Grand Canyon Tour

Albuquerque to the Grand Canyon and Back

September 15 - 30, 2007

FULL Email the PAC Tour office if you want to be put on the waiting list.

14 Days     1,065 Miles plus hiking
Riding 76 - 115 miles per day
Albuquerque, New Mexico to the Grand Canyon and return to Albuquerque, New Mexico

Costs Calculated on July 1st. Count does not include crewmembers.
$2,095 for 30 or more riders
$2,395 less than 30 riders

Susan's Tour Photo Album

This tour is for someone who wants a two week cycling tour mixed with hiking and other adventure activities. We will ride 500 miles from Albuquerque to the Grand Canyon then spend three nights and two days hiking and exploring the area. You will have a choice of several individual or package hiking tours offered by the Grand Canyon Park Service. The climate of the southwest is perfect at this time of year with dry comfortable days and cool nights. Our return tour to Albuquerque will take a different route and explore more areas of the Navajo Indian region.

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Grand Canyon Tour 2003 Recap

2003 was the first time we held this tour from San Diego to the Grand Canyon and back during September. Thirty six riders participated in the 13 day, 1,300 mile tour.

The route followed the Mexican border the first 3 days. The first day had several tough climbs over 4,000 foot mountains and then a nice downhill into the desert. The heat was over 110 degrees and set records for that time of year. The second day everyone rode into Gila Bend, Arizona and were caught in a wild afternoon thunderstorm. The streets were flooded, but the cool air was a pleasant change. Overcast skies continued the next day making for perfect desert riding conditions to Wickenburg, Arizona.

The next several days brought cooler conditions as the riders climbed over the 7,000 foot mountains at Prescott, Sedona and Flagstaff. An out and back ride from Williams to the Grand Canyon gave many riders the chance to ride the old steam train to the Canyon and return in the afternoon on their bikes.

The return trip to San Diego went a different route heading west toward Needles, California. Everyone followed a classic section of Route 66 for three days through Ashfork, Hackberry and Kingman. The climb over Sitgreaves Pass to Oatman is a steep twisty old one lane road without guardrails. Wild donkeys still roam these mountains as ancestors of gold miners who thrived here in the 1900's.

Days 10 and 11 crossed the California desert again. The record heat continued well over 100 degrees. Everyone was handling the heat better now but hoped for cooler riding conditions. The final days were pleasant as they climbed the mountains to the apple pie festival town of Julian. The last day was a fast ride dropping 4,000 feet in 75 miles back to San Diego.

We don't know when PAC Tour will offer this tour again. Another route option would be to begin in Albuquerque, New Mexico and go to the Grand Canyon and back. We could avoid the desert heat and still ride the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. The tour would still fit in a two week time frame. Look for this new tour to be available in the future.

2003 Route