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Rally on the Rift: Great Rift Community Adventure Ride in Idaho
June 4, 2024 - June 9, 2024
Free
This is an opportunity to combine the solitude of bikepacking the Great Rift with the camaraderie of an incredible bikepacking community!
Date: June 4th – 9th (Riding days 5th – 9th)
Sign up: click the link below and fill out the form. Once complete, Aaron will email you more details regarding the schedule, where to meet, resources, and updates.https://forms.gle/fyLrXgWRPsXSTiyL7
After submitting the form, you will receive a Welcome Doc via email with all the information you need to have an enjoyable and safe adventure.
NOTE: The below listed Facebook Event is to spread the word and is not a way to RSVP or receive updates.
To celebrate this route becoming a Bikepacking Roots Community Route, you’re invited on this adventure ride! Everyone is welcome, although advanced self-supported a navigation skills are required.
The challenge is to complete the ride in 5 days. No one is expected to ride at a specific pace. If you find yourself in the company of others, enjoy it. If you find yourself in the solitude of this wild place, EMBRACE IT. We’ll see you at the finish!
Some of you may want to finish sooner. If so, start earlier, with the plan to finish on June 9th.
Stick around, camp the final night and welcome other riders as they roll into the finish at Kings Bowl.
Discover expand your awareness of the ecological and biological magic of the Craters of the Moon wonderscape BY BIKE on this SELF-SUPPORTED journey through the Idaho High Desert across the Snake River Plain & Columbia Plateau.
Enjoy camaraderie, soak in your surroundings (and maybe even a warm spring!), sleep under the stars, leave no trace, and finish in 5 days.
The Great Rift Dirt Tour is 283 miles with about 10k feet of climbing, 87% unpaved with 150+ miles of rugged doubletrack & rough backcountry roads. This isn’t a route for gravel bikes. Bring your wide tires!
Questions – Sign up first. You’ll receive a Welcome Document chock-full of resources, need-to-know information, and FAQs. If you still have questions, you can email Aaron Couch
* Mostly Unpaved & Remote * Self-supported * Limited Resupply * Free
Dates and times are subject to weather conditions and may change at any time leading up to the scheduled ride date. The plan is to follow the official Great Rift Dirt Tour route, however, you may ride any sections in any direction that you would like.