MOAB FIVE DAZE RATES STORIES | SAFETY
Dreamride's Classic Hardcore
Moab Mountain Bike Vacation
The Five Daze package includes: Six nights of accommodations to suit your needs and budget. Five mountain bike rides of from four to eight hours in duration on Dreamride's custom routes in the desert, canyons and mountain lands surrounding Moab, Utah. Transport to and from the trail each day. Tech support, riding tips, and personal guiding and interpretation. Access to our shop mechanic, needed accessories, components, bikes and parts. Information on Moab's restaurants and attractions is generously offered. Special local discounts are granted to Dreamride clients at some local businesses.
SMOKE YOUR BUDDIES BACK HOME!
SLICKROCK SKILLS AND PHOTO CLINICS can an additon to the five day series. Play and learn on unimagined landscapes of sandstone by choosing to substitute a skills instruction or photography day. Enjoy Moab's unique geology; huge slickrock domes, deep chutes and sandstone moguls. Learn tricks and action photography. Take photos better than the magazines. One day clinics are taught by our Moab guides. Action photography is taught by Lee Bridgers, company owner. Offered to riders of all skill levels. Skills days are specially effective for intermediates.
More About Skills Evaluations: The first day of any series serves as a skills and fitness evaluation, environmental etiquette lesson, and basic instruction in techniques specific to Moab's challenges. Go to SKILLS INDEX to begin your skills training right now. Evaluation Day duties are usually performed in one of three areas chosen for this task. These areas present riders with real challenges without extreme vertical exposure in places with relatively easily access in case of an emergency. These areas are among the best, with loads of the beauty and challenge Moab is famous for.
Sample Classic Advanced Level Itinerary
DAY 1
Entrada Slickrock Tongue "orientation day." Moderate to advanced slickrock, sand, and ledges and a steady climb and fast descent offer the chance to adjust to Moab terrain and get some pointers on how to smooth out your style for the bumbs to come. This is where you learn about the Cryptobiotic soil crusts and the importance of being careful in a fragile environment. You will see pristine vegetation, juxtaposed with lands damaged by mountain bikers. You will also see dinosaur bone, gastroliths and tracks. You will get a dose of technical slickrock. Spectacular scenery. For Elite level advanced riders there are alternate extended routes into more technical slickrock areas. If you are into mining history or love old machinery and dark shafts, there are copper and uranium mines here. Just ask to see them. SAMPLE PICTURE.
DAY 2
Quasimoto. A step up. Breathtaking scenery and technical terrain make this a ride where you have to stop every now and then to take it all in. You may wish to do more than one ride with us out here. Great slickrock freeform. Sand and ledges on a long climb. Downhill speeds along the edge of a cliff expanse. Pictured in the photo above. SAMPLE PICTURE. SAMPLE PICTURE.
DAY 3
Eagle's Perch. Step up to 2200 feet of climbing, slickrock, loose rock, ledges, an eight mile downhill run, and vistas that give you an excuse to get your lungs back. There are opportunities for extended mileage if your legs are up to the task. We visit bizarre rock formations and other geological points of interest. Don't forget the camera! SAMPLE PICTURE.
DAY 4
Sample Elite Level Rides: Behind the Rocks Epic or The Gap Epic. These are among the most magical, technicallly challenging and physically difficult rides we offer. Either can be considered brutal or simply be a great desert trek through tight canyons and across great vistas. All surfaces! Variety, scenery, serious physical and technical challenges, remote location and rare solitude mean these choices are for advanced to expert riders only. For intermediates we can trim the course a bit, but if you are a strong biker we do the whole thing with freeform thrown in. For pictures of this ride click on ADVANCED TRAILS and scroll down the page once it has loaded. There are also great photos of Behind the Rocks in our skills clinic SLIDESHOW. Photos of The Gap can be found at SECRETS.
DAY 5
Sample Elite Level Rides: The Devil's Playground or Red House. Step up to the absolute cream of slickrock riding--lots of spectacular scenery, and a chance to learn how to sidehill, ride the sand, and hammer the moguls. These areas allow for hardcore bike surfing or an easy or technical cruise along slickrock to enjoy more swoops on the smooth surface and shockingly beautiful scenery. For sample pictures go to BIKE SURFING.
Classic Ride SeriesWe have permit for all the new singletracks constructed over the past few years, so the trails listed below have surprises for folks who have not been here in a while. We don't list the new stuff in hopes that people won't find out about them (impossible, but we try). We want to keep you in solitude if we can.
Advanced/Expert Classic Package: 1) Poison Spider Mesa; 2) Moab Slickrock Bike Trail; 3) Amasa Back; 4) Gold Bar Rim; 5) Porcupine RimClassic Slickrock Package: 1) Klondike Bluffs; 2) Poison Spider Mesa 3) The Camel; 4) Bartlett Wash; 5) Moab Slickrock Bike Trail
Intermediate Classic Package: 1) Klondike Bluffs; 2) Quasimoto; 3) Eagle's Perch; 4) Fins and Things; 5) Flat Pass.
Strong Novice Classic Package: 1) Klondike Bluffs; 2) Gemini Bridges; 3) Hurrah Pass; 4) Uranium Arch; 5) Potash Road.
WITHOUT ACCOMMODATIONS
WITH LEVELS OF ACCOMMODATIONS (couples only):
Private Couple (completely private rides, guide, transport and lodgings).
5 Daze Rates
There is an 8.6% state sales tax on all services and equipment.
*As good as it gets!
ELITE UPGRADES are available when this package.
$2500 for private couple.
$3000 for a group of three.
Rates below are for six nights of lodging and include hotel taxes, though they do not include Utah sales tax. There are four levels of accommodations listed. Prices vary according to quality, location and luxury. Click on the level for a description of included accommodations. The first night of lodging is prior to the ride series (first ride is the morning after your first night of sleep in town). The last night of accommodations is after the ride series, allowing a good night's sleep and relaxed morning departure from Moab.
Level 4 ~ $4200
Level 5 ~ $4475
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NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
It is not over until you have done the paperwork. Please download the pdf documents directly below. Fill out the questionnaire and waiver and send them via fax to 435-259-8196 or EMAIL.
Call 435-259-6419
FAX 435-259-8196
Write to:
Dreamride
P.O. Box 1137
Moab, UT 84532
E-mail: DREAMRIDE
