Advanced 2 Nighter: Lobo Lupes loopy Upper Lollipop w/ Campfire Cycling in Arizona

***If you would like to join this ride, but it is cost or transportation is prohibitive, or you cannot afford all the gear, please reach out direct to Campfire Cycling.

Are You Ready for the Adventure?

The folks at Campfire Cycling are really excited to bring a new-to-us route to our bikepacking series as we cruise towards the end of summer! The plan is to head over to the White Mountains to do a shortened version of Forset Radarian’s Lobo Lupes Loop. It’s 129 miles and, 8503 feet of climbing (and descending) into pure joy.

The plan is to park in either Show Low or just down the forest service road on the 13th at 8:30am. Organizers will drop a pin of an exact meeting point in the next few weeks. The group will ride about 45 miles from our starting point and camp out along the route, hopefully near a water source. The second day has a resupply in Greer, and the plan is to ride another 45 miles to camp for night 2. Day 3 is a 39ish mile cruise downhill back to where the group started. Please make absolutely sure you have the capacity to carry enough water to ride 40–60 miles – that means 3 litre minimum if you plan on filtering and 5+ litres if you don’t plan on filtering – Campfire Cycling has Ortlieb Water Bags in a few sizes, tons of stem bag options, as well as Sawyer Filters available for purchase in the shop!

This ride is advanced bikepacking with challenging terrain and lots of climbing. Organizers recommend a mountain bike set up tubeless with 2.4-2.6″ tires or a minimum of 2.2″ tires. You can read about what to expect here: https://bikepackingroots.org/project/el-lobo-lupus/

Ride Pace is ride at your own comfortable pace! This is not a race. Campfire Cycling generally rides at a party pace, which means stopping when you need to, and lots of meetups, so everyone can re-group and enjoy the scenery together. Campfire Cycling will always have a mechanic at the back of the ride so no one is “stuck” alone at the back or in case a mechanical issue come up.

Anticipate Temperatures to range from: 40 degrees (or slightly below) at night to low 70s during the day.

The group will be recreating on the traditional lands of the Western Apache, White Mountain Apache and Pueblos people. Please respect the land and the people and leave no trace as we travel through.

Organizers will be contacting everyone who signs up for the ride to make sure they are prepared for the challenge. Please sign up if you plan on joining us.