Why go guided?
Mountain biking is our passion, and it’s the passion of our guests.  It’s more than a hobby or a sport.  It’s our stress release, our escape from everyday life, our connection with nature, and a window through which we can occasionally glimpse the world in a different light.  And no matter where they come from, our guests all share one thing in common.  When they get that precious chance to get away from it all and ride, they want to make every single minute count.  They want it to be perfect.  That’s where we come in.  Expert Guided Cycling.

Uncompromising Service and Comfort
From the moment you step off your plane, you can literally turn your brain off and sit back.  Every single detail is taken care of.  Some touches you’ll notice immediately:  You are greeted by our staff at your gate; your bike, which you pre-shipped to our local shop, has been rebuilt to your specs, tuned by our pro mechanic, and is already perched atop our custom shuttle van, ready to hit the dirt; at the end of each day’s ride our drivers await you with fresh clothes, snacks, and a sampling of local microbrews on ice; your mountain view room is just steps to the hot tub, and with perfect planning, we have you back at base camp with plenty of time to clean up, relax, and start your soak under the afternoon sunshine.  Other key details are more subtle:  Our perfect linking of remote backcountry roads to minimize transit time and maximize time on the trail; the secret stash singletrack descent that isn’t listed in the guide books; the prime table we’ve reserved in advance for our group dinners in town.  If you can dream it, we’ve thought of it, planned it, and we’ve got it dialed.

Our lodging facilities are selected for their unique and relaxing ambiance, personal service, and proximity to our trails and other activities.  Plush beds, hot tubs, pools, and campfires are all part of the program.  You’ll fuel mid-ride with nutritious on-the-trail snacks and unlimited free Hammer Nutrition products, then feast later on full-blown gourmet meals  Therapeutic sports massage, trips to local hot springs, and our patented Rest Day Option rides and activities keep you fresh and rejuvenated.  All this, and more.  We’ve perfected all the elements that differentiate a typical self-guided bike trip from a true fantasy cycling experience

And, because we’ve got everything covered, there are only two things left for you to do.  Ride hard, and relax…

The Best Rides
All good cycling vacations have a specific focus at their core.  Some guide companies focus on putting in long miles, some key in on local geological features, and still others seek to provide a very remote camping-based backcountry experience.  At Hermosa Tours, our trips are built 100% around this singular theme: Giving our clients nothing but the absolute best rides, no compromises, no questions asked. 

The rides you will experience are the crown jewels, the hallmarks, the monuments of their respective regions.  All are ridden in the best direction and in the best daily sequence, providing the ideal balance of peaceful flow and rushing adrenalin, climbing effort and descending bliss, wide open meadows and forested canopy.  You won’t waste one minute of your vacation riding bland forest service roads in order to simply link trail A to trail B and you won’t ride a single trail in a less-than-optimal direction as is often required in point-to-point style tours.  Our favorable staff-to-guest ratio, experienced drivers, and custom off-road shuttle vans allow us to do each and every ride in the exact optimal way it was intended to be done.

And, our annual calendar is established so as to hit each region during its absolute peak season.  The burgeoning wildflowers and rushing mountain streams of Colorado in the summer.  The cool crisp air and lush vegetation of Southern California in late fall and early spring.  And the mild temperatures and uncrowded trails of Southwest Utah, in late spring.

If it does not qualify as a “world class ride” you will not find it in our tours.  That’s our promise.

The Experience
Will this be the best week of cycling you’ve ever experienced?  Quite possibly.  Will this vacation be a life-altering experience, one that rekindles your love of riding and sends you back home revitalized and more relaxed than when you started?  As crazy as it sounds, that is our aim with every single tour we run.  And from the letters and emails we’ve received from past guests, it happens far more frequently than you might think.