Helena’s easy access to world class gravel road riding makes this trip an outstanding choice. We will roll through the high plains one day, and be climbing above the Continental Divide the next. We’re never truly that far from downtown Helena, but we’ll always feel like we’re deep in the backcountry. Our Montana Gravel trip is an incredible mix of high country adventure and downtown lifestyle. For 4 nights and 5 days, our guides will show you some of the best gravel roads Montana has, rolling right into evenings on the Carolina House patio with a cold local beverage. We’ll see ya there for a good ol time!

• Classic Montana mountain climbing
• Views of high alpine flowers and lakes
• Riding through the beautiful plains surrounding Helena 
• Eating food right from the source in heart of Montana’s ranch country 

The food at Montana Gravel is a favorite of team chef, Zander Ault. Zander attended the University of Montana, Missoula, and studied Montana’s agriculture system as a part of his Environmental Science degree. The farmers, ranchers, and food producers featured during this trip are either friends or former professors of his from college. It’s an absolute pleasure to share Montana’s food network with each of you while dining at Montana Gravel.

The Carolina House is our homebase for Montana Gravel. Located in the heart of Helena’s mansion district, this unique home has 3 floors, plenty of outside space to enjoy the afternoons, and it’s walking distance to everything that downtown Helena has to offer. If you’re driving to Helena for this trip, there is plenty of available parking, and all of our meals will be hosted on the outdoor deck and patio.

Welcome to Helena! We will meet you at our Helena abode at noon to settle into your rooms for the week & enjoy a light lunch by Chef Z. Our mechanic will build any boxed bikes while we eat lunch so that we can head out on our shakedown spin shortly after we finish eating. Our spin today will take us up Grizzly Gulch Road and we will finish up on a gorgeous hillside of Helena overlooking the entire valley. Happy hour as the sunsets over the Elk Mountains, and dinner by Chef Z to follow.

After a nice breakfast on the patio, we’ll head out to ride our classic “Montana boogie” route. Heading south of Helena and once we get deep enough into the woods we will pass the stunning Chessman Reservoir before climbing up and over Remini and into Elliston for lunch. The afternoon today is open with optional massage and a dip in the river. A relaxing evening with happy hour on the deck, followed with dinner by Chef Z.

We will spend our day riding everything south of Helena and weave around dirt roads with green ferns so lush that you question if you are truly in Montana. Lunch will be at the top of our final climb for the day at the top of Grizzly Gulch. Open afternoon with massage available. Anyone is welcome to join our guide team for a walk down to our favorite watering hole called Blackfoot River Brewery before we settle in for another gorgeous meal by Chef Z this evening.

Today will be an early start to make sure we have enough time to get the most of our day as we make our way out to the Bald Butte hills north of Helena. We will all meet in Marysville for lunch, an old mining town that produced about $50 million of gold in 1900. The afternoon will be spent by the river cooling off after our adventure in the woods all day! Happy hour and another beautiful meal for dinner by Chef Z. For those leaving early tomorrow morning, our mechanic will box your bikes up this evening so you’re ready to depart on time. For everyone departing tomorrow at 11AM and have time to join us for a shakedown spin, that would be wonderful.

A leisure breakfast on the patio, followed by a 1 hour shakedown spin before we all say goodbye upon checkout at 11AM. What special moment in time, bon voyage!