On October 9th, 2011 the inaugural Whiterock Canyons Bike Tour was run. The tour proved to be an challenging and scenic route through southern Utah. We had high expectations for this new tour and our expectations for riding and lodging where exceeded.
What follows are client testimonials from the tour.
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The ride is not to be missed, much more fun and beautiful than larger rides like BTC and RTR, both of which I have ridden. First off, the group size makes for great interactions – you get to know your mates and share the experience effortlessly. The ride support allows you to ride fantastic roads with little traffic through as beautiful territory as you will ever find. Lizard Head guides are skilled and know how to keep the fun rolling. The night lodging and food are without exception great. Go for it!
Challenging climbs, delightful descents, wonderful weather (woefully windy on occasion), spectacular scenery, gorgeous geology, fabulous food, lovely lodging, and a great group of fellow cyclists. Lizard Head Cycling Guides outdid themselves on this one. Thanks John, Eric and Nicole (and Chris) for a terrific tour – an awesome experience. If you love to ride in stupendous settings, you gotta ride this one. I’d love to go again.
It’s now a few days since my wife & I returned from the inaugural Whiterock Canyons Tour. It was a fabulous week; we had perfect weather, congenial fellow riders, and terrific support from our guides (John, Nicole, and Erik). The riding was incredibly scenic, and challenging as well (lots of climbing). As always, John and the other guides were attentive and flexible, so everyone was able to ride as much or as little as they wished. I especially enjoyed the accomodations and dining at the Slot Canyons Inn and Boulder Mountain Lodge – sophisticated comfort in the backcountry. We are looking forward to future adventures with Lizard Head! I will post some photos from the tour when I have a chance.
What a great time on the Whiterocks Tour! Thank you, John, Erik and Nicole for all your efforts to look after and pamper us which I really appreciated. Next time improve the male/female ratio, although Nicole counts two.
Thanks, Rick
The tour was epic. What struck me the first day was the traffic – or lack thereof. A car every 10 minutes or so constituted heavy traffic, not the usual case for this east coast girl! There were stretches of the road where you didn’t see any other vehicle except the Lizard Head support van for 20-30 mintues or so. Biker heaven. The there were the views. We’ve traveled heavily in the west, and keep coming back to this stretch of Utah for the wonderfully bizarre rock formations, the spacious views, the endless sense of sky and space, and the beauty of the color. You see the rippling musculature of the earth itself in this part of Utah. John picked a beaut of a route along Utah 12 circling the Henry Mountains. The climbs were challenging, the road was good, the guides were top-notch (Erik, Nicole and John), and I found good companionship with the nice mix of ages (mid 30′s up to age 78!) and sexes (some great women who were wonderful riders). I’d come back in a heartbeat (and I think I’ll have to so I can claim the “alumni jersey” awarded to returning riders on their second trip!)
Here is a link to some photos of the inaugural White Rocks tour:
https://picasaweb.google.com/117644025115323757642/WhiteRocks?authkey=Gv1sRgCNqT_a2RwtTAXQ