Wearing plaid is not mandatory, but always welcome. Interested in becoming more involved in Bikepacking Roots? Apply to be a Board Member!⁠ Our Board Members act as representatives of the organization and advocates for the bikepacking community and the landscapes through which we ride. They’re responsible for ensuring we’re executing our mission, accountable to our membership, and organizationally healthy. We’re seeking new Board Members whose experience, expertise, perspective and passion will help us fulfill our mission. That might include experience (in no particular order) with: Strat ..read more

Our 5th annual Bikepacking Community Survey is happening from now until August 7th. Whether you're an avid bikepacker or an aspiring adventure cyclist, we want to hear from you. Your input will help us better understand who bikepackers are and what they want and need, so that we can best serve the bikepacking community. The survey results will inform our route development, community building, education and advocacy initiatives in the years to come. The survey should take no more than 5 to 10 minutes to complete. As a thank you for your time, you'll be entered to win one of five pr ..read more

Bikepacking Roots is excited to celebrate the 2022 BIPOC Bike Adventurers. These cyclists and projects were selected for their transformative impact on the applicants' lives and larger communities. The BIPOC Bike Adventurers will be mentored by experienced BIPOC bikepackers Sam Scipio, Eugene Pak and Antonio Miranda. The more than 50 other applicants and other BIPOC cyclists are also invited to participate in mentorship. Thank you to everyone who donated to the grant fund and helped make these transformative trips possible, especially our friends at Salsa Cycles.​ S ..read more

The Intermountain Connectors are here at long last! We’ve teamed up with the Adventure Cycling Association to release six routes linking our Western Wildlands Route (WWR) to the iconic Great Divide MTB Route (GDMBR). The WWR was inspired in part by the GDMBR. Since we released it in 2017, riders have been asking for routes to link the two. After years of reconnaissance, they’re finally here. You can use the Connectors to create loops with easier logistics or ride them as free-standing routes. Each one is a unique adventure in its own right, crossing diverse desert, mountain, and plateau lan ..read more

Bikepacking Roots will be accepting applications for the 2022 BIPOC Bike Adventure Program from between April 14th and May 15th. The BIPOC Bike Adventure Program is an effort to reduce the barriers to bike adventure by providing grants and mentorship to BIPOC bike adventurers. We recognize that this is a small step in the face of massive systemic racism and entrenched inequality, but we believe that bicycles and the outdoors are for all, and that everyone should have access to the freedom, joy and self-actualization they engender. We also know that there are many barriers to m ..read more

Brooke Goudy is an athlete and bicycle advocate. She has a love for cycling, but her greatest joy is introducing cycling to women of color as a co-leader of Black Girls Do Bike Denver. As the community events manager for VIDA MTB Series, she co-leads an Impact committee that works to eliminate barriers to make mountain biking more inclusive, equitable, and diverse. Her love for biking extends to conservation and advocacy for trails. She recently became a member of the Board of Directors for Boulder Mountainbike Alliance and co-leads the&nbs ..read more

The BOLT Act is in Committee in both the House and Senate, and we need your help in moving this bill forward! What is the BOLT Act? The "Biking on Long-distance Trails" Act is federal legislation that would result in the identification of potential new long-distance bike trails on federally managed lands.  What does the BOLT Act mean for the future of trails and bikepacking? If passed, the BOLT Act will mandate that federal land managers identify potential for new long distance bike trails. This could lead to support for restoration of existing long distance bike trails that need resurr ..read more

​Bikepacking Roots is hiring a program coordinator to lead and help expand its BIPOC Bike Adventure Grant Program thanks to generous support from Salsa Cycles. ​ The BIPOC Bike Adventure Grant Program was created in 2020 to help reduce the barriers to bike adventure for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) individuals. The program provides funding, in-kind assistance, and mentoring for recipients to pursue fun and empowering bicycle adventures and skill building of all kinds. In 2021, the BIPOC Bike Adventure Grant Program received 96 applications and gave 13 grants to 20 recipient ..read more

Bikepacking Roots (BPR) is excited to welcome its new Executive Director, Ally Johnson, a passionate bikepacker and experiential educator based in Salt Lake City. Ally has a master’s degree in Policy, Organization, and Leadership from Stanford University, undergraduate work in nonprofit leadership, and last taught US history and civics at the high school level. Ally was chosen from a large candidate pool of highly qualified individuals, a testament to the passion and diversity of experiences in the bikepacking community. “After serving as Executive Director of Bikepacking ..read more

We are excited to officially release the long-awaited Northwoods Route, a 600-mile-long circumnavigation of the western half of Lake Superior through northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Following primarily gravel roads, relatively smooth two-tracks, rail trails, and short sections of pavement through thick forests and along countless lakes of all sizes, we created this loop to be inviting to riders on both mountain or gravel bikes. And for riders looking for more technical riding opportunities - loaded or unloaded - along the way, the route includes singletrack ..read more