Durango Trails Mountain Biking: Mixed Group Tour

Pricing

Solo - $130
Small Group (2-3) - $90/person
Large Group (4-6) - $80/person

Duration

2-3 Hours

About

Durango is full of so many amazing mountain biking trails to choose from. Let us do the planning and help your group have the experience you all desire. This tour is highly customizable. We can head to some very beginner-friendly trails, or get after some Durango classic loops! We love being in the saddle and teaching techniques or opening up the terrain and showing you some of our favorite, more advanced trails. Either way we are stoked, and want to support you in having fun and pushing your unique limits. All of our guides are longtime bicyclists, who can help adjust your bike to be more comfortable or fix a flat tire on the fly. They are trained in wilderness medicine (WFR certified) and have your safety as their number one priority from start to finish, with the size of your smile as a close second!

Additional Tour Details

There are so many trails to go ride in Durango, but most of the time it can be quite hard to determine which are the best ones for your family/group. Utilize our vast experiences of ripping these trails, and let us plan a couple-hour ride that will leave you feeling accomplished and stoked on the ground we covered together. We love teaching little tips and tricks to navigate terrain better. We also are happy to leave the tips behind and just open it up on some fantastic single track with guests that have been mountain biking for a while. Let us know your skillset and desires, and we will be happy to curate your group an unforgettable experience. Feel free to bring your own bike if you have it with you, otherwise we partner with 2nd Avenue Sports for all of our rental needs at a very reasonable price (not included in the tour price, see additional bike rental rates above). Their fleet is constantly upgraded, which makes for a really fun ride even if you do have your own bike. They will have the right bike adjusted to your height and weight ahead of time, and Meraki will pick up the bikes and helmets before the tour. The options are endless, and we are excited to curate the best experience for your unique group. Please do not hesitate to call or email us with any questions before booking this tour. We are happy to answer all of your questions and make sure you end up on the best tour that fits your group well!

Location

We have access to a variety of trail options including The Aqueduct Trail system in Mancos for our most beginner-friendly, to Horse Gulch, Overend Mountain Park, Twin Buttes, and Dalla Mountain Park for those with a bit or lots of experience mountain biking. All of these trails are between 6,600 and 7,400ft in elevation, which for many traveling from out of town is great for acclimatization compared to the high elevation trails around 10,00ft! This makes for a great adventure day earlier on in your trip before you go exploring in the big mountains nearby.

What’s Included

• Use of our Osprey Daylite Plus backpacks (20L volume)
• Professional instruction on mountain biking technique and form.
• Snacks: Guides will provide a variety of snacks for guests to pack into their daypacks at the trailhead if they would like.
• Transportation to and from your lodging (within 5 miles of Durango’s city center) or an established meeting location
• Pick-up and drop-off of your rental bike and helmet from 2nd Ave Sports.
• A medically trained and well experienced mountain biking guide, aware of local dangers and how to mitigate them, who is excited to share their passion for the outdoors with you; as well as their favorite places to eat in town!

What's Not Included

• The cost to rent a 2024 mountain bike; which is an additional $40, if you would like to rent a bike.
• Rain jacket and a variety of layers
• Appropriate footwear
• Lodging
• Personalized Snacks
• Trip and Medical Insurance
• Water bottles/water bladders (ability to carry 2 liters is required)
• Guide Gratuity

Transportation/Pick-Up Locations

Meraki guides are happy to pick you up from your place of lodging, as long as it is within 5 miles of Durango’s city center. If you are staying farther outside of town we will establish a spot to meet and transport you from there, or we can meet at the. If you are booking a “Mixed Group Tour”, please recognize your guide will be making multiple stops to pick up and drop off guests. Please be on time with your set pick up time to avoid delaying the entire tour. Guides will drop off guests in the order that makes the most sense to them.

FAQs

• Do I need to have good physical fitness to do this tour?
  You do not need to be in ‘good physical fitness’ to do this tour. This tour is highly modifiable and your guide will do their best to create an experience that matches your level of fitness and desires. For this reason and others, it is very important that you fill out the health profile section of the Registration Form with complete accuracy. Not doing so may put yourself, others in the group, and/or the guide at risk of serious injury or even death. Please provide all pertinent health information and let us design a tour that fits you well. You just need to have enough physical fitness to carry a light backpack and bike for the duration of the tour, with multiple breaks along the way.

• Is there a minimum age required to do this tour?
  There is not a minimum age to do this tour. If you are planning to bring your little ones who may bike much slower and need more breaks than your average adult, please book a private tour and your guide will be happy to move at the pace of your family’s needs. If you are not booking a private tour, we ask that all guests are at least 5 years old and are able to bike for the entire duration of the tour. Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns about the appropriateness of bringing your child. Any guest under the age of 18 needs to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

• How does tipping work with these tours?
  Guides put a lot of work into preparing your tour, running it safely, and doing their best to make your smile large and send you home with great memories; and then clean and store gear. Gratuity is not expected, but it is greatly appreciated. If you thought your guide did a great job keeping you safe, teaching you about the area and accommodating your needs, gratuities usually range between 15-20% of the tour price.

What to Bring

• Rain Jacket (even if the weather calls for pure sunshine, that isn’t always accurate and it can change quickly here)
• A variety of clothing layers to adjust to speed of movement and varying weather conditions that will likely occur. Athletic clothing is preferred.
• A hat to protect from the intense Colorado sun
• Sunglasses
• Long sleeve sunshirt (not required, but definitely recommended for this environment)
• Sunscreen
• Your all-time favorite trail snacks
• 2 liters of water. (We will have a large water jug in the vehicle to top up water bottles at the trailhead.)
• Appropriate footwear: The mountain bikes come with standard flat pedals, unless otherwise requested. We recommend a solid hiking shoe or boot for our mountain biking tours.