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2024 Bike Tour Details

Registration

Route Highlights, Links and Info

Route Highlights, Links and Info

Fully supported week-long bike tour.  $1575 or choose one of our 3 Day Options (scroll down to read about 3 Days)  All rides include:


  • Support and Gear from town to town: baggage haul, gear drop and van access
  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner (lunch primarily on route)
  • Shower truck at camp site 
  • Mechanic support on the route and in evening
  • Rest stops with port-a-potties, snacks, electrolytes and water
  • Professional Emergency Medical Response on the route (tour employs a private ambulance)
  • Rider gift and sponsor swag!

Route Highlights, Links and Info

Route Highlights, Links and Info

Route Highlights, Links and Info

June 22 - 28, 2024


Our bike tour will explore the gravel and paved backroads from Red Lodge, Columbus, Big Timber, Livingston (layover) and Absarokee.  It is a gravel and road mix surface requiring gravel bike or road bike suitable for gravel, dirt and road surfaces. Minimum recommended tire width is 35 mm gravel tires with tread.  


200 Rider Limit. Up to 21K feet of climbing and 370 miles or opt out of layover day riding and fish the Yellowstone River while in Livingston. 


Route Information


Food

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Accommodations & Additions

Onsite camp with three full meals and route support catered by Yellowstone Kelly's. Skratch Labs is our sport hydration sponsor for all of our bike events.  We will provide some additional chews, bars and electrolyte items 


Bike tour route support will be placed as close to every 15 to 20 miles as possible.  Routes over 45 miles includes lunch on route.  Under 45 miles lunch is back in camp at destination town.


You can view the menu in Ride Guide Spring 2024. 

Accommodations & Additions

Tent Sherpa & Bike Mechanics

Accommodations & Additions

This is a camp-based bike tour and that is definitely where a lot of the fun happens.  Want to camp but don't want to set up a tent?  Read more about Add-Ons & Tent Sherpa. 


If you prefer not to camp, we will be in towns with hotels or shuttle to them.  Hotels we will service with luggage and shuttles will be available. See hotels in Accommodations.


MASSAGES! Will be available in Livingston June 25 and 26.  You will need to book directly with one of these two massage therapists and we can help get you there from camp if needed. 

https://leaningtree406.com/

https://ancientelementsmt.com/home


Tent Sherpa & Bike Mechanics

Tent Sherpa & Bike Mechanics

Tent Sherpa & Bike Mechanics

We offer a tent rental and setup service for our cycling trips, Tent Sherpa.  This service includes a Sierra Designs "4 person" tent set up for you, a Kelty quality sleeping pad, chair for outside the tent and luggage brought to your tent. This service can be purchased when registering for the event. Add a second person (you are cozy with) for $150. You need to bring your own sleeping bag. Cost $575


Bike mechanic and support is offered throughout the bike tour.  Looking for a rental for the week?  Contact The Spoke Shop to rent a bike for the week.  Call (406) 656-8342.  

Parking & Airlines

Tent Sherpa & Bike Mechanics

Tent Sherpa & Bike Mechanics

Flying in will be in Billings, MT.  In May we  will send out a survey to find out fly in times.  We will consolidate to 2-3 shuttles from Billings June 21 - 22. 


Parking will be in Red Lodge at start/finish area. 


Bike Shipping and Saturday Check-In 

Montana Tour

519 S. Broadway #222

Red Lodge, MT 59068


All other details in our Ride Guide


3 Day West Options

Go for 3 with Montana Tour!

We know not everyone can give up an entire week to ride so we introduced the 3 Day in 2023 and because it was well-received and asked for again, we will offer two versions:  West (first half heading west) and East (second half heading east).  Montana Tour 3 Day West meets up in Red Lodge evening of June 22 or morning of June 23.  Ride Day 1-3 finishing in Livingston.  It is limited to 25 cyclists and also a 50/50 mix of gravel and paved roads. 


Early Pricing:  $800 until January 31, 2024

Regular Pricing:  $875 after February 1, 2024


Need Tent Sherpa (same amenities as above):  $300 for 3 Day West 

Shuttle Information

If you start with us in Red Lodge (West), the fee includes a shuttle back to Red Lodge from Livingston approximately 6:30 pm Day 3 (June 25).  If you want a shuttle outside of this time, you'll need to self-shuttle. Exact times will be confirmed. 



June 23-28, 6 day. June 23-25 or June 26-28 3 Day East or West

Register for Montana Tour 2024

Thank you everyone for a fantastic 2024! Check out photos from 2023! Also, if you want to hear more about what our cyclists have to say about our cycling trips, click the link below! 


Montana Tour on MTN Sports

Thank you everyone for a successful Montana Tours! 

 

Our riders, volunteers and crew helped us raise funds for the following organizations throughout our bike tour in 2021-2023.


Newest Project:  Red Lodge Community Bike Shop

The Forest Dana Absarokee Days Co-Ed Softball 

Red Lodge Flood Relief - RLACF, Red Lodge, MT 

St Olaf Church, Montana

Luther Schools, Montana

Bike Walk Southwest Montana, Dillon, MT

Flood Relief to other groups designated in Red Lodge including Yodeler Motel

Lewistown, Frank Day Park Fund 

Recycle Our Waste Lewistown (ROWL)

Mizpah Christian Retreat, King's Hill Pass

Denton Library/Civic Center, Denton, MT

Highwood School, Highwood, MT

Great Falls High School Swim Team, Great Falls, MT

Geraldine Senior Center, Geraldine, MT

And countless other small organizations throughout the route benefitted from the cyclists and crew visiting our Montana towns.  Thank you all for being a part of the tour!


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