Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Multi-Sport Road Bike Tour

Itinerary Details

1. Day 1Ride Antelope Flats in the Tetons

   Meet in Jackson. Your adventure launches from Jackson, the phenomenal majesty of the 40-mile long Tetons spread akin to a royal procession, pushed up to the sky’s very edge before your humble tour. The route stays mostly within the 310,000-acre Grand Teton National Park. Along with 2.2-million acre Yellowstone National Park, plus adjoining national forests, you’ll be immersed in and moreover nurtured by no less than 18-million acres of wilderness.

   Called the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the group will experience the world’s largest intact biome or bionetwork (at mid-latitude). Put another way, you’ll be cycling amidst the largest concentration of big and small mammals in the Lower 48: Wyoming moose to grizzly bear, wolf, bison and bighorn sheep, elk, black bear, pronghorn antelope to puma, mountain goat, otter, bald eagle, pine marten to marmot. The ride is smooth and scenic and a great introduction to the week.
   

   • 21.1 miles
   • 656.2 ft
     656.2 ft
   • First-Class Camping: Gros Venture | Inn: Lexington at Jackson Hole
   • Lunch and Dinner
2. Day 2Whitewater Rafting Expedition

   The coolest thing you'll do all summer! Today’s adventure takes you to the Snake River. A 1078-mile tributary of the Columbia, the Snake River originates in Wyoming. Discharging 54,830-cubic feet per second (on average), the Snake then carves its way across Southern Idaho. This is the place the legendary Ansel Adams shot his iconic, 1942 black and white image: the Snake river–also called Mud, Shoshone and Yam-pah-pa—bent at a serpent-like hard right beneath the 13,775-ft high Tetons.

   You'll plunge through 8 miles (13km) of rapids at every turn along the Snake River. Legendary rapids like Big Kahuna, Lunch Counter and Cottonwood are waiting to soak you. After lunch relax, or ride up Teton Pass and back, or go a little easier along the family-friendly bike path through Jackson -the perfect way to cap off a great day.
   

   • First-Class Camping: Gros Venture | Inn: Lexington at Jackson Hole
   • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

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     Whitewater Rafting

     Hit the adrenalin button and get amongst it!

3. Day 3Rock Climbing and Hiking the Tetons

   Today you'll take a short shuttle to Jenny Lake in Teton NP. This will be early morning because you will be spending a full day in the Teton Backcountry on foot. The adventure starts with a shoe and harness fitting you will take a ferry across majestic Jenny Lake. You will then hike up Cascade Canyon located in the heart of the Tetons. This is where you will get to test out your skills on the rock.

   You will spend the day climbing routes based on your ability. This program works well and is the most popular for individuals, groups of friends, and families. Leaving Teton National Park, you'll cross into the 3.4-million-acre Bridger-Teton National Forest, the third-largest outside Alaska.
   

   • First-Class Camping: Hatchet | Inn: Hatchet Resort
   • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
4. Day 4Bike and Hike Yellowstone

   After a hearty and superb breakfast, you'll shuttle into Yellowstone National Park. After a quick stop at West Thumb, you will begin your ride past beautiful Yellowstone Lake. Along Grand Loop Road you'll pass herds of wild bison and other wildlife. Near Artist Point, you'll stop to hike two-miles down to the breathtaking Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. The roaring splendor of the Upper and Lowers Falls unfolds before you from a canyon overlook, conjuring an open-air Imax Theatre, its columns plunging dramatically into the Yellowstone River. A tributary of the Missouri River, the 692-mile long Yellowstone was so named for the yellow sandstone bluffs highlighting the canyon walls. 

   You will finish the day at Canyon Village in Yellowstone NP.

   Hiking Mileage | 2 Miles
   

   
   

   • 16.8 - 37.3 miles
   • 1,076.1 ft
     1,076.1 ft
   • First-Class Camping: Canyon Village| Inn: Canyon Lodge
   • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
5. Day 5Bike and Hike Yellowstone

   Another day, another embarrassment of riches. From Canyon Village, the tour proceeds counterclockwise around YNP, ultimately crossing the Continental Divide. This stage follows the route of the Old Faithful Cycle Tour and cycles further into geothermal Disneyland, sweeping past a phantasmagoric succession of percolating mud pots, hot springs and belching fumaroles: from Morning Glory Pool to Biscuit Basin, and the Grand Prismatic Spring, all fed by an upper mantle reactor of volcanic magma.

   Finally, the tour unfolds at Old Faithful. Blowing every 44 to 125-minutes, Old Faithful’s cone geyser reaches a height of 106 to 185-ft. Finishing out the day you'll cross over the Continental Divide then descend to West Thumb followed by a shuttle back to your lodging for the night.

   Easy Mileage | 18 Miles (29km) Feet Gain | 1840 (560m)
   

   Moderate Mileage | 34 Miles(55km) Feet Gain | 2746 (837m)
   

   Seasoned Mileage | 59 Miles (95km) Feet Gain | 3567 (1087m)
   

   • 18 - 59 miles
   • 1,837.3 ft
     1,837.3 ft
   • First-Class Camping: Hatchet | Inn: Hatchet Resort
   • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
6. Day 6Ride Jenny Lake and the Tetons

   Staying true to the extra bold theme, your closeout day begins with a hearty Wyoming country breakfast. A short shuttle to the north end of Teton National Park unfolds as you descend for nearly 30 miles (48km) through the Park. Passing Jenny Lake, stopping for lunch trailside, you'll join the bike path that sweeps in smart fashion alongside the base of the celebrated Jackson Hole ski resort.

   You'll spend some time in Moose and the NP Visitor Center then finish the tour back in beautiful Jackson.

   Easy Mileage | 23 Miles (37km) Feet Gain | 260 (79m)
   

   Moderate Mileage | 35 Miles (56km) Feet Gain | 59 (18m)
   

   • 23 - 34.8 miles
   • 259.2 ft
     259.2 ft
   • Breakfast and Lunch