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Follow on Google News | The Maze District in Canyonlands NP - Holy Grail for Most Intrepid Mountain BikersThe Maze is to mountain bikers what Mount Everest is to mountain climbers.
By: Holiday Expeditions For over 45 years Holiday River Expeditions (http://www.bikeraft.com/) “The Maze is the least accessible district of Canyonlands, one of the main reasons it was so attractive to us,” explains John Wood, Co-Owner and President of Holiday River Expeditions (http://www.bikeraft.com/) In spring and fall Holiday offers four-day, three-night mountain bike explorations of the Maze in small groups of no more than seven guests and two guides. Daily itineraries can vary widely from one trip to the next based on group desires, abilities, trail conditions and Mother Nature. For 2015, departure dates are May 5, Sept. 22 and Oct. 10 and the rate is $985 per person, or $860 each if guests come with their own group. See: http://www.bikeraft.com/ Groups meet at the Holiday River Expeditions headquarters in Green River, Utah, and board a shuttle for a three-hour ride to Bagpipe Butte Overlook where the fat tire fun begins. The first day’s ride follows the Flint Trail, the most technically difficult riding of the trip. Those with less experience feel no shame in walking a short stretch of this mile-long descent into the country the old-timers call “under the Ledge”. The trail takes a more serious descent off the Flint Cove onto the White Rim Sandstone layer, where it will be wide open riding to the Maze Overlook and camp for the night. Participants bike 20 miles this day and lose about 1700 feet of elevation. On Day Two guests descend by foot into the labyrinths called the Maze. A half day walk through time leads to prehistoric Indian panel called The Harvest Scene, a message left a thousand years ago by the Ancestral Pueblo or Ancient Ones. Visitors then exit the Maze in the Land of Standing Rocks where bikes are waiting for the afternoon ride to camp. Lizard Rock, Chimney Rock, the Wall, the Plug and The Fins are a few of the countless rock monuments that make Day Three’s ride border on surreal. Depending on group desires, this day’s riding will cover between 10 and 30 miles with plenty of viewpoints to stop and garner inspiration. On Day Four Mother Nature serves up wide-open riding down gradual slopes and through occasional dips into desert washes. Shortly after lunch the road emerges at Lake Powell and Hite Marina. A passenger van meets the group for a two-hour ride back to Green River, Utah. While this option is best for experienced and advanced riders, Holiday also offers other mountain bike adventures (http://www.bikeraft.com/ The 3-day White Rim Trail (http://www.bikeraft.com/ There’s a 4-day White Rim Trail (http://www.bikeraft.com/ Holiday’s 3-day San Rafael Swell Tour (http://www.bikeraft.com/ Other tours that take in the La Sal Mountains (http://www.bikeraft.com/ About Holiday River Expeditions Holiday River Expeditions (http://www.bikeraft.com/) For more information, availability, reservations or a copy of the 2015 catalog please call 800-624-6323, Email: Holiday@BikeRaft.com or log onto: http://www.bikeraft.com/ Media Contacts for additional information, interviews and photos: John Wood, President of Holiday Expeditions JWood@bikeraft.com 800-624-6323 Dave Wiggins, Widness & Wiggins PR dave@travelnewssource.com 303.554.8821 Follow Holiday River Expeditions: On Twitter: @BikeRaft (https://twitter.com/ On FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ On You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/ Blog: http://www.bikeraft.com/ End
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