If you haven’t traveled with us from Las Vegas, our tour meets at Ruby’s Inn, near Bryce Canyon at 4:30pm. We’ll hop in the van for a quick 90-minute shuttle to Escalante, our home for the next few nights. The meeting will be held at Escalante Outfitters, our base cabin for four nights. We will meet our cabin hosts and have dinner, safety orientation, and introductions. Cabins | Escalante Outfitters

Our adventure begins with a shuttle to the south side of the Aquarius Plateau in the high elevations of the Dixie National Forest. We start with a nine-mile ride to the Great Western Trail, and Willow Bottom Reservoir, where we meet our support vehicle and stop for lunch. After lunch we’ll enjoy the exhilarating singletrack of the Barker Loops. While riding the Loops, we’ll pass by approximately five mountain lakes, Yellow Lake, Blue Lake, Flat Lake, and Lower Barker and Barker Lakes. Continuing on a double track descent of 2,000 feet over six miles, we’ll arrive at the old Escalante logging road. From here, we’ll descend another 2,100 feet to Escalante through high desert scenery. Along the way, we’ll have the opportunity to explore Indian ruins that date back nearly 1,000 years. A short shuttle will take us back to the cabins. Total Mileage | 30 miles Cabins | Escalante Outfitters Terrain | Jeep Road & Singletrack, Some Van Support

A morning shuttle takes us to the north side of the Aquarius Plateau where we start our morning with a three-mile descent on the Gap Trail to a section of the Great Western Trail. The section we’ll be riding is one of the most technical and remote rides we offer on any trip! Riding along this mountain singletrack, we climb 2,500 feet and descend 3,300 feet over 15 miles. We’ll stop at Posey Lake where, time permitting, we’ll have the opportunity to do some hiking. Our day finishes with a 3,000-foot descent (dirt road) back to the cabins. Total Mileage | 15-25 miles Cabins | Escalante Outfitters Terrain | Singletrack, No Van Support

A shuttle takes us back to Posey Lake where we continue along the Great Western Trail through the five-mile Hodge Podge section. The ride is challenging with one hike-a-bike section. The ride descends to Blue Spruce Creek and our truck. After a quick snack, we’ll ascend 1,400 feet of fire road to Hell’s Backbone, an area that looks into the Death Hollow Wilderness and our lunch stop. After lunch, we’ll hop into the van and shuttle to the Calf Creek Falls Trailhead. On the way to the falls we will see pictographs and storage structures left by the Anasazi Indians. We’ll finish the day with a cold, refreshing dip in a pool that’s fed by a 128-foot waterfall. A shuttle will take us back to the cabins. Total Mileage | 24 miles biking, 6 hiking Cabins | Escalante Outfitters Terrain | Singletrack & Jeep Road, No Van Support

After a quick shuttle to the Escalante Canyon Pass, nestled in the mountains of the Dixie National Forest, we’ll start with a tough 1,500-foot climb to Barney Top (el: 10,557 feet). The scenery up here is incredible, with views looking back into the Escalante Desert. For the next five miles, we’ll descend doubletrack to the Powell Point trailhead. An eight-mile out and back ride takes us to the highest plateau in North America. We’ll be sitting at an elevation of 10,188 feet as we take in the views. After lunch on a high overlook, the next six miles descends 2,000 feet down to Pine Lake and The Pines Hotel, tonight’s stay. *Since we’ll be riding through some of the remotest backcountry around, most of today is spent riding without a support vehicle. Total Mileage | 25 miles Cabins | The Pines Terrain | Jeep Road, No Van Support

Today’s ride takes us to Thunder Mountain—one of the most scenic trails we have ever found…on any trip! This trail takes us around huge red hoodoos, through canyons, and into green pine forests. We’ll shuttle back to Ruby’s Inn to conclude the tour. Total Mileage | 9 miles Terrain | Singletrack, No Van Support