Western Spirit Cycling

Mountain Bikers love to eat and Western Spirit Cycling takes food seriously.
We have sophisticated coolers that keep our food fresh while traveling in
the backcountry.  Would you expect to have gourmet salads, lasagna, or
brownies in the backcountry?  You should when you travel with us.

Our guides are talented chefs and they have mastered the art of Dutch Oven
cooking.  Don’t expect to lose weight when you come on a mountain bike tour with Western Spirit.

We are also proud to be sponsored by Clif Bar and Bear Naked.  Clif Bar has
been nurturing us with their organic goodness for years and we are
incredibly grateful.  Bear Naked makes the best granola you have ever
tasted.

If you like to eat as much as you like to ride your bike a mountain bike
tour with Western Spirit should be on your short list of upcoming vacations.

We all want to do our part to have less of an impact on the environment.
One way in which we can do that is to travel with respect for the
environment and choose a green vacation.

Western Spirit Cycling trips are supported by one vehicle that carries all
of the food and equipment to support thirteen guests and two guides.  We
practice Leave No Trace principles when traveling in the backcountry and
educate our guests on how to do the same.

The principles of Leave No Trace are Plan Ahead and Prepare, Travel and Camp
on Durable Surfaces, Dispose of Waste Properly, Leave What You Find,
Minimize Campfire Impacts, Respect Wildlife,  Be Considerate of Other
Visitors.  To learn more about Leave No Trace visit their website .

After spending a week sleeping outside under the stars and pedaling your
bicycle thru aspens or canyons you can’t help but have a greater
appreciation for the wilderness.

You may assume that it would be too warm to do a mountain bike trip around
Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks this summer.  The neat thing about the
way that we’ve structured our Bryce to Zion trip is that we camp in the
aspens for the majority of the trip.  Aspen trees typically grow around 7000
feet and that is what accounts for the cooler temperatures.

Our Bryce to Zion trip includes singletrack riding on the Virgin River Rim
Trail, dirt road riding, and hiking in both of the national parks.  The trip
Traverses between the high desert and mountain ecosystems, which provides an
amazing variety of plant life.  There are also cool bodies of water to swim
in at two of our camps.

If you’re looking for a diverse multi-sport vacation that includes mountain
biking, hiking, and swimming our Bryce to Zion trip would be an excellent
choice!

Es gibt einige große Land in den westlichen Vereinigten Staaten, und im Gegensatz zu Europa gibt es über weite Strecken Hinterland mit Hunderten von Kilometern zwischen der Ferne ähnelt etwas einem Dorf oder einer Stadt. Dennoch gibt es Meilen und Meilen von großer Trails da draußen, die sich ideal für Mountainbiking. Zur sicheren Aufenthalt und zur Vermeidung von Verschwendung Zeit gehen in die falsche Richtung, viele Menschen gehen Mountainbike mit einem Anbieter. Western Spirit Radfahren läuft 4 bis 6 Tage Reisen durch die USA Die Führer machen köstlichen Speisen und halten das Bier kalt. Wenn Sie planen eine Reise in die USA und wollen einige großartige Reiten Check-Out die Ausflüge in www.westernspirt.com .

I spent the last week in California guiding a Redwoods National Park family mountain bike trip .  In my mind, this is the perfect family summer vacation.  It
allows the family to play together without worrying about the logistics.
Your bike guides are also excellent chefs. They prepare food for even the
pickiest of kids (or adults).  The bike trip is structured so the family
bikes together in the morning and the parents do a more challenging ride in
the afternoon.  There are also fun hikes and time spent at the beach.  Our
family trips include an extra guide so there is more flexibility in
entertaining both the adults and the kids.

The Redwoods is a magical area of the country.  The temperatures were cool
and pleasant and the memories of both kids and adults playing hopscotch,
Frisbee, and Uno makes it difficult to be back in the office this week.

Stay tuned for a picture of one of the waterfalls.

-Angela

Immer mehr Europäer gehen auf Rad-Urlaub in den USA und Kanada. Viele gehen zu den  berühmten Rad-Destinationen wie Moab oder Whistler, die beide eine großartige Woche vom Reiten. Andere sind Beitritt geplanten Reise zu weiter entfernten Zielen wie Hinterland der Nordrand des Grand Canyon in Arizona oder die Umpqua River in Oregon Trail. Western Spirit Radfahren bietet Hunderte von planmäßigen Abflug zu einigen der besten Reiten in den USA Die meisten Fahrten dauern 4 bis 6 Tage  und sind mit einer Gruppe von Größe 10-13. Die Leitfäden für diese Reisen tun alles, das Kochen, und die Unterstützung durch alle Lkw-Getriebe. Ein West Spirit Radfahren Reise www.westernspirit.com ist eine großartige Möglichkeit, die besten Trails in den USA zu reiten.

Wow - another Bike Week is in the books and boy was it ever fun. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Bike Week here’s a quick intro. Bike Magazine’s publisher, Mr. Derek DeJonge invites his favorite advertisers out for a week of riding with Western Spirit Cycling. It all started six or seven years ago, but we missed one year in there. Regardless, this was the fifth installment and it did not disappoint.

The Western Spirit gang brought the group of 30 up to the majestic Red Canyon area of Southern Utah for this year’s edition. With a pre trip BBQ with none other than BearClaw, Matt Hunter & Andreas Hestler, three of Canada’s most prolific drinkers… er I mean riders, we we’re all feeling the altitude after we climbed over 8,000 vert in the WSC shuttle vehicles to the high country. For the next two days we rode such classics as Thunder Mountain (think a rollercoaster amusement park built of singletrack) and a 30 mile X-country classic in the Casto/ Losee canyons area. Each afternoon finished up w/ high five’s, cold beers and abundant food courtesy of the WSC guides. Campfire storiesgot bigger & bigger as more tequilla was passed around, culminating in Dr. Troy Rarick’s rendition of tinkerbell over the campfire. After waking up to 3" of fresh SNOW on the morning of Day 3, the group packed up the vans and shuttled back around to the famous Gooseberry Mesa, just outside of Hurricane, UT. The following day and a half consisted of more epic trail riding on Gooseberry & the GEM trail that led us right to the front door of Troy’s newest Over The Edge bike shop in Hurricane. The crew from BIKE agreed it was one of the best editions yet with some of the sweetest singletrack we’ve ever ridden.

Thanks go out to Sue Weiss, Simon Stewart and John Miner for their remarkable job guiding, cooking, bartending, wrenching, driving and strumming guitar -late into the night. More thanks to Derek and his crew at Bike Magazine, Quentin & DJ @ OTE/ Hurricane, Mr. Jude Monica at Magura for helping us lug around gear & bodies in his sweet as hell van and all the participants who really made it possible.

For a lot of us on the trip it’s one of the highlights of the year and reminds us why we’re in this industry in the first place. Good friends, good riding, food, beer, etc…….. it makes one’s life complete. Thanks for an awesome week everyone. See you in Vegas if not sooner,

Sevy

This 2-day camp is designed to introduce mountain biking to women who are new to the sport.  In just 2 days we will have you riding fun singletrack in the birthplace of mountain biking - Marin county.  For more information click here or call us at 800-845-2453.

Are there teenagers in your life? What are they doing this summer?  Will there be enough biking? Swimming? Camping and family bonding?  Are they apathetic and rebellious?  We have the cure. Here are two dates for you to consider:
July 7-11
July 28-August 1
Come join us in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Our family bike trips to the Black Hills are perfect for teenagers, ages 12-18. The riding is rip roaring fun and we camp on a lake every night.  Click here or just give us a call, 800-845-2453, for more details.
For the above dates, your kids ride for 40% off!  Pete Lindsay, one of the guides on these trips, has a secret formula for turning apathetic teenagers back into loving human beings!

Hope to see you on the trail,

Ashley

Esperamos que todos nuestros amigos Méxicanos y Españoles acepte nuestra invitación a unirse a nosotros en un espectacular viaje en bicicleta este año. Western Spirit Cycling es la principal empresa de viajes en bicicleta en los Estados Unidos.
Pedimos disculpas si en algún nuestra traducción no es 100% correcto - pero sí queremos que se extienda una invitación a todos los amigos de nuestros en Mexico y en España que se unan a nosotros en una hermosa y espectacular viaje en bicicleta este verano. Hay viajes y rutas en el hermoso desierto al suroeste, las frescas montañas de Oregon, e incluso el Gran Cañón!
Por favor, llámenos al 800-845-2453 para horarios de viaje, o visite www.westernspirit.com/Mtn-Map.html