Guests will arrive in Montana, and our staff will do Glacier International (FCA) and hotel pickups. After you register, we will email a list of suggested hotels for guests planning to arrive early. Please email us your arrival/departure plans, including flight numbers.

Everyone will have time to settle into the accomodations and enjoy our first chef-prepared meal.

After lunch, our mechanics will work on building guest bikes or fitting people to their rentals. We will depart for an afternoon shakeout spin once all the bikes are ready, and all the guests have arrived.

Our arrival day spin will be an out-and-back route into Glacier National Park for a small taste of what lies ahead. On the way back, we will make a quick stop for an optional swim in the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Once we return, we will have time to relax before our camp briefings and dinner.

Today’s Ride: Arrival Spin

Arrival day ride: Shorter: 20-28 miles & 1,300-1,800′

Accommodations: Glacier Guides Lodge

Going to the Sun Road is a bucket-list ride with some of the best views you will ever see from the saddle. The climb is just under 11 miles long and gains 3,200 feet with an average grade of 5%. The road crosses the Continental Divide, topping out at Logan Pass before descending to Saint Mary Lake. The view from Logan Pass is spectacular and well worth a stop. You may spot some wildlife, including mountain goats, marmots, black bears, and grizzlies. We’ll get an early start to avoid traffic on this memorable day on the bike.

As we exit Glacier National Park, we will have a picnic lunch and shuttle option. 

Guests looking for more miles will continue up St Marys Pass to Looking Glass Pass, the final pass of the day. If you choose to shuttle post-lunch, don’t worry; you will have a crack at Looking Glass Pass the next day. 

We’ll spend the night at Jacobson Cottages in East Glacier, originally an Amtrak stop on the outskirts of Glacier National Park. We will spend two nights at Jacobson Cottages.

Today’s ride: Going-to-the-Sun-Road

51-71 miles &  3,500-5,200′

Accommodations: Jacobson Cottages

After a big day in the saddle, nobody will complain about having another day to explore the wonders of Glacier National Park. There is no need to re-pack your bag this morning; we enjoy another day in East Glacier at Jacobson Cottages.

After a relaxing morning and breakfast, we will head North towards Two Medicine, a beautiful part of Glacier National Park with less traffic. We will have an option to hike, or guests can head back towards Looking Glass Pass. Looking Glass is a staff favorite and one of the best rides in Montana! Even if you did it the day before, it’s worth doing it again.

Today’s ride: Two Medicine and Looking Glass

30-37 miles & 2,500-3,300′

Accommodations: Jacobson Cottages

We’ll shuttle to Monarch (2.5 hours) from East Glacier and get off the beaten path on this spectacularly scenic route. The first 20 miles climb gradually towards the day’s high point – the Showdown Ski area, where we’ll stop for lunch at 7,200 feet. After lunch, there’s a net loss into White Sulphur Springs, where we will stay at The Spa Hot Springs Motel. Guests can soak in the thermal hot springs and stroll an authentic Montana town.

Today’s Ride: Kings Hill Scenic Byway

40-53 miles & 2,500 – 3,600′

Accommodations: Spa Hot Springs Motel

Today’s routes will take us South towards Red Lodge, and the base of Beartooth Pass. We will spend the next two nights at The Pollard Inn in Red Lodge, Montana.

Gravel curios? Our staff favorite for today is the 33-mile route from Two Dot to Melville. It includes 25 miles of hard-packed gravel, and the views are spectacular! The gravel can be ridden on a 28c tire. We start with a 30 minute van shuttle to Two Dot. Post ride, we will have a picnic lunch in Melville before shuttling the rest of the way to Red Lodge (1 hour 45 minutes).

No worries if you don’t want to ride gravel. For the full pavement option, we will start the day with the 3 hour van shuttle to Red Lodge. Once in Red Lodge we will have lunch and then do an afternoon ride up the West Fork. It’s a beautiful ride, and you can easily cut out the ride up the Ski hill to make this day shorter. We want everyone feeling fresh for Beartooth Pass.

Today’s Ride: Crazy Mountains 

33 miles & 2,000′ *Includes 25 miles of hard packed gravel,*

25 miles & 2,500′ *Full pavement*

Accommodations: The Pollard Hotel

We decided riding one bucket-list ride wasn’t enough for this trip, so we added Beartooth Pass. The ride starts in Montana and crosses into Wyoming, climbing many hairpin turns to the summit at 10,947 feet before circling back into Montana. You’ll get spectacular views of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, home to 25 peaks soaring over 12,000 feet. The climb is worth the effort; you get views in both directions since it’s out-and-back. The ride is reminiscent of the Galibier, a famous route in the Tour de France, with most of the climb above the tree line.

Our final night at The Pollard Inn in Red Lodge, Montana.

Celebrate our final evening together in Red Lodge.

Today’s Ride: Beartooth Pass

53-70 miles & 5,300- 8,000′

Accommodations: The Pollard Hotel

Shuttles will run to the Billings International Airport (BIL) and local hotels all morning, with the last shuttle leaving at 10 a.m. Please email us your departure times.

Today’s plan: Departure Day

We’ll be running shuttles to the Billings airport (BIL) for those that are flying out (1 hr 15 min shuttle).