More than just an average Utah guided & customized motorcycle tour, the Exploring Canyon Country adventure tour gives you the opportunity to truly experience the majestic Utah Canyon Country. Experience the beauty, majesty and solitude in the best way possible: on the back of a BMW motorcycle. Majestic arches, spiraling rock formations, slot canyons and Indian ruins await you on this Utah guided and customized motorcycle tour.
Day One –Get picked up at the airport and spend the night at Table Mountain Inn in downtown Golden, CO. http://www.tablemountaininn.com/. Enjoy dinner in historic Golden, meet your riding partners, and talk about the adventures that await.
Day Two – Golden to Salida: Pick up our motorcycles, stow your excess gear, and let’s head up scenic Clear Creek Canyon before picking up I-70 for Georgetown, CO. Ascend to 12,200 feet over Guanella Pass and drop down to Hwy 285 for a quick trip over Kenosha Pass. Finally let’s pick up some dirt as we proceed behind the Lost Creek Mountains and down Forest Service roads. One stream crossing and several antelopes later we will drop 4,000 feet down into beautiful Salida, CO.
Photo Credit Paul Guillien
Day Three – Salida, CO to Moab, UT: Starting in Salida we’ll take paved roads over to the Uncompahgre Plateau. The Uncompahgre Plateau offers wonderful views of the La Sal and San Juan Mountains plus seas of gold in the fall when the aspens change. Dropping down off the Plateau we visit the historic Hanging Flume and then over the La Salle Plateau to Moab.
Day Four– Moab: Enjoy a day of touring Arches National Park, hiking Canyonlands, white water rafting the Colorado River, or riding the White Rim Trail.
Day Five – Moab to Monticello: Leaving Moab we will take Hurrah Pass to Cave Spring Trail and Hwy 211. Leaving Hwy 211 we head into the Abajo Mountains, Abajo means “blue” in Navajo, and then over to Monticello, UT.
Day Six – Monticello to Bluff: We will follow Montezuma Creek down to Hovenweep National Monument, one of the most significant paleo Indian ruins in the United States. After spending 4-5 hours visiting Hovenweep we will ride over to Bluff, UT for the night. Bluff is a beautiful small town surrounded by sand stone bluffs overlooking the San Juan river.
Day Seven – Bluff to Mexican Hat: Day Seven takes us to Monument Valley and the Navajo Indian Reservation where we will visit Navajo Mountain, the center of Navajo spiritual beliefs.
Photo Credit Jon Beck
Day Eight – Mexican Hat to Bullfrog Landing: Starting the day with a diversion to world famous Monument Valley, Arizona. We will then follow the Trail of the Ancients up to Natural Bridges National Monument. Following a quick tour of Natural Bridges we will explore the Bears Ears National Monument and then head down to Bullfrog Landing, where we will take the ferry across Lake Powell to stay at Bullfrog Landing.
Photo Credit Jon Beck
Day Nine – Bullfrog Landing to Boulder: Deep in the heart of Utah’s canyon country we will follow the Burr Ridge Trail up the west side of Capitol Reef National Park and then head up into the Water Pocket Fold and in to Boulder, UT.
Day Ten – Boulder to Hanksville: Today is our opportunity to hike the Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon. This spectacular slot canyon winds for 3.5m/ 5.6 km into the San Rafael Reef. We start out of Boulder on Hwy 12 and then ride through Capitol Gorge and the South Desert of Capitol Reef National Park visiting Cathedral Valley and the Temple of the Sun and Moon.
Day Eleven – Hanksville to Green River: Capitol Reef National Park and the Temple of the Sun and Moon are highlights of Day 11.
Day Twelve: Green River to Fruita most motorcycle tours would have a repeat ride on the final day: Not at 106 West! We will ascend 4000ft/1200m of winding dirt road into the Bookcliffs. Then proceed over remote Baxter Pass and drop down to Fruita, CO.
Photo Credit Jon Beck
Day Thirteen: Fruita to Golden: For our last day of the guided motorcycle tour we will take windy paved roads over the Grand Mesa and back to Golden where we spend our last night back at the Table Mountain Inn.
