Death Valley & Red Rock Mountain MTB
Leaving the tourist spots behind, we mountain bike into the surprising backcountry of Death Valley. Ride along ancient mining tracks and ghost towns and cycle seldom-traveled dirt roads into the backside of Red Rock Canyon. Finally, cycling the mustang trails will complete your appreciation for the untamed Spirit of the Mojave!
Highlights
- Death Valley NP: Dante ‘s View, Badwater, Mustard Canyon.
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Details
| Type | Mountain bike, E-mountain bike |
| Duration | 5 days |
| Level | Moderate |
| Support | Guided |
| Daily distance | 12 -25 mi |
| Total distance | 160 mi |
| Group size | min. 6 max. 13 |
| Lodging | Camping |
| Bicycle | Not included |
| Month | February, March, April, October, November |
| Start | Las Vegas |
| Finish | Las Vegas |
| States or country | California, Nevada |
| Airport start | Las Vegas McCarran Int. Airport (LAS) |
| Airport finish | Las Vegas McCarran Int. Airport (LAS) |
Starting from $ 1,839.00
*Please note the prices are subject to change depending availability *
Itinerary
Elevation Range: 0 – 6,000 ft.
Day 1: Death Valley National Park, Spicer Ranch
After meeting in Las Vegas we shuttle to Beatty, Nevada and the all new Spicer Ranch Mountain Bike Park. This park is purpose built mountain bike trails meshed with wild burro trails making a fantastic array of riding! Plutonium Ridge (our favorite), takes us far into the backcountry of the Mojave Desert overlooking Beatty Wash. After descending a fast ridge line back to Spicer Ranch, and if your legs are willing, try out the Dynamite Trail. Exhilarating 2 mile loop!
Total Mileage: 11-15 miles Terrain: 100% singletrack No van support
Day 2: Titus Canyon
Titus Canyon – A short 30 minute shuttle takes us to Titus Canyon where we’ll ride up and over White Pass and Red Pass to the top of the Grapevine Mountains. The reward for our climb? A scenic 5,600-foot descent through Titus’ increasingly narrow canyon walls to the valley floor. After this spectacular ride, we’ll shuttle back to our camp in Monarch Canyon.
Total mileage: 15 – 26 miles Terrain: 100% Jeep road 100% van support
Day 3: Chloride Cliffs
Chloride Cliffs – Leaving camp, we ride up the old Chloride Cliffs jeep road for a rare king-of-the-hill view of both the Badwater lowlands and Mt. Whitney. Today’s highlight is a chance to prospect abandoned crystal mines in the top of the mountain. Later, we’ll descend nearly 2,000 feet back to camp! In the afternoon, an optional two-mile hike through Monarch Canyon offers the opportunity to explore a ghosted stamping mill and a clear portal view from atop a seasonal waterfall.
Total mileage: 12 miles + 2 mile hike Terrain 100% Jeep road No van support
Day 4: Sand Dunes and Cottonwood Valley
After packing up, we descend to the bottom of Death Valley on mountain bikes to Mesquite Sand Dunes. Here we will have an hour to explore the beauty of Death Valley and the relaxing wind blown dunes under our feet. Take a quick stop at Stovepipe Wells for some ice cream and lunch than its off to Red Rock Canyon, West Las Vegas. Once in Red Rock, get ready for some of the fastest, finest single-track in the west! We’ll follow some of our favorite trails in Cottonwood Valley for the remainder of the afternoon before retiring in the Element Hotel. We will be having dinner at Bonnie Springs, Old Nevada Ghost Town. Can you say rustic?
Total Mileage: 19 – 30 miles Terrain: 50% paved, 50% Singletrack, partial van support
Day 5: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area -Mustang Trails
We start our final day riding Red Rock’s Mustang Trail single-track system. Initially stomped out by horses and burros over 100 years ago, these trails are now shared by mountain bikers and wild mustang descendant’s who roam free and are protected in the National Conservation Area. We then ride to the small town of Blue Diamond for lunch before shuttling back to Las Vegas.
Total mileage: 12 – 15 miles Terrain: 100% Singletrack No van support.
* This is a general itinerary. Tour itineraries are subject to change based on the group, available accommodations and other unforeseen circumstances such as the weather, local conditions, government intervention, that may affect the quality of the trip and/or safety of the participants. Please view this itinerary as an outline as to what to expect on this tour.
Bicycle
Specialized Full Suspension mountain bike $ 380.-
The Stumpjumper FSR 29er may be the most amazing designed alloy bike ever made. It will exceed all of your expectations of how a trail bike should ride. 1X11 gearing, hydraulic brakes, and the latest and best suspension technology available
Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Full Suspension $ 460.-
With the all-new Stumpjumper Expert, we’ve bottled up that “new bike day” feeling and put it into a radical new trail bike so agile, so lively, so in-tune with the trail, that it feels like an extension of your body. Levitate up the climbs. Decimate the descents. The Stumpjumper Expert is going to make you rethink how a trail bike should ride.
Specialized Turbo Levo FSR Full Suspension eMountainbike $ 677.-
The Turbo Levo FSR Comp 6Fattie 650b has the perfect blend of trail performance, proper handling, technology, and durability, delivering you the power to ride more trails, longer, more comfortably.
Lodging
This trip features scenic, primitive campsites with no running water. At each of the primitive camps we utilize our own portable toilet, and exercise a leave-no-trace policy. There are hot showers available Day 3 and Night 4; all other nights a solar shower will be available. Cell phone service is extremely spotty during the entire trip, with no service available at our campsites. Our last night we’ll stay inside Red Rock Canyon at the Bonnie Springs, a classic inn with its own reconstructed frontier town.
It may be the Mojave “desert” and home to some of the hottest temperatures on record, but it sure gets cold at night. Bring a beanie cap and some layers.
Camp gear package rental; includes a tent, sleeping pad, raised cot, sleeping bag, sleeping bag liner, full size pillow, and ground tarp. $108.-
Included:
- A remote camping tour
- Excellent meals and support.
- Snacks and sport-drinks during the day.
- Guides are experienced facilitators and regional experts.
- Back-country permits, licenses, park fees
- Community Gear (camp chairs, large tents etc.)
Not included:
- Airfare to and from our departure point,
- Lodging before or after the tour,
- Personal camping gear, possible to rent $108.-
- Rental bike
- Gratuity to guides.
Pricing / Tour dates
Tour price 2024: $ 1839.- pp
Camp gear package rental; includes a tent, sleeping pad, raised cot, sleeping bag, sleeping bag liner, full size pillow, and ground tarp. $108.-
Rental bike:
Specialized Full Suspension mountain bike $ 380.-
Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Full Suspension $ 460.-
Specialized Turbo Levo FSR Full Suspension eMountainbike $ 677.-
Tour dates 2024:
30 Sep – 04 Oct
07 Oct – 11 Oct
14 Oct -18 Oct
21 Oct – 25 Oct
28 Oct – 01 Nov
04 Nov – 08 Nov
Conditions
Deposit $500.- pp
The deposit payment for a tour must be paid within two weeks after the booking is confirmed.
The remaining payment is due 90 days before the start of the tour.
For tours that are booked within 90 days before the start of the tour you will pay 100% of the tour price
Information
Our food isn’t just good, it’s good for you.
Food is a big part of the experience. Our guides prepare all of your meals on our camping trips. Expect three delicious meals a day consisting entirely of freshly prepared foods. These include fresh organic fruits and vegetables as well as meats. We also have energy snacks aboard our support vehicles. Don’t be surprised if your guides purchase fresh fruits and healthy snacks throughout the day while you are out riding. They may just show up on the trail with a local treat! Many of our guests are vegans or vegetarians, whom we are more than happy to accommodate. If you have special diet requirements or limitations, just let us know when you sign-up and we’ll work with you to meet your needs.
