PRESS RELEASE: Vacation River & Bike Expeditions facilitates entry to distant biking, climbing, and tenting terrain within the Maze District of Canyonlands

For rapid launch – Vacation River & Bike Expeditions, a frontrunner within the backcountry outfitting enterprise for greater than 55 years, expands their providing of 5-day biking journeys within the hard-to-access Maze District of Canyonlands Nationwide Park. Vacation has over 30 years of expertise guiding full service mountain biking excursions, providing each personal constitution journeys personalized to a bunch’s wants, or open seats for 1-7 visitors to order. Small group sizes not solely guarantee a extremely customizable journey, however assure a extra intimate backcountry expertise for all.

Good for the ‘work laborious, play laborious’ people.

Absolutely outfitted and supported so you will get essentially the most of your biking and climbing time.

Vacation River & Bike Expeditions began guiding White Rim Path mountain biking journeys in 1991. As demand grew and repeat clients had been on the lookout for new locations to discover, Vacation Director of Operations, Tim Gaylord, partnered with Founder, Dee Holladay, to design 4 and five-day journeys by the Maze District of Canyonlands. “The Maze District is extremely distant, requires intensive analysis, a allow, and a 4×4 car to entry, making it troublesome to outfit a multiday do-it-yourself journey,” Gaylord explains, “the truth is, you’re going into essentially the most remoted part of an already intensely secluded area of southeastern Utah. Dependable water sources are restricted, navigation may be tough, and rescue may be troublesome.” Backpacker Journal designated The Maze as one of many “10 Most Harmful Hikes in America.” Add these challenges to the truth that permits are scarce, and going with a industrial clothes shop offering gear and assist simply is smart.

Journeys begin and finish at Vacation River & Bike Expeditions’ Inexperienced River, Utah headquarters, simply northwest of Moab, Utah.

● April 26-30: 5 day Maze
● Could 9-12: 4 day Maze
● Could 16-19: 4 day Maze (No Maze Overlook camp)
● September 12-15: 4 day Maze
● September 21-25: 5 day Maze
● September 30 – Oct 3: 4 day Maze

Aptly named, The Maze District of Canyonlands provides a seemingly endless labyrinth of buttes, meanders, and slot canyons. “It beckons essentially the most adventurous at coronary heart, and in case you reply its name, it doesn’t disappoint,” Karen Johnson, Vacation’s Workplace Supervisor, and Reservationist, explains, “There are such a lot of highlights of the five-day Maze journey, however what visitors can’t cease raving about is the layover day on the Maze Overlook camp.” There’s nothing fairly just like the thunderous silence of an evening within the desert backcountry. The layover day permits visitors to hike to one of many world’s most well-known rock artwork panels – The Harvest Scene. Together with the truth that a smaller group dimension permits for a extra intimate expertise, the Nationwide Park Service limits every allow to 7 visitors to guard the useful resource. With two guides, this journey is Vacation’s smallest guest-to-guide ratio. The guides who lead Maze journeys are severe mountain bikers. For a corporation that bought its identify for working massive whitewater whereas educating visitors on the delicate desert ecosystem, the bike guides are top-notch. “It’s laborious to search out somebody with extra stoke than Jack,” Johnson says. She’s referring to Jack MacClarence, Vacation’s Bike Supervisor. Jack is aware of The Maze District just like the again of his personal hand, and along with getting visitors enthusiastic about their trip, he brings infectious laughter, connoisseur cooking abilities, and in-depth regional data to all of his journeys.

Hike into the Maze in your layover day!

Your guides will prepare dinner distinctive meals and information you thru the Maze.

Vacation River & Bike Expeditions prides itself on working first-class excursions. Guides are skilled in superior wilderness drugs, car restore, trailside mountain bike restore, and the surroundings. The guides be taught geology, biology, anthropology, and even native historical past to share with and educate visitors. Along with viewing the pictograph panels left by the Ancestral Puebloans, The Maze leads riders by sinuous terrain storied with lore from Butch Cassidy, Edward Abbey, and much more current wayward adventurers. A motorcycle journey by The Maze leaves visitors laying down at night time remembering days stuffed with flowy double monitor, technical sandy washes, new reminiscences, scenic vistas, and naturally, desert outlaw lore to dream about. Vacation is one among solely 5 Canyonlands Nationwide Park approved concessioners guiding mountain biking journeys by The Maze.

About Vacation River & Bike Expeditions
Vacation River & Bike Expeditions was based in 1966 when Dee Holladay and his spouse Sue took the plunge to turn into river outfitters. As a family-owned-and-operated firm, Vacation owes its exponential development to its foundational layers of respect for the lands, rivers, visitors, and its workers. Guides are professionally skilled in wilderness first support and backcountry security. With over 55 years of expertise, Vacation supplies visitors the chance to discover the nation’s wildest lands in a protected and pleasurable setting. Vacation River & Bike Expeditions stays dedicated to defending the surroundings by schooling and conservation.

Biking down the Flint Path.

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