s View, elevation 5,475 ft. to view the highest and lowest point in Death Valley – Badwater Basin far below at 282 feet below sea level, and Telescope Peak at 11,049 ft. elevation in the distance rising far above the Valley – where you’ll begin today’s 20 mile ride of which 13 miles is downhill. If time permits, you’ll also hike from Zabriskie Point down through multicolored borax badlands before being met by the sag wagon and taken to your base camp at Furnace Creek. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll get on your bike and follow the Funeral Mountains for 36 miles to Scotty’s Castle, built in the early 20th century by a Chicago insurance titan as his own desert retreat, which was later taken over by an opportunistic character named Walter Scott – Desert Valley Scotty. The 32,000 square foot Spanish style vacation villa became known as Scotty’s’Castle and is now run by the National Park Service. Shuttle back to camp. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Today you’ll ride Artist’s Drive. This twisting one way road is a visual kaleidoscope of color as multicolored bands of rock – pink, green, purple, brown, black – permeate the landscape of the Black Mountains. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Today you’ll head off to explore the big sand dunes, the most photographed dunes in the US, at Stovepipe Wells. From Stovepipe Wells, you’ll be shuttled to Daylight Pass where you’ll ride down into the abandoned ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, the site of movies with themes on the old west and modern serial killers. After the ride you’ll travel to camp in spectacular Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Red Rock Canyon is a jewel in the Southern Nevada desert. You’ll bike at the base of deep cliffs on the scenic loop through this red sandstone valley. After lunch you’ll return to Las Vegas where the tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
5 Day Tour with Camping: February 15-19, March 15-19, April 12-16, October 11-15

Cost: From USD$1,415 per person

Includes: 4 nights accommodations tented camping, all meals and snacks, high performance road bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support team members, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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USA

CALIFORNIA

Trip Name: Mountain Biking in the Mojave Desert with Death Valley & Red Rock Canyon

This 6-day tour offers steep climbs and long, twisting descents down abrupt mountains on seldom used dirt roads and tracks through foot hills into canyons with delicate desert flora to the tops of cliffs with views of the highest and lowest point s in the lower 48 states, and over the Keystone Thrust, an amazing geologic formation, down into Red Rock Canyon. This route takes in abandoned mines, petroglyphs, and ghost towns.
Rated: High fitness level / High beginner to intermediate riding & bike handling skill level / 90-160 miles / Elevation 3,700 ft. – 7,300 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Las Vegas. Travel to Death Valley National Park where you’ll ride Artist’s Drive. This twisting one way paved road is a visual kaleidoscope of color as multicolored bands of rock – pink, green, purple, brown, black – permeate the landscape of the Black Mountains. before being met by the shuttle and taken to your camp in Panamint Valley on the western edge of Death Valley. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll shuttle a short distance to Darwin Wash where you’ll begin riding. After a steady climb of around 2,000 feet, you’ll descend to China Springs where you’ll begin a strenuous technical hike down cottonwood lined Darwin Canyon to Darwin Falls for a swim under the 80 ft. waterfall. After hiking back out of the canyon, you’ll ride 12+ miles back down to camp. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Today you’ll travel east to the old ghost town of Harrisburg on Emigrant Canyon Road where you’ll begin riding past the Eureka Mine up an old jeep trail to Aguereberry Point, named after a Basque prospector named Peter Aguereberry. The views across Death Valley are amazing from this vantage point. From Aguereberry Point you’ll descend to Harrisburg for lunch, then back down to Emigrant, and on to Stovepipe Wells for a total riding distance today of about 40 miles. After a refreshing break, you’ll head off to hike the huge Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes, the most photographed dunes in the U.S. After the hike you’ll travel to your camp on the eastern edge of Death Valley (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Today you’ll have a couple of trail options, based on trail conditions and group preference. One option is the 10 mile very strenuous climb (5-10% grade) up to Red Pass, elevation 5,220 feet and the awesome 5,800 ft. descent between the narrowing walls of Titus Canyon down to the valley floor for a total of more than 26 miles. The second trail option is the 16 mile out and back ride up to the top of the Chloride Cliff for a spectacular view of Badwater Basin, the lowest point in Death Valley elevation -282 feet, Telescope Peak, the highest point in Death Valley at 11,049 ft. elevation, and even Mt. Whitney in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains, the highest peak in the lower 48 states at 14,505 ft. elevation. (breakfast, lunch dinner)

Day 5 – Today you’ll leave Death Valley National Park and travel east through the abandoned ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada to the Red Rock National Conservation Area just 25 miles west of Los Vegas. This afternoon you’ll enjoy riding on the fast Dead Horse Loop singletrack, the first National Off Road Bicycle Association trail in Red Rock. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – This morning you’ll ride the rugged Mustang Trail created by Nevada’s wild horses more than a century ago, and then ride down to the town of Blue Diamond. After lunch you’ll return to Las Vegas where the tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
6 Day Tour with Camping & Inns: February 14-19, February 28-March 5, March 7-12, March 21-26, April 4-9, April 25-30, October 3-8

Cost: From USD$1,605 per person, double occupancy inn / From USD$1,755 per person, single occupancy inn

Includes: 5 nights accommodation – 4 nights tented camping, 1 night motel, all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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USA

CALIFORNIA

Trip Name: Cycling The Sierra Nevada

Fresh mountain air, sugar pine forests, meadows, and jaw dropping views await you on this ride in the historic Sierra Nevada Mountains, the center of the 1849 California Gold Rush. You will be treated to high elevation, challenging mountain passes and exhilarating descents on this tour that offers a 4 day or a 6 day option.
4 Day Tour Rated: High fitness level / 150-180 miles / Elevation 2,300 ft. – 9,700 ft.
6 Day Tour Rated:High fitness level / 295-350 miles / Elevation 2,300 ft. – 9,700 ft.

Itinerary – 4 Day Tour

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Reno, Nevada. Travel south through the Sierra Nevada into California to the old west town of Markleeville, California where today’s ride will begin. A few miles out of Markleeville you begin to climb toward Monitor Pass, 8,314 ft. elevation, the first of the many mountain passes you’ll cross over on this tour. As you descend from the pass you see the western side of the arid Great Basin, a vast enclosed drainage system that stretches from northern Utah into Nevada and California, with no outlet to the ocean. After the long descent you’ll end the day high in the Sierra at Walker and Coleville. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Begin the day with a climb up and over Sonora Pass, elevation 9,624 ft. then descend through classic Sierra Nevada views along the wide Stanislaus River to forested Dardanelle. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Shuttle to the gold mining town of Angels Camp. From Angels Camp, you’ll ride to Calaveras Big Tree State Park where you’ll break for lunch and marvel at the groves of magnificent, giant sequoias. On the ride this afternoon you’ll enter the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway and begin the long climb toward Ebbetts Pass which you’ll reach tomorrow. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Continue the gorgeous ride up to Ebbetts Pass, elevation 8,751 ft., with views of granite outcrops, ancient volcanic peaks, glacier carved valleys, and deep river canyons. From Ebbetts Pass, you’ll descend through forests along the beautiful Carson River to Markleeville. From Markleeville you’ll travel back to Reno where the tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

NOTE: If camping, the number of miles ridden will be slightly more than if staying in inns

Itinerary – 6 Day Tour

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Reno, Nevada. Travel to the beautiful town of Incline Village located on the shore of North Lake Tahoe for the start of today’s ride. From Incline Village you’ll ride along the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe to your inn at South Lake Tahoe, California. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today’s ride takes you up over Luther Pass, elevation 7,740 ft , the first of the many mountain passes you’ll cross over on this tour. You’ll ride through the Humboldt-Toiyable National. to the old west town of Markleeville. A few miles out of Markleeville you begin to climb toward Monitor Pass, 8,314 ft. elevation. As you descend from the pass you see the western side of the arid Great Basin, a vast enclosed drainage system that stretches from northern Utah into Nevada and California, with no outlet to the ocean. After the long descent you’ll end the day high in the Sierra at Walker and Coleville. (lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Begin the day with a climb up and over Sonora Pass, elevation 9,624 ft. then descend through classic Sierra Nevada views along the wide Stanislaus River to forested Dardanelle. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – From Dardanelle you’ll ride 70 miles through Sonora settled by Mexican gold miners in the 1880s in the foothills to the town of Murphys, elevation 2,300 ft. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – From Murphys you’ll begin the long climb toward Ebbetts Pass which you’ll reach tomorrow. Today you’ll ride to Calaveras Big Tree State Park where you’ll break for lunch and marvel at the groves of magnificent, giant sequoias. You’ll end todays’ ride up in alpine Bear Valley. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – Enter the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway and continue the gorgeous ride up to Ebbetts Pass, elevation 8,751 ft., with views of granite outcrops, ancient volcanic peaks, glacier carved valleys, and deep river canyons. From Ebbetts Pass, you’ll descend through forests along the beautiful Carson River to Markleeville. From Markleeville you’ll travel back to Reno where the tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

NOTE: If camping, the number of miles ridden will be slightly more than if staying in inns

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
4 Day Tour with Camping: May 20-23, June 27-27
4 Day Tour with Inns: June 18-21, August 26-29
6 Day Tour with Camping: July 11-16
6 Day Tour with Inns: July 18-23, July 25-30

Cost 4 Day Tour w/ Camping: From USD$1,415 per person

Includes: 3 nights accommodation tented camping, all meals and snacks, high performance road bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Cost 4 Day Tour w/ Inns: From USD$1,825 per person, double occupancy / From USD$2,220 per person, single occupancy

Includes: 3 nights accommodations rustic and casual inns, all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Cost 6 Day Tour w/ Camping: From USD$1,855 per person

Includes: 5 nights accommodations tented camping, all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, sag wagon, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Cost 6 Day Tour w/ Inns: From USD$2,365 per person, double occupancy / From USD$2,760 per person, single occupancy

Includes: 5 nights accommodations rustic and casual inns, all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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USA

COLORADO

Trip Name: Mountains, Mining Towns & Ancient Civilization: Cycling the Rockies of Southwestern Colorado

This scenic and challenging 6 day cycling tour follows winding, scenic byways from Durango to the ancient Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park and on to Telluride, Ouray, and Silverton – historic mining towns that have become legendary mountain resorts. The route passes beneath awe-inspiring high peaks and takes you over mountain passes well in excess of 10,000 ft. elevation.
Rated: High fitness level / 260 miles / Elevation 6,500 ft. – 11,000 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Durango, Colorado. Today’s ride takes you to Mesa Verde National Park where you’ll tour the ancient, well preserved ruins of the vanished cliff dwelling Ancestral Puebloans (formerly called the Anasazi meaning “ancient”). (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Morning at leisure to further explore the ruins and ride through the 52,000 acre national park on your own. This afternoon’s ride takes you up to Dolores, a small historic town on the now defunct Rio Grande Railroad. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Today you’ll ride through the San Juan National Forest following the Dolores River up through Stoner and Rico. Then you’ll enter Uncompahgre National Forest and ride in the shadow of Mount Wilson (14, 246 ft. elevation) as climb over Lizard Head Pass at 10,222 ft. elevation. You’ll end the day in Telluride with enough time left to take in a hike or explore the town. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Today’s ride takes you up through the beautiful Uncompahgre Valley passing Mount Sneffels (elevation 14,170 ft.) to the supremely picturesque town of Ouray, so reminiscent of the Swiss Alps it is known as the “Switzerland of America”. You’ll have a chance to explore this jewel in the evening before retiring. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Today you’ll ride the “Million Dollar Highway” up the steep narrow switchbacks of the Uncompaghre Gorge to Red Mountain Pass, elevation 11,008 ft. followed by a very sharp descent to the Victorian silver mining town of Silverton, now a National Historic Landmark surrounded by several 13,000 ft. peaks. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – You’ll ride south out of Silverton over Molas Pass, elevation 10,910 ft, with fantastic views of Molas Lake, the Animas River Gorge, and Snowden Peak, 13,077 ft. elevation. Continue riding over forested Coal Bank Pass, elevation 10,640 ft., and on down to Durango where the tour ends. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
6 Day Tour with Inns: June 20-25, July 11-16, August 22-27

Cost: From USD$2,365 per person, double occupancy / From USD$2,760 per person, single occupancy

Includes: 5 nights accommodations rustic and casual inns, all meals and snacks, high performance road bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support team members, travel insurance

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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USA

UTAH

Trip Name: Hoodoos, Forests and Canyons: Cycling Bryce & Zion

This 4 day cycling tour begins near Brian Head Mountain with a long descent into the territory of Butch Cassidy and Red Canyon, a spectacular oasis of sandstone hoodoos nested in vast Dixie National Forest. The route continues from Red Canyon over the plains to Bryce Canyon National Park where riders climb up into ponderosa pine forest with inspiring views of the canyon at every turn. From Bryce Canyon the route descends and climbs into Zion National Park where you’ll finish the tour with a spectacular hike among Zion’s massive cliffs and bold, striated, technicolor formations.
Rated: Moderate to high fitness level /150-170 miles / Elevation 3,900 ft. – 10,000 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet your early morning shuttle in Las Vegas Nevada for your transfer to St. George, Utah where you’ll meet the tour and travel up into the mountains through Brian Head ski area to rugged Cedar Breaks National Monument – known to the Indians as “Circle of Painted Cliffs”. With its vibrantly colored layers of earth and weirdly shaped towers of erodable sediment capped with harder rock, called hoodoos, it is a smaller version of the much larger Bryce Canyon that you will cycle into tomorrow.

From Cedar Breaks at 10,000 ft elevation you’ll begin today’s 20 mile ride down through the ponderosa pines and aspens of the Dixie National Forest to cool, clear Panguitch Lake, elevation 8,217 ft. in the shadow of Brian Head Peak, elevation 11,305 ft. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today’s ride takes you deeper into the Dixie National Forest along Scenic Byway 12 to Red Canyon with its striking red limestone formations where you’ll ride the Red Canyon Bicycle Trial with uninterrupted opportunities to stop and admire this vibrant geological wonderland. After exploring Red Canyon you’ll climb out onto the Sevier Plateau then its a fairly flat ride into Bryce Canyon National Park with time to spare to enjoy a spectacular hike to one of the Park’s many canyons filled with fins, spires, arches and mazes. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Today you’ll ride back through Red Canyon, down through the Sevier River Valley. You’ll end today’s 85 mile ride with climb through the eastern entrance of magnificent Zion National Park to the town of Springdale. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – This morning you’ll hike beneath Zion’s brilliant towering cliffs in the shallow stream bed along a section of the Virgin River that is renowned as the Zion Narrows. The cool river and beautiful canyon walls make this the most popular hike in the Park. After lunch you’ll travel back to St. George where the tour will end. Transfer back to Las Vegas. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
4 Day Tour with Camping & Inn: May 20-23, June 24-27, July 1-4, August 26-29

Cost: From USD$1,459 per person, double occupancy inn / From USD$1,584 per person, single occupancy inn

Includes: 3 nights accommodations – 2 nights tented camping, 1 night inn, all meals and snacks, high performance road bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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UTAH

Trip Name: Introduction to Mountain Biking: Southern Utah’s Canyonlands

The mountain biking mecca of the world – Moab, Canyonlands and Arches National Parks – is the setting for this 6 day beginner mountain bike tour. While riding on the easy and intermediate trails in this awesome sandstone wonderland you’ll learn solid skills that will form the foundation for future riding improvement and enjoyment.
Rated: Moderate fitness level / intermediate riding & bike handling skill level / 88-100 miles / Elevation 4,500 ft. – 8,100 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Moab, Utah. Today you’ll ride the 14 mile Gemini Bridges Trail northwest of Moab. The trail is named for two large arches that have been carved into the canyon walls by erosion . This trail is a fun introduction to Moab mountain biking. You’ll ride through areas of pinyon pine and juniper trees, open flats, canyons, distinct rock formations like Gooneybird Rock, sandy washes, and steep sections of loose rock and slickrock. You’ll have the option of riding or shuttling back to town. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll ride the backroads out of Moab into Arches National Park and hike in a rugged area known as The Windows where you’ll marvel at amazing formations like Parade of Elephants, Turret Arch, North and South Windows, Cove of Caves Double Arch. After lunch, you can ride or shuttle a few miles to the most photographed natural arch in the world – Delicate Arch. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – This morning you’ll shuttle west-southwest out of Moab to the magnificent Canyonlands National Park to the Island in the Sky, a sandstone mesa that is 1,000 feet higher than the surrounding terrain. From here you’ll ride zigzag on the Shafer Trail down off this dramatic mesa, with fantastic views of the winding Colorado River, onto the plateau more than 1,000 feet below. After a stop for lunch overlooking the river, you’ll shuttle back to Moab. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Today you’ll ride the flat and gradually ascending slickrock and sandy washes on the Monitor & Merrimac Trail, one of Moab’s classic mountain bike rides. The ride is spectacular and punctuated by the dramatic Determination Towers and Monitor and Merrimac Buttes – named in honor of the ironclad U.S. naval destroyer ships. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – You’ll travel east of Moab on the Sand Flats Recreation Area jeep road up into the La Sal Mountains where you’ll begin a descent back toward Moab. You’ll then ride the Slickrock Practice Loop where you’ll have the opportunity to test all the riding skills you’ve learned this week on a smaller area just off Moab’s most famous and challenging trail. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – You’ll cap off the week with a fun ride on the Klondike Bluffs Trail. This is a 10 mile out and back ride on jeep road and slickrock, complete with dinosaur footprints. It is a gentle climb up to the edge of Arches National Park with spectacular views of the Klondike Bluffs. Keeping in mind that what goes up must come down, after taking in the view at the top, you’ll have a screaming downhill ride back to the trailhead. Your tour ends this afternoon as you are shuttled back to Moab. (breakfast, lunch)

NOTE: If camping, the number of miles ridden will be slightly more than if staying in inn.

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
6 Day Tour with Camping: April 11-16, May 16-21, September 5-10
6 Day Tour with Inns: May 30-June 1, October 17-22

Cost 6 Day Tour w/ Camping: From USD$1,740 per person

Cost 6 Day Tour w/ Inns: From USD$2,350 per person, double occupancy / From USD$2,745 per person, single occupancy

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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UTAH

Trip Name: Mountain Biking in Canyonlands Maze

The Maze District in Canyonlands National Park, arguably the most remote and inaccessible area in the lower 48 states, is a complex jumble of canyons often described as a “thirty square mile puzzle in sandstone”. This unforgettable mountain biking trip includes some steep slickrock sections and takes you down the historic Flint Trail switchbacks, over to the Maze Overlook, though the Land of Standing Rocks, the Doll House , and ends at Lake Powell. Additional highlights of this trip include challenging hikes in the beautiful slot canyons in the heart of The Maze, and a scenic flight from Lake Powell back over The Maze to return you to Moab.

Rated: High fitness level / intermediate to high riding & bike handling skill level / 120 miles / Elevation 4,500 ft. – 5,000 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Moab, Utah. Travel to the Hans Flat on the western boundary of Canyonlands National Park where you’ll begin riding on rough, high clearance 4X4 roads through the Orange Cliffs toward the otherworldly landscape and terrain of The Maze District, the most rugged and remote area of the Canyonlands where the nearest paved road is more than 50 miles away. You’ll descend the switchbacked Flint Trail into the Maze and end today’s 30 mile ride at the awesome Maze Overlook. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll don your fanny pack for a strenuous 10 mile hike (involves some steep rock scrambling) down into South Fork Horse Canyon to the ancient Harvest Scene pictographs, painted by ancient peoples sometime from 2,000 to 8,000 years ago. After a bit of exploration here you’ll hike and scramble out of the canyon to camp near the base of Chimney Rock. (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)

Day 3 – Today you’ll have a challenging 5 mile ride from the Chimney Rock to the red rock towers of The Doll House in the Land of Standing Rocks where you’ll get to explore some well preserved ancient ruins and granaries. If there is enough time after exploring and if the group feels like doing so, you’ll do a strenuous hike that descends 1,200 ft. in 2 ½ miles down to Spanish Bottom on the banks the Colorado River (just upstream from the renowned whitewater section of Cataract Canyon) before riding back to Chimney Rock. (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)

Day 4 – Today you’ll ride 27 amazing miles in the Orange Cliffs area across the unlikely grassy plain of Waterhole Flat, through rugged Teapot Canyon with its challenging stepped slickrock walls to the old Chaffin family Cowboy Camp where they ran cattle until 1944 when they sold the area to the National Parks. (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)

Day 5 – From camp you’ll do the final 30 miles of your ride out of the Maze and down to the marina in Hite, Utah on the shore of Lake Powell, where you’ll board a small plane for a spectacular flight back over the Maze to Moab where the tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
5 Day Tour with Camping: September 5-9, September 12-16, September 30-October 4, October 7-11, October 10-14, October 21-25, October 24-28

Cost: From USD$1,620 per person

Includes: 5 nights accommodations tented camping, all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, scenic flight from Lake Powell back to Moab, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support team members, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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UTAH

Trip Name: Advanced Singletrack in the Grand Staircase

This full-out 6 day tour in the remote, rugged backcountry of the Escalante National Monument takes you from the high alpine Aquarius Plateau through broad technicolor tilted terraces that form the Grand Staircase to the amazing deep canyons of the Escalante River. Some of the thrills on this tour include climbing Hell’s Backbone, riding the Great Western Trail, and the classic “must ride” Thunder Mountain Trail .

Rated: High fitness level / expert riding & bike handling skill level / 120 miles / Elevation 6,000 ft. – 10,770 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – – Morning transfer from Las Vegas Nevada to Ruby’s Inn, Utah where you’ll meet the tour in the afternoon and travel along Utah’s Scenic Byway 12 through the northern end of Bryce Canyon with its strange hoodoo formations and over Escalante Mountains to your cabins overlooking the Escalante River Canyon. (dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll travel a short distance to the southern edge of the Aquarius Plateau to ride some of the doubletrack and singletrack along part of the Great Western Trail through alpine forests and meadows around pristine lakes before descending more than 4,000 ft. through forest and high desert, passing some amazing ancient Anasazi ruins, to Escalante. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – From the northern Aquarius Plateau you’ll take on 15-25 miles of extended technical ascents and descents as you ride remote rugged single track on the Great Western Trail back toward Escalante with a short hike at picturesque Posey Lake before getting back on the bike for the final descent back to your cabin. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – This morning you’ll ride and bike portage the challenging Hodge Podge section of the Great Western Trail, then ascend the spectacular winding Hell’s Backbone Trail up to the Hell’s Backbone Bridge hanging between sheer cliffs over a deep chasm with views to the Aquarius Plateau to the north, and over Box-Death Hollow Wilderness to the south. This afternoon you’ll hike the sandy trail to the beautiful 128 ft. Lower Calf Creek Falls. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – This morning you’ll have a steep climb on loose scree up to Barney Top at 10,557 ft. elevation. After reaching Barney Top you’ll traverse open meadows, pine and aspen forests before descending to the Powell Point Trailhead. The trail to Powell Point is bumpy with tree roots and deep depressions as it winds and twists through thick stands of aspen and pine before it becomes rockier and ends at a turnaround at the eastern edge of Table Cliff Plateau. From the turnaround you’ll hike a half mile out to Powell Point, Named for Major John Wesley Powell and used as lookout point by mapping expeditions in the late 1800s. At 10,188 ft. elevation it offers stupendous, unobstructed views of southern Utah. After admiring the well-earned view over lunch, you’ll ride back to the trailhead and enjoy an awesome descent down to Pine Lake. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – From Pine Lake you’ll shuttle west toward Red Canyon to ride the classic Thunder Mountain Trail Class 4 difficulty singletrack where you’ll climb past hoodoo formations to the highpoint on the trail then descend a ridge along loose rocky switchbacks into the canyon to the trailhead. At the end of the 9 mile ride you’ll return to Ruby’s Inn where the tour will end. Return transfer to Las Vegas. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
6 Day Tour with Cabins: June 20-25, July 11-16, August 8-13, September 5-10

Cost: From USD$1.925 per person, cabin double occupancy cabin / From USD$2,320 per person, inn single occupancy

Includes: 5 nights accommodations rustic cabins (or inns if single occupancy), all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides and support team members, travel insurance

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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WYOMING

Trip Name: Cycling Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Parks

This awesome 6 day tour gives you the opportunity to experience the spectacular beauty of Grand Teton National Park with its beautiful, pristine Jenny Lake, majestic peaks, and magnificent wildlife., and Yellowstone National Park with its amazing, other-worldly geothermal features – paint pots, hot springs, world famous Old Faithful geyser, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone has unparalleled opportunities for viewing bald eagles, grizzly and black bears, moose, elk, bighorn sheep, and buffalo.
Rated: Moderate fitness level / 269-325 miles / Elevation 5,900 ft.– 8,500 ft.

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Idaho Falls, Idaho and travel southwest to Montpelier, Idaho where today’s ride begins. From Montpelier you’ll ride 50 miles northeast into Wyoming crossing over Salt River Pass, elevation 7,630 ft prior to reaching Afton in the pastoral Star Valley. You’ll climb and descend more than 3,000 ft. throughout today’s ride. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll ride north through the Star Valley, up the rugged Snake River Canyon toward the mountains,and the legendary mountain resort towns of Jackson and Jackson Hole, ascending and descending nearly 2000 ft. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – You’ll ride north from Jackson alongside the majestic Tetons with Mount Moran, elevation 12,605 ft., dominating the view for miles as you ride. You’ll end the day in Moran Junction, the gateway to Grand Teton National Park, climbing over 800 ft and descending over 300 ft. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – You’ll begin the day riding to Colter Bay Village on Jackson Lake. From Colter Bay you’ll shuttle north to West Thumb inside Yellowstone National Park. From here you’ll begin experiencing the wonder of Yellowstone as you ride east, crossing the Continental Divide twice and climbing over Craig Pass, elevation 8,262 ft., to the world famous Old Faithful Geyser. From Old Faithful you’ll ride north through the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins to Madison Junction with an optional ride over to West Yellowstone, Montana and back with common sightings of bison, bear, and eagles. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Today as you ride you’ll see many of the fantastic features for which Yellowstone is famous. Riding northeast to Norris you’ll see the bubbling Artist Paint Pots and Steamboat Geyser – the world’s tallest active geyser – in the Norris Geyser Basin. From Norris you’ll head east and then south to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River to see the spectacular Lower and Upper Yellowstone Falls. You’ll follow the Yellowstone River south to Yellowstone Lake and ride a few miles along the shore before boarding the shuttle to your accommodation. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – You’ll begin today’s ride in Wilson, west of Jackson. From Wilson you’ll ride west across the southern end of the Tetons, climbing up and over Teton Pass, elevation 8,429 ft. before descending into into Idaho’s Teton Valley and the town of Victor. At Victor you’ll reboard the shuttle for the return to Idaho Falls and the end of the tour. (breakfast, lunch)

NOTE: If camping, the number of miles ridden will be slightly more than if staying in inns

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
6 Day Tour with Camping: May 30-June 4, Jun 20-25, July 11-16, August 8-13, September 12-17
6 Day Tour with Inns: June 6-11, September 19-24

Cost 6 Day Tour w/ Camping: From USD$1,855 per person

Includes: 5 nights accommodations tented camping, all meals and snacks, high performance road bikes and gear, guides, support vehicle, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Cost 6 Day Tour w/ Inns: From USD$2,565 per person, double occupancy / From USD$2,960 per person, single occupancy

Includes: 5 nights accommodations rustic and casual inns, all meals and snacks, high performance full suspension mountain bikes and gear, guides, sag wagon, park entrance fees, all ground transportation, taxes.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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Paddling and Rafting

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ALASKA

Trip Name: Talkeetna River Fly Out & Float Back

The Talkeetna River is renowned as Alaska’s best whitewater. It also boasts the spectacular scenery of the Talkeetna Mountains, and the Alaska Range with Denali (Mt. McKinley), and plenty of wildlife viewing, fishing, and wilderness hiking opportunities. .
Rated: Beginner to intermediate paddling skills- Class II, Class III, Class IV rapids

Itinerary

Day 1 – Morning bush plane flight from Talkeetna Airport with your guides over the Talkeetna Mountains to gravel bar on the Talkeetna River for lunch and put in. Float on Class II water to riverside camp at Prairie Creek. Spend the evening chatting around the campfire or fishing. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today is a big whitewater day as you paddle through miles of amazing, unending Class IV rapids of the Talkeetna River Canyon. Tonight’s camp at Disappointment Creek provides the opportunity for hiking with a guide, fishing, and gold panning. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – After Disappointment Creek the river becomes a wide floodplain river, so today’s float is mellow with fantastic wildlife sightings and views of the majestic Alaska Range and Mt. McKinley (Denali) – if clouds are not obscuring its peak. You’ll float back to the take out point in Talkeetna in the late afternoon where the tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates:
2010 dates according to your schedule June through August

Cost: From USD$1,750 per person

Includes: 2 nights wilderness tented camping accommodation, all meals, snacks and beverages on river, guides, dry suits, neoprene booties, dry sacks, tents, sleeping bags, ground cloths, all rafting and fishing equipment, charter bush plane flight from Talkeetna to put in on Talkeetna River, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, fishing license, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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ALASKA

Trip Name: Tana River Fly Out & Float Back

Located in southeastern Alaska in the heart of the Wrangell St. Elias National Park – America’s largest National Park, the Tana River begins at the Bagley Icefield, Bering and Malaspina glaciers. Flanked by the Chugach and St. Elias mountain ranges, it offers plenty of wildlife viewing and fishing opportunities, as well as an opportunity to explore the old gold rush towns and mines of McCarthy and Kennecott. 6 days Tana River headwaters to Chitina.
Rated: Beginner to expert paddling skills / Class II & IV Rapids

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Anchorage and depart for the old mining town of McCarthy. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – You’ll explore the living ghost town of McCarthy and the famous Kennecott Mine – one of the richest deposits of high grade copper ore ever found in US history. Afternoon bush plane flight from McCarthy to gravel bar on the Tana River for dinner and camp. (dinner)

Day 3 – Float downstream to the glacial sand dunes with views of the peaks of the Wrangell Mountains, then enter the rapids of the Tana Canyon, known for large holes and huge, long wave trains. The canyon ends and camp is reached about 5-6 miles later. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – The Tana River flows into the Chitina River and flattens out offering opportunities for fossil hunting during the lunch stop. Camp near the confluence of the Chitina and Nizina rivers. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Sightings of grizzlies and bald eagles are common as you continue floating toward the Copper River. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Float into the town of Chitina and take out. Lunch in Chitina and shuttle back to Anchorage where the tour ends. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
2010 dates according to your schedule June through August

Cost: From USD$3,300 per person

Includes: 5 nights accommodations – 1 night hotel, 4 nights wilderness tented camping accommodation, all meals, snacks and beverages on river, guides, all rafting and fishing equipment, charter bush plane flight from McCarthy to put in on Tana River, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, fishing license, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, gratuities for guides, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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ARIZONA

Trip Name: Grand Canyon Hike & Colorado River Rafting

Experience the Grand Canyon, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and a National Parks icon, and the legendary Colorado River in two magnificent, life changing ways. This 8 day trip begins with a 10 mile hike from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon down the Bright Angel Trail through eons of geologic time to Phantom Ranch on the mighty Colorado River where your adrenaline-charged river trip begins. Your journey ends 135 miles downriver at Diamond Creek. Along the way, there are many opportunities for hiking up into spectacular side canyons.
Rated: Strenuous hiking in desert environment/Moderate to high fitness level required.

The rapids of the Colorado River are renowned for their radically varying degrees of difficulty and the River has been given its own rapids classification system from 1 (easy) to 10 (most difficult), while all other rivers are classified from Class I to Class VI.

Itinerary

NOTE: Because there are many wonderful side canyons from which to choose to hike into and riverside beaches for camping, no two trips will be identical, however, your itinerary will look something like the following:

Day 1 – Meet your guide early in the morning on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and begin hiking down through billions of years of earth’s geologic history. You’ll arrive around midday at Phantom Ranch and your raft launch area where you’ll board your raft with your guides and begin your memorable trip down the legendary Colorado River. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Today you’ll enter the take on a series of heartpounding rapids, some of which are known as the “Jewels” with names like Crystal – Class 10, Sapphire – Class 7, and Ruby – Class 6-7. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – In addition to riding some Class 4 to Class 9 rapids, you’ll have the opportunity to hike up into a beautiful green spot called Elves Chasm created by Royal Arch Creek with waterfall, flowers, and extensive travertine deposits. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Today you’ll ride Class 4 to Class 7 rapids, then float the Middle Granite Gorge where the river cuts into the bottom and oldest layer of the Grand Canyon, before taking on some Class 5 to Class 9 rapids. You’ll also have the opportunity to hike a couple of very pretty side canyons with pools, waterfalls and beautifully sculpted narrows. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Ride through Granite Narrows, where the Colorado River is just 76 feet wide, its narrowest point in the Grand Canyon. Hike to Deer Creek Falls. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – Raft through Class 3 to Class 7 rapids then stop for a hike up Olo Canyon or Matkat Canyon or continue on river to Havasupai Canyon renowned for its turquoise blue travertine pools and waterfalls. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 7 – As you ride downriver you’ll pass Vulcan’s Anvil, an ancient lava vent rising up in the middle of the river. Then it’s time to ride the notorious Class 10 Lava Falls. It’s the biggest rapid in the Grand Canyon, and a ride you’ll remember for the rest of your life. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 8 – As you get back into the raft for one last ride through the rapids into the Lower Granite Gorge to the take out point at Diamond Creek, you’ll be sad to see this awesome adventure end. You’ll be shuttled to the town of Peach Springs on the South Rim to clean up and have lunch, then you’ll be transported to Las Vegas where your tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
8 Day Raft & Hike with Camping: April 14-21, June 3-10, July 9-16, August 4-11, September 16-23, October 7-14

Cost: From USD$2,360 per person

Includes: 7 nights riverside camping meals, all meals, snacks and bottled water while on the river, guides and support team, camping equipment, permits, transportation from Diamond Creek to Las Vegas, NV, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, $12 Grand Canyon National Park entrance fee, gratuities for guides and support team members, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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ARIZONA

Trip Name: Oar Powered Trip Through the Grand Canyon

Experience and truly apprecaiate the awesome power of the legendary Colorado River in an oar powered raft for 225 miles – all the way from the put in point Lees Ferry at the upper end of the Canyon to the Diamond Creek take-out point. through Class III, IV & V rapids. There are many opportunities along the way to hike into spectacular side canyons on this awesome 13 day trip.
Rated: Strenuous hiking in desert environment/Moderate to high fitness level required.

Itinerary

NOTE: Because there are many wonderful side canyons from which to choose to hike into and riverside beaches for camping, no two trips will be identical, however, your itinerary will look something like the following:

Day 1 – Meet the tour in Las Vegas early in the morning and travel to Lees Ferry at the upper east end of the of the Grand Canyon where you’ll board the rafts and begin your amazing journey through geologic time as you ride the mighty Colorado River. (lunch, dinner)

Day 2 – Ride the lively “Roaring 20s” rapids rated Class 3 to Class 7, and swim in the cold pools near Silver Grotto. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 3 – Float past the site that was proposed, and the proposal defeated, in the 1960’s for the Redwall Dam which would have raised the water in this part of the Canyon hundreds of feet creating a lake that would have covered the Canyon almost all the way back to Lees Ferry. Opportunities to hike up into side canyons, caves, and waterfalls. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 4 – Opportunity to hike up into Nankoweap Canyon to the ancient graneries used by the Ancestral Puebloan/Anasazi Indians. Float past the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers. During spring snowmelt and summer storms the Little Colorado carries a tremendous amount of silt and is muddy brown. In dry spells, it is a mineral laden turquoise blue. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 5 – Ride the Class 6 to Class 8 rock garden rapids – Unkar, Nevills, and Hance. Enter Upper Granite Gorge and see the Great Unconformity.. This represents a gap of 1.7 billion year in geologic with many layers additional of rock missing between between the Unkar Group and those immediately under it from the Lower Precambrian Period. Your ride intensifies as the Canyon’s walls close in and you enter Sockdolager (Knockout Blow) – Class 8-9, Grapevine – Class 8, and Zoraster – Class 5-8 rapids. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 6 – You’ll have the opportunity to hike, make phone calls, buy postcards and souvenirs at Phantom Ranch before you get back in the rafts and tackle Bright Angel – Class 4, Pipe Springs – Class 4-5, and Horn Creek – Class 8 rapids. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 7 – Today you’ll enter the take on a series of heartpounding rapids, some of which are known as the “Jewels” with names like Crystal – Class 10, Sapphire – Class 7, and Ruby – Class 6-7. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 8 – In addition to riding some Class 4 to Class 9 rapids, you’ll have the opportunity to hike up into a beautiful green spot called Elves Chasm created by Royal Arch Creek with waterfall, flowers, and extensive travertine deposits. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 9 – Today you’ll ride Class 3 to Class 7 rapids through the Middle Granite Gorge as the river cuts into the bottom and oldest layer of the Grand Canyon, and have the opportunity to hike a couple of very pretty side canyons with pools, waterfalls and beautifully sculpted narrows. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 10 – Ride through the Granite Narrows where the Colorado River is just 76 feet wide, its narrowest point in the Grand Canyon. Hike to Deer Creek Falls. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 11 – Raft through lesser rapids then stop for a hike up Olo Canyon or Matkat Canyon or continue on river to Havasupai Canyon renowned for its turquoise blue travertine pools and waterfalls. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 12 – As you ride downriver you’ll pass Vulcan’s Anvil, an ancient lava vent rising up in the middle of the river. Then it’s time to ride the notorious Class V Lava Falls. It’s the biggest rapid in the Grand Canyon, and a ride you’ll remember for the rest of your life. (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 13 – As you get back into the raft for one last ride through the rapids into the Lower Granit Gorge to the take out point at Diamond Creek, you’ll be sad to see this awesome river adventure end. You’ll be shuttled to the town of Peach Springs on the South Rim to clean up and have lunch, then you’ll be transported to Las Vegas where your tour will end. (breakfast, lunch)

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Trip Dates
13 Day Tour with Camping: April 9-21, July 4-16, July 30-August 11, September 11-23, October 2-14

Cost: From USD$3,390 per person

Includes: 12 nights riverside camping meals, all meals, snacks and bottled water while on river, guides and support team, camping equipment, permits and entrance fees, round trip transportation from Las Vegas, NV to Grand Canyon, taxes.

Does Not Include: Roundtrip airfare and transportation from home city to start of tour, pre tour or post tour lodging arrangements, $12 Grand Canyon National Park entrance fee, gratuities for guides and support team members, travel insurance.

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this trip.

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COLORADO

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Family Adventures

USA

ARIZONA

Trip Name: Introduction to Mountain Biking on North Rim Grand Canyon

This 5-day tour on flat and gently rolling trails through beautiful ponderosa forests and quaking aspens, with humbling panoramic views of the Grand Canyon from its less visited North Rim, is a dream ride for novice riders who want to learn riding and bike handling skills in one of most beautiful, unforgettable places on earth.
Rated: Moderate fitness level/ Easy terrain/ 55-65 miles.

Itinerary

We can customize this trip to your request. Please contact us!

2010 Tour Dates Exclusively for Families
5 Day Tour with Camping: June 28-July 2, July 12-16, August 9-13

Cost: From USD$1,450 per person

Call us at 713-492-0179 to learn more and reserve your space on this awesome trip.

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