Dates and Details

For just $1,395 per person, you get an exciting 8-day trip which includes:

• Round trip transportation from El Paso, Texas
  to the Copper Canyon 
• All lodging and meals
• Safe drinking water
• First-aid and trailside bike repairs
• Expert guide service 

In other words, just bring your well-maintained mountain bike or hiking boots and don't worry about anything else!

A $300 per person deposit is required to "lock in" trip dates and your place on a trip. Full payment is due no later than 3 weeks prior to the first day of the trip. Also, there is a single supplement of $150.

When To Go

While we've set aside these dates for travel, don't hesitate to contact us for customized tour dates if you have 2 or more people who want to travel on another date. We'll be happy to work with you!

Trip Dates Fall/Winter 2009-10

• Sept. 19-26
• Oct. 10-17
• Oct. 24-31
• Nov. 7-14
• Nov. 21-28
• Dec. 12-19
• Dec. 26-Jan. 2
• Jan. 9-16
• Jan. 16-23
• Feb. 6-13
• Feb. 20-27
• Mar. 6-13
• Mar. 20-27
• Apr. 10-17

What To Bring

Clothing

Because the tours can take us through diverse climate changes, we suggest a layering system when planning what to wear. In the high mountain elevations around Creel, nights and mornings can be pretty cold during the Fall/Winter months. At these same times, being in the canyon bottoms around Batopilas will often be “shorts” weather. Also, late summer/early fall can bring afternoon rains, so it would be wise to bring along some rain gear at those times of year. You may also want to throw in your bathing suit for swimming in the river or sitting in a hot spring.

Biking Gear

Basically, we suggest to riders to plan to bring whatever you would when planning a good day ride at home. This would mean things like comfortable shorts and gear, definitely a helmet, sunglasses, a water container (Camelbak or bottles), your favorite power food/bars, a basic patch kit, a spare bike tube, etc. We will provide most bike tools and will have extra tubes as well, but if your bike has a special requirement like a special wrench for your shock for example, we suggest you bring that.

Camping Gear

For those tours that include camping nights, we suggest you bring your own sleeping bag/pad, and if you prefer your own tent as well. If not, just let us know and we will provide one for you. We’ll take care of everything else needed for a camp night. For our more involved backpacking trips, we will communicate in more detail by phone or e-mail about what you should bring along.

Paperwork

To obtain a Mexican visa will require a passport, as of January 2008—even for U.S. citizens. The visas cost about $20 U.S. and it is each person’s responsibility to pay for them. Once in the country, we will take everyone to a bank where they can be paid.

Extras

Just pack the way you would for an outdoor type of trip—sun block, camera, hat/baseball cap, etc. We also ask that if you have any specific medical conditions or allergies (e.g. allergies to bee stings), that you bring along the specific medication for that condition.

Our trip cost includes all hotels and meals, but not alcohol. If you think you’ll want to have some drinks or buy some beer once we’re down there, bring some extra cash for that. Also, depending on how much of a souvenir hunter you are, you can spend anywhere from a few bucks to a couple of hundred buying handmade Tarahumara baskets, pottery, drums, violins, wool blankets, etc.

Bike Rentals

We have up-to-date, aluminum rental bikes with front suspension available for $150 per bike, per 8-day trip. If you're interested, we'll need to know the frame size you require.