Not only do we run an international bike tour business, but we also own and operate two premiere bicycle stores – www.LasVegasCyclery.com and www.MoabCyclery.com. We have learned over the years that every cyclist is different and prefers different types of bikes for different types of terrain. That is why we offer the best bicycles for rent in the business. If for some reason you are not happy with the quality of your rental, we will refund the cost of your entire bike rental. If you are bringing your bike with you, check with your airline’s baggage policy in advance and be sure to pack your bike accordingly. If you are shipping your bike to your destination, confirm the address with our office and allow enough time for your bike to arrive. We’re happy to help you ship your bike. Whatever you need to get the most out of your tour, we are here to make it happen.
Overview
Bachelor and the adjacent Deschutes National Forest wield a fantastic array of outstanding, yet little used backcountry trails and roads. Crossing three Oregon counties, the wilderness on the Cascades’ east flank shelters waterfalls and big evergreens. In the brilliant cool air, an outdoorsperson can’t help but find all manner of major contentment. From the churning edge of the Deschutes River, our tour unfolds in multiple chapters: from cycling to rafting the rapids to rock climbing.
Smith Rock, one of Oregon’s Seven Wonders, is a visual paradise as well as a rock climbing mecca. A gloriously green, 641-acre state park, Smith Rock (near Redmond, Oregon) is a wild mix and match of spires and sheer tufts of basalt. Besides providing habitat to Golden eagles and Prairie falcons, the bluffs and spires lording over Smith Rock have a showy side, projecting gorgeous silhouettes onto already spectacular sunsets.
“5/5…I would rate them higher if I could. Simply excellent. Year after year Nikki never disappoints. She knows what our group likes. Both guides were incredibly professional and busted their butts 24 hours a day to ensure our group had a great time…. Can’t say enough good things about them. Honestly haven’t laughed that hard in a long time as I did on this trip.” – Karina, Oregon’s High Lakes Adventure
Day 1 | Shevlin Park
After meeting in Bend, we’ll hop in the shuttle for a very quick ride to Shevlin Park. The small park is a local favorite and provides us with a great lunch spot and even better introductory singletrack and a chance to get used to the bikes. There are a few short, steep climbs that will challenge your budding skills, but the ride ends with a long rolling downhill to the van. Afer our ride we shuttle 20 minutes to our Inn where your guides prepare a delicious dinner.
Day 2 | Little Lava Lake to Little Cultus Lake
After breakfast, we’ll shuttle past Mt. Bachelor to our trailhead and start our adventure with a technically challenging ride through forest of ponderosa pines and firs. This singletrack ride will take us past Hosmer Lake as we make our way toward Lava Lake. Today’s 12 mile ride is just a hint of the awesome riding to come! After we arrive at Lava Lake you’ll have time to take a dip!
Day 3| Mountain Biking Cultus Lake
After breakfast, we’ll take a short shuttle to begin our ride at Cultus Lake. This ride is one of our favorites as it winds through thick forest, across bridges, and over streams. Once at Cultus Lake, our ride will give us plenty of opportunities to take a refreshing dip in the cool, clear lake. Leaving Cultus Lake, we’ll make our way to Deer Lake and finally to Little Cultus Lake.
Day 4 | Mountain Biking, Hiking, and Rafting the Deschutes River
We’ll spend the morning exploring even sweeter singletrack around Little Cultus Lake. A lollipop shaped ride will take us in a different direction and to more hidden high mountain lakes. We’ll return to our base for lunch and to pack up because today is also our raft day! We will take you on a memorable ride that ranges from mild to wild. One minute you’ll be white knuckled as you plunge down the furious “Big Eddy” rapids. The next you’re basking in sunshine, gliding silently through tranquil meadows flanked by soaring basalt cliffs. As our repeat guests can attest, a raft trip down the Deschutes is an absolute “must do”!
Day 5 | Mountain Biking and Hiking Newberry Caldera
Today’s adventure is in the beautiful Newberry Crater just south of town. We climb and descend the Parallel trail to the Lost Lake trail through the Big Obsidian Flow. Only 1300 years old, the Big Obsidian Flow the youngest lava flow in Oregon and consists of obsidian (black glass) and pumice. A sight unlike any other in Oregon. We end at Caldera Lake where we’ll pack up and shuttle back to Bend.
Day 6 | Rock Climbing at Smith Rock
The day is all about having a good time, and perhaps getting acquainted with the heights. Clients get maximum time on the rock, with the security of a top-rope. If you are worried about how you will do, have no fear; many routes are as easy as climbing a ladder, only a lot more fun. For those wanting to push their limits, we can do that too! There is no better place to climb than Smith Rock and with our friends Smith Rock Climbing Guides!
Special Departures Offered: Family Getaways
Lodging
Accommodations may vary depending on your departure date. Call us at 1.800.596.2953 for more details.Nights 1 - 5: Seventh Mountain Resort | Bend, OR
18575 SW Century Drive
Bend, OR 97702
Located in central Oregon at the gateway to the Cascade Lakes Highway, this Bend resort is 16 miles from Mt. Bachelor ski area. Nestled along the Deschutes River, the resort features 2 outdoor pools, miniature golf, and spacious suites with full kitchens. Decorated with wood accents, the suites at the Seventh Mountain Resort include views of the Deschutes Forest and feature a private patio or balcony. High Desert Museum is a 20-minute drive from the Resort Seventh Mountain. Widgi Creek Golf Club is 1 miles away.
“Location, top quality facilities, variety of activities on the property, lovely view from balconies, and comfortable beds with nice sitting area.”
– Kay
First-Class Camping Tours
The food tastes better, the sky is certainly bigger, and your mind is clearer.
There is nothing better than rolling into camp to fresh made chips and salsa, homemade guacamole, and Dutch oven enchiladas. Then making your way to a sweet and inviting campfire, sharing your favorite anecdote or image from the day’s activities while marshmallows roast. Enjoy a small-batch, local beer before retiring to your tent. Inside: a sturdy raised cot, fluffy sleeping bag, and a plush full size pillow. Wow. You earned this. Sweet dreams.
The majority of our selected campgrounds feature indoor facilities and showers. Conversely, in more remote backcountry camping scenarios, we’ll provide portable toilets and private solar showers.
Camping gear may be rented or you may bring your own. All of our camping gear is tested and hand-chosen from top manufacturers to ensure you get a good nights’ sleep. Our camp gear package includes a tent, sleeping pad, raised cot, sleeping bag, sleeping bag liner, full size pillow, and ground tarp.
Campground Details
Night 1: Lava Lake Campground
Nights 2 & 3: Little Cultus Lake Campground
Nights 4 & 5: Paulina Lake/Newberry Caldera at Newberry National Volcanic Monument
Activities
This Trip is Rated Fitness Levels 2-3 and Technical Levels 2-3While every Escape Adventure trip is designed to appeal to active adventure seekers, and in many cases, particular skill levels, there is always a different idea of what that exactly means. That is why we have designed the chart below to help make sure you join the proper tour. We know your pace may vary from one day to the next—and your traveling companions’ may differ as well. We present a range of mileage options on each tour as well as provide support vehicles as much as possible. That way you can take a break and do as little or as much as you would like each day.
| Day | Activity | Easy | Moderate | Seasoned | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | Feet Gain | Miles | Feet Gain | Miles | Feet Gain | ||||
| Day 1 | Hiking or Mountain Biking | Easy: 6.5 Miles | 345 Ft. Gain | ||||||
| Day 2 | Mountain Biking | Easy: 11 Miles | 200 Ft. Gain | Moderate: 23 Miles | 1500 Ft. Gain | Seasoned: 34 Miles | 2100 Ft. Gain | ||
| Day 3 | Mountain Biking | Easy: 10 Miles | 456 Ft. Gain | Moderate: 19 Miles | 935 Ft. Gain | Seasoned: 33 Miles | 2905 Ft. Gain | ||
| Day 4 | Rafting | 2 Hours | |||||||
| Hiking or Mountain Biking | Easy: 7 Miles | 588 Ft. Gain | |||||||
| Day 5 | Mountain Biking | Easy: 12 Miles | 745 Ft. Gain | Moderate: 18 Miles | 2272 Ft. Gain | Seasoned: 22 Miles | 2932 Ft. Gain | ||
| Day 6 | Rock Climbing Smith Rock | 4 Hours | |||||||
Find out more about Choosing a Tour.
All-Inclusive Prices
All internal land expenses and services are covered in the cost of your tour. This means from the time we pick you up at our meeting point, until we drop you back off to head home, all transportation, food preparation, meals (except where noted on itineraries), snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, group supplies and community gear (portable chairs, large awnings, coolers, utensils, etc.) are included. Backcountry permits, licenses, park fees, reservations, and accommodations (lodging) are also included, along with at least two professionally trained trip leaders, a mobile first aid and mechanic station, spare bikes, and a support vehicle(s). Trip price does not include airfare, lodging prior to trip start or bicycle rental and/or camping gear (if on a camping tour) unless otherwise noted on itinerary or website.
Renting Bicycles
Renting Camping Gear
We rent high-quality camping gear for all of our camping tours. These include a tent, sleeping pad, raised cot, sleeping bag, sleeping bag liner, full size pillow, and ground tarp. Your Trip Leaders will always help to ensure your equipment is set up properly each night.
Camp Gear Kit Rental: $100.00
Free With Every Tour
When you join an Escape Adventures tour in 2024, you will receive a FREE custom sublimated Limited Edition Jersey!
Mountain Bike Rentals
Make your trip as comfortable as possible on the body, as simple as possible for traveling, and hassle free on tour. By choosing to rent a bike from us, we will fit you with the newest, highest quality gear in the industry. Escape Adventures provides only high-end bicycles from Santa Cruz and Specialized. We replace our rental fleet each season to ensure all our rentals meet our high standards. All of our mountain bikes are equipped with full suspension frames and disc brakes designed for a smooth, comfortable ride. For those who are touring with a companion who may not be as fit or need a little help up the hills, we now have electric mountain bikes (electric pedal assist) available on select tours.
For multi-sport tours, daily bike rental fees are charged on mountain biking days only.
Santa Cruz Bronson Carbon Full Suspension Mountain Bike ($85/day)
Carbon frame w/160mm (6in) Front and 150mm Rear Travel
29″ front 27.5″ rear Wheel Size and plush VPP suspension
SRAM GX Eagle 1×12 drivetrain & Code Disc Brakes
FOX 36 Float Performance fork, RockShox Super Deluxe Select+
and Reverb dropper post
Mountain Bike Rentals
Make your trip as comfortable as possible on the body, as simple as possible for traveling, and hassle free on tour. By choosing to rent a bike from us, we will fit you with the newest, highest quality gear in the industry. Escape Adventures provides only high-end bicycles from Santa Cruz and Specialized. We replace our rental fleet each season to ensure all our rentals meet our high standards. All of our mountain bikes are equipped with full suspension frames and disc brakes designed for a smooth, comfortable ride. For those who are touring with a companion who may not be as fit or need a little help up the hills, we now have electric mountain bikes (electric pedal assist) available on select tours. Looking to upgrade? We have carbon mountain bike rentals available as well – call our office for details.
For multi-sport tours, daily bike rental fees are charged on mountain biking days only.
Specialized Full Suspension Mountain Bike ($70/day)
This new Specialized Full Suspension bike is the best bang for your buck! This bike features 140 mm of front and rear travel, which is plenty of cushion to soak up any bump in the trail. Visit the Specialized site for more information. Individual components on rental bikes may vary slightly. Call for more information.
Mountain Bike Rentals
Make your trip as comfortable as possible on the body, as simple as possible for traveling, and hassle free on tour. By choosing to rent a bike from us, we will fit you with the newest, highest quality gear in the industry. Escape Adventures provides only high-end bicycles from Santa Cruz and Specialized. We replace our rental fleet each season to ensure all our rentals meet our high standards. All of our mountain bikes are equipped with full suspension frames and disc brakes designed for a smooth, comfortable ride. For those who are touring with a companion who may not be as fit or need a little help up the hills, we now have e-bikes (electric pedal assist) available on select tours.
For multi-sport tours, daily bike rental fees are charged on mountain biking days only.
Specialized Full Suspension Mountain Bike ($70/day)
This new Specialized Full Suspension bike is the best bang for your buck! This bike features 140 mm of front and rear travel, which is plenty of cushion to soak up any bump in the trail. Visit the Specialized site for more information. Individual components on rental bikes may vary slightly. Call for more information.
Specialized Carbon Stumpjumper Full Suspension ($85/day)
With the Specialized Carbon Stumpjumper, we’ve bottled up that “new bike day” feeling and put it into a radical new trail bike so agile, so lively, so in-tune with the trail, that it feels like an extension of your body. Levitate up the climbs. Decimate the descents. The Stumpjumper is going to make you rethink how a trail bike should ride.
Family Mountain Bike Rentals
Specialized RipRock 20” and 24” ($25/day)
Dirt, street, trails—the RipRock 20” and 24” is purpose-built for fun and safety and a favorite among the younger riders.
Cannondale Mountain Bike Tandem 29er ($80/day)
For more than 25 years, Cannondale Tandems have been revered for their light weight, durability, and flex-free handling. Grab a partner and enjoy the ride!
Family Mountain Bike Rentals
Specialized RipRock 20” and 24” ($25/day)
Dirt, street, trails—the RipRock 20” and 24” is purpose-built for fun and safety and a favorite among the younger riders.
Cannondale Mountain Bike Tandem 29er ($80/day)
For more than 25 years, Cannondale Tandems have been revered for their light weight, durability, and flex-free handling. Grab a partner and enjoy the ride!
Family Mountain Bike Rentals
Specialized RipRock 20” and 24” ($25/day)
Dirt, street, trails—the RipRock 20” and 24” is purpose-built for fun and safety and a favorite among the younger riders.
Cannondale Mountain Bike Tandem 29er ($80/day)
For more than 25 years, Cannondale Tandems have been revered for their light weight, durability, and flex-free handling. Grab a partner and enjoy the ride!
Why travel with Escape Adventures?
Our Commitment to You
For over 25 years, the hallmark of an Escape Adventures tour is personalized, hands-on service. Before, during, and after each trip. We are a company of honesty and integrity and we stand behind our product 100%. From the moment you learn of our trips, to the time you return home and start planning your next trip, we are here to bring you the best possible experience. From our Guaranteed Trip Departure Confirmation Policy, making sure your trip is never cancelled*, to our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee Policy, backing the unrivaled consistent quality of all our tours, our commitment to you is never compromised.
* Scheduled Domestic trips only.
Our Commitment to the Environment
Our environmental commitment is second to none. It is our way of doing business, our way of being. We run our tours the same way we run our company, with an eye on the triple bottom line: People, Profit & Planet. At Escape Adventures, we elected to pursue a more comprehensive approach to actually reduce our carbon footprint, rather than just offset it. We overhauled our entire operation — from our vehicles, to our buildings, to our procedures — to become an outdoor industry leader in the charge to help our people and our planet.
Exceptional Service and Exceptional Guides
Leading tours naturally followed from our passion of exploring our favorite places with our friends. Our support staff includes our reservation team who is there to answer your questions about the tours, our service team who prepares your bike and gear for the tour, and our guide team – the ones who take you into the great outdoors. The highest level of responsibility, good nature, integrity, and dedication are standard traits of all those who work at Escape Adventures. We our proud of it and we think you should know it.
The Best Support Vehicles
Having custom-made vehicles allows us to take you to places few other outfitters can, or will go. Every Escape Adventures tour is accompanied by at least one support vehicle, trailer, and in some cases a second and third transfer van. After purchase, we custom engineer our trucks, vans, and trailers by our on-staff mechanic to meet the unique needs of different tours. For example, certain trucks are specifically designed for The White Rim and The Maze, while others are designed for The Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. Each of our guides is required to be trained in safe vehicle operation, 4X4 driving, and basic maintenance. Our experienced guides make it look easy, transporting you and up to 12 guests, along with their bikes, fresh food, camping gear and plenty of drinking water to a remote location.
The Best Bicycles and Gear
Make your trip as comfortable as possible on the body, as simple as possible for traveling, and hassle-free on tour. By choosing to rent a bike from us, we will fit you with the newest, highest quality gear in the industry. Escape Adventures provides only high-end bicycles from Santa Cruz and Specialized. We replace our rental fleet each season to ensure all our rentals meet our standards. All of our mountain bikes are equipped with full suspension frames and disc brakes designed for a smooth, comfortable ride. For those who are touring with a companion who may not be as fit or need a little help up the hills, we now have eMountainbikes (electric pedal assist) available on select tours.
The Best Food
Our food isn’t just good, it’s good for you.
Food is a big part of the Escape Adventures experience. Our guides prepare all of your meals on our camping trips. Expect three delicious meals a day consisting entirely of freshly prepared foods. These include fresh organic fruits and vegetables as well as meats. We also have energy snacks aboard our support vehicles. Don’t be surprised if your guides purchase fresh fruits and healthy snacks throughout the day while you are out riding. They may just show up on the trail with a local treat! Many of our guests are vegans or vegetarians, whom we are more than happy to accommodate. If you have special diet requirements or limitations, just let us know when you sign-up and we’ll work with you to meet your needs.
Scheduled Departure Dates
June 2024
6/9 6/23July 2024
7/7 7/21August 2024
8/4 8/18September 2024
9/1 9/15Private & Custom Tours
The idea of taking your friends or family somewhere cool and amazing is actually pretty easy. Tell us what you’re thinking. We’ll make it happen.
Any trip in this catalog, any specific time frame, any group size, we can custom-fit if not comfortably accommodate. A Custom and Private Escape Adventures trip affords the ultimate bonding, or team-building experience for:
- Clubs and co-workers
- Family reunions
- Corporate retreats
- Friends
To shape a Custom or Private Trip, we begin a dialogue: first, to develop a group specific itinerary, tailored to respective abilities and preferred tempo. Next we schedule, bookmarking and working in your optimum or ideal getaway dates. Size-wise, we can build a multi-day trip for as few as two people, scaled up to as many as 30 plus. Contact us today to start the custom trip building process.
Rates on Private and Custom Departures:
All Private Escape Adventures Trips are priced in the structured method below. Some Custom tours are priced differently if they vary from the Classic Escape Adventures itinerary and price. In this situation we will provide your group with a custom itinerary and price.
- 10+ GUESTS Price as advertised*
- 8-9 GUESTS +$400 per person to trip price*
- 6-7 GUESTS +$900 per person to trip price*
- 4-5 GUESTS +$1,900 per person to trip price*
- 2-3 GUESTS +$2,500 per person to trip price*
* Pricing, availability and guest minimums are all subject to change at any time. Certain dates have a minimum number of guests required, please contact us for details. All private tours on The White Rim must meet a 13 person paid minimum. All private tours on The Maze must meet a 7 person paid minimum.
