Exploring Canyon Country Tour

Package Overview

Arches National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Monument Valley
Navajo Mountain Indian Reservation
Natural Bridges National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument

More than just an amazing motorcycle tour, the Exploring Canyon Country tour gives riders the ability to truly explore the region. Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Navajo National Monument, Antelope Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Monument Valley, and Mesa Verde are just some of the highlights of this tour. We’ll hike a slot canyon, stay at Lake Powell, and visit the historic cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde on this tour.

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Arrive

  Get picked up at the airport and spend the night at Table Mountain Inn in downtown Golden.
  Enjoy dinner in historic Golden, meet your riding partners, and talk about the adventures that await.
• Day 2 : 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. 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
• Day 3 : 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 4 : Moab

  Enjoy a day of touring Arches National Park, hiking Canyonlands, white water rafting the Colorado River, or riding the White Rim Trail.
• Day 5 : Moab to Monticello

  It’s a day of incredible vistas, solitude and of course riding as we head into the Abajo Mountains, Abajo means “blue” in Navajo, and then over to Monticello, UT.
• Day 6 : 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 7 : 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.
• Day 8 : Mexican Hat to Bullfrog Landing

  We will 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.
• Day 9 : 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 10 : 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 11 : Hanksville to Green River

  Capitol Reef National Park and the Temple of the Sun and Moon are highlights of Day 11.
• Day 12 : Green River

  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.
• Day 13 : 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.

Inclusions

Package Start From

• Colorado, USA, North America

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