We provide pickups from Tucson Airport (TUS) and nearby hotels. After registration, you’ll receive a list of recommended hotels for early arrivals. Please share your arrival and departure details, including flight numbers.

Flying into Phoenix (PHX) is also an option—rent a car or book a Groome shuttle to Tucson’s Speedway stop. Renting a car in Tucson is another convenient choice. Travel details will be sent after your reservation is confirmed.

Once at the house, you’ll enjoy a chef-prepared lunch while our mechanics build or fit bikes. When everyone is ready, we’ll head out for a relaxed afternoon shakeout ride.

Arrival Spin

20-25 miles & 1,000′ – 1,500′

Surfaces: Pavement

Start the day with a leisurely breakfast, coffee, and an optional core or stretching session before rolling out to one of the best road cycling routes in Tucson, Arizona—Saguaro East National Park.

This Tucson classic features sweeping desert views, twisty turns, and a steady mid-ride climb. The highlight is the park’s famous 8-mile one-way loop, surrounded by one of the world’s largest populations of towering Saguaro cacti. It’s a ride that blends challenge, beauty, and unforgettable desert scenery.

Saguaro East National Park

30-55+ miles & 1,500′ – 3,000′

Surfaces: Pavement

Often called the best cycling climb in Tucson—and one of the top climbs in North America—Mount Lemmon is the crown jewel of desert riding. Rising from the edge of Tucson, this legendary ascent winds through the Catalina Mountains, topping out over 8,000 feet. It’s no wonder many professional cyclists train in Tucson each winter for access to this climb.

From The Cycling House, riders spin 4–10 miles to the base before tackling the full 21-mile ascent. Along the way, you’ll gain nearly 5,500 feet at a steady 5–8% grade, with mile markers, elevation signs, and spectacular desert-to-alpine views keeping you motivated.

The payoff is unforgettable: a fast, smooth descent on pristine pavement with sweeping turns all the way back to Tucson. With the right pacing, fueling, and determination, Mount Lemmon is a challenge within reach—and an absolute highlight of any Tucson cycling vacation.

Mount Lemmon

30-58 miles with 3,500′ – 7,100′ 

Surfaces: Pavement

With more than 100 miles of dedicated, car-free paths, The Loop is Tucson’s premier multi-use paved trail system and a favorite for cyclists looking to spin easy or tack on extra miles. We typically ride The Loop after two big climbing days or as a warm-up before Mount Lemmon.

Flat and scenic, The Loop is the perfect recovery ride in Tucson if your legs need a break. But if you’re craving more, today is all about options—extend the ride, add climbing, or keep it relaxed.

We’ll wrap up the day at La Chaiteria, our staff’s favorite Mexican restaurant, with a group lunch before shuttling back to The Cycling House. Prefer to ride home? Our staff loves to add miles and pedal home post-lunch.

 On the way home, we will stop at the El Tour De Tucson expo to pick up packets.

Today’s ride: Gates Pass

32-42+ miles & 500′-1,500′

Surfaces: Pavement

El Tour De Tucson

Today, guests can ride the iconic El Tour De Tucson Gran Fondo. Our team will shuttle guests to downtown Tucson for their appropriate start times. After the ride, everyone will enjoy the festivities downtown and lunch before being shuttled home.

Parker Canyon

No worries if you don’t want to ride El Tour De Tucson. Instead, guests can ride the staff favorite, Parker Canyon, which showcases a different side of Arizona cycling. Today we leave the Sonoran Desert behind and head into the rolling grasslands of Southern Arizona—home to vineyards and Arizona’s emerging wine country. The scenery is wide open, quiet, and unforgettable.

After logging miles through Southern Arizona’s backroads, we’ll enjoy a picnic lunch at the finish before shuttling back to Tucson.

Tonight we will celebrate a fun week with a fiesta dinner.

El Tour De Tucson

• 33 miles & 550′
• 63 miles & 1,700′
• 102 miles & 2,900′ 

Parker Canyon

41-58 miles & 3,400′ – 4,400′ 

Surfaces: Pavement

Shuttles will run to the Tucson airport all morning, with the last shuttle leaving at 11 a.m. Please email us your departure times.

For those who don’t depart Tucson early, you are welcome to go on an optional self-guided ride on a nearby route.

Today’s Plan: Departure Day

Checkout by 11 a.m.