Santa Barbara Wine Country Cycling Tours
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This ride showcases some of the best scenery of Lake Cachuma, on the eastern flank of the Santa Ynez River Valley. This tour includes pathfinding by a professional mountain bike guide, Specialized Tero E-Mountain bike, transport to/from trailhead, park fees and lunch at “Hook’d Bar & Grill”. (Easy-moderate, including some fire roads and rolling single track trails).
$175/person (min of 2)
For those yearning for a diversity of experience, we are offering a hybrid tour for those who enjoy multiple mediums of expedition. Taking off from our tour shop, we’ll pedal through the town of Los Olivos with an optional, time dependent visit to the family owned Clairmont Lavender Farm. From there the tour progresses towards the foothills of the San Rafael Mountains making for Estelle Vineyard. Here, we’ll enjoy a farm to table lunch and depart our two wheeled steads, trading them in for the hooved non-mechanical variety. After a ride through the rolling hills, an optional wine tasting can be included before we head back to the shop.
$425/person, min of 2 riders.
Easy-moderate , (12-18 miles)
This ride takes you through the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley wine country, past a miniature horse pasture, apple orchards, an old school house and includes olive oil tasting in Los Olivos. Our signature lunch is served at Rusack Vineyard before pedaling through the beautiful Ballard Canyon past vineyards en route back to the town of Ballard.
$180/person, min of 2 riders
This tour highlights the best of the Santa Ynez Valley. You will pedal through the corridor of the Happy Canyon wine AVA with panoramic views of the San Rafael Mountains and the Santa Ynez Valley. Enjoy expansive views of vineyard land and rolling hills, including Olive Oil farms and cattle ranches. Happy Canyon features many famous thoroughbred breeding properties, including Om Al Arab and the final home for legendary race horse, Secretariat. For those who wish to challenge their fitness, your guide can lead you a few pitches up Figueroa Mountain, a world famous training climb for professional cyclists. Enjoy our signature farm-to-table lunch served alfresco at Rideau Vineyards with wine tasting to follow. A short cool down-hill pedal awaits you after lunch returning you to our store.
$190/person, min of 2 riders
Easy 14 mile ride followed by 4.5 mile “Lover’s Loop” hike; option for wine tasting after hike
This is a leisurely pedal through the Santa Ynez Valley followed by a gorgeous hike. The tour rolls past local apple orchards, pastoral farms and picturesque vineyards before passing through the quaint town of Los Olivos and continuing to the base of Figueroa Mountain. Check your bike at the trailhead and set out on foot with our experienced hiking guide. This 4.5 mile hike is easy to moderate and passes a stream and often stunning wildflowers. Your guide will serve a locally-sourced picnic lunch in a park or vineyard following the hike. Our comfortable air conditioned van will await your arrival at the trailhead and return you to the shop.
Picnic lunch and transportation included $250/person minimum of 2 guests. Option for wine tasting after hike additional $15/person.
Moderate: 35-45 miles round trip (shuttle available after lunch)
This ride takes you through the Santa Rita Hills AVA, home to the region’s premier Pinot Noir grapes. Traveling along this route the Santa Ynez River west towards the ocean, this route includes two short, moderate climbs and the area’s most notable rolling hills. Enjoy wine tasting and lunch at Vega Vineyard following the bike tour. Option to pedal back to Ballard or ride in our air-condition vehicle back to the store after lunch.
$225/person, min of 2 riders
2449 Baseline Ave Suite 104, Ballard, CA 93463
(888) 557-8687
info@winecountrycycling.com
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