Copper Harbor Bike Tour Singletrack Adventure – 2.5 Hour

This tour may be customized for the beginner, intermediate or expert rider.
If you’re seeking an introductory tour of the trails, this exactly what you’re looking for!

TRAILS: Rider appropriate Crushed Gravel and/or Singletrack – plus, take advantage of an included mountain bike shuttle ride.

GUIDES: Our guides are very experienced and have many years of experience riding the Copper Harbor Trails and local area.

Explore Copper Harbor’s world-class mountain bike trails with the folks who know them best! Whether you’re a novice rider (or a family of novices!) who’d like to learn, practice or refine some basic skills or an experienced rider wanting a local’s knowledge of the 40 mile plus trail system, our mountain bike tour groups are small and can be geared towards any level and ambition. Tours for any level can explore historic locations, uninhabited Lake Superior shoreline, inland lakes, streams and waterfalls, old-growth forests and high-point panoramic views of the Lake Superior and surrounding Keweenaw Peninsula below.

BEGINNER TOURS:
Great for novices, families and those just wanting to get out to see what the best mountain biking in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is all about. Following basic instruction from our guides, venture off to some easy-rated trails surrounding the village to practice your newly learned skills. You’ll be in good hands with your guides knowledge of the trail system, ensuring that you explore trails appropriate to your riding level — our tours are very small groups and we’re careful to pair riders with similar levels of experience.

While the Copper Harbor Trails have a reputation as being extreme, the Copper Harbor Trails Club is in the process of building more easy-rated, crushed gravel trail that includes the development of the Back Nine Trails at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge (KML) in 2019. This tour includes a shuttle ride to the top of the trail system at KML. Depending on riders’ comfort level, the option of being picked up or to progress to an easier intermediate-rated trail back to the village nearly three miles below can be selected.

We are excited about the addition of our new Rocky Mountain Full Suspension kids bikes to our fleet!  The Reaper 24″ & 26″ have a Suntour Raidon 120mm front fork and a RockShox Monarch R rear shock (130mm travel) along with a 10-sp Shimano shifter and hydraulic disc brakes, these mini-mountain bikes will provide the youngsters with a quality ride on par to the larger adult models that may evoke a new found passion for some.

TOURS FOR EXPERIENCED RIDERS:
For the more experienced and adventurous riders, tours include a variety of Copper Harbor’s classic cross-country and purpose built flow and (downhill) gravity trails ranging from intermediate to advanced and expert rated. Read more about our internationally renowned trails here.

THE FINE PRINT:

• Safety is always our number one concern and we do everything possible to manage the risks for our clients! Our guides are very experienced and have cumulative years of experience riding the Copper Harbor Trails and local area. They will work with you to customize and develop a tour that best suits your level of comfort and capabilities. All of our guides are certified as either Wilderness First Responders (WFR) or in Wilderness First Aid (WFA). Our guides carry two-way radios, cell phones (though coverage is sporadic) and a GPS tracking device capable of sending messages and to call for advanced help in an emergency. It’s important to know that we conduct many mountain bike tours in remote and sparsely populated areas with limited or no access to roads and emergency assistance could be distant and time-consuming.
• Gratuities for your trip leaders are at your discretion.
• CANCELLATION POLICY: Payments are refundable, minus a 15% cancellation fee, with notice any time prior to TWO WEEKS of scheduled activity — otherwise non-refundable unless the optional Trip Protection has been purchased.
• WEATHER POLICY: Full payments will be refunded in the event of UNSAFE weather conditions, such as heavy downpours and thunderstorms & lightening. Please note, though, a light to moderate rain, fog or cool weather does not cancel a tour.
• TRIP PROTECTION (OPTIONAL): This is a “CANCEL FOR ANY REASON” in-house trip insurance, which covers rentals, tours and shuttles (not lodging). If you subscribe to this option for $15 per booking, you understand that it allows you to cancel your rentals, tours and/or shuttles up to 24 hours prior to your scheduled reservation and receive a refund minus a 15% cancellation fee. You understand that Trip Protection is void in cases where a 24 hour notice of cancellation is not provided AND DAY OF CANCELLATIONS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.