Ride The Rockies

Colorado Bike Ride
June 8-15, 2024

Tour Highlights

This was an Ends of the Earth Cycling Outreach Tour – a Christ-focused tour within a tour. The Colorado Bike Ride 2024 was going to take place within the 35th edition of the epic Ride The Rockies event.

You may have heard that Ride The Rockies made the difficult decision recently to cancel their event for this year. We would like to let you know that our Ends of the Earth Cycling Crew had an emergency in-person meeting for prayer and careful discussion. We have concluded that the Lord has put this tour and this team together and has a plan for it and us. We also know that the youth of Brazil still need Jesus and can always use our prayer and promotion and resourcing.

We have decided… The Colorado Bike Ride for the Youth of Brazil is ON!

We are excited to hold this tour and believe it will be amazing. We will ride the same route through the same towns as Ride the Rockies. You will experience a few challenging climbs over mountain passes and showcases the state’s spectacular scenery. Join us as we experience the beauty of God’s creation in the Rocky Mountains of Western Colorado. Ride with us as we pray for, promote, and resource the youth of Brazil.

Daily cycling routes can be as short as 45 miles or as long as 100 miles, but generally average 65-75 miles. This year’s ride includes 410+ miles and 23,000+ feet of climbing over six days of cycling. You will meet your Ends of the Earth Cycling tour-mates in the beautiful and historic city of Grand Junction sitting in the lush Grand Valley, an oasis that runs through the high desert of Western Colorado. Your cycling route will take you through the cities of Steamboat Springs, Craig, Meeker, Rangely, and Fruita as well as the Dinosaur National Monument and Colorado National Monument. This is truly an epic route and itinerary.

Registration Closes May 11, so register soon.

QUESTIONS:

Your Ride Director, Dave Wehrle, is the Outreach Tours Coordinator at Ends of the Earth Cycling. He frequently visits Colorado to ride bikes, hike, and visit his son, sister, and parents who live there. Grand Junction may just be his favorite city in Colorado. Feel free to reach out to him with any questions! DWehrle@EndsCycling.com

Sunset view of the Regency Bridge in San Saba County, Texas, USA

Fall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmiths America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of the same name.

Beyond the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in this aerial view looms the Denver skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmiths America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Continental Divide sign high in Rocky Mountain National Park in the Front Range of the spectacular and high Rockies in north-central Colorado.

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The 266,000-acre park is split by the high-point spine of rocks, east of which waters eventually flow to the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico, and west of which waters eventually reach the Pacific Ocean. Original image from Carol M. Highsmiths America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Cowhand John Guthrie III and his horse, Gunner, near one of several streams on the Park Range Ranch in Colorado's North Park. (Coloradans in this remote part of the state, near the Wyoming line, call their valleys "parks.") The Park Range is a spectacular series of Rocky Mountain peaks overlooking the "park." This vast area, up dirt roads out of Walden, Colorado, in Jackson County, one of the least-populated counties in America, is a somewhat like a beautiful national park but minus tourists.

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Mr. Guthrie spends most of his time at the working cattle-ranch portion of the operation, which also includes a guest ranch for friends of the owner, called "Fort Boettcher." Original image from Carol M. Highsmiths America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Welcome to colorful Colorado sign. Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons

Lou Wille's "Chrome on the Range" sculpture in the John Denver Sanctuary, named for the popular singer who lived in and sang about Colorado, in the old mining town of Aspen -- now a popular arts and skiing destination.

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Original image from Carol M. Highsmiths America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Scenic Railroad in Durango, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmiths America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

For Youth of
Brazil

Our beneficiary, Light To The Nations is a network of organizations including the Rio Dream Center, ILAN Church, Edilan Book Publishing, and Legacy School. Funds raised from this tour will continue to provide supplies for our many after-school activities that impact youth there and open the door to share the Gospel with those who attend. Help us meet the needs of these youth and #PrayPedalRepeat for the youth of Brazil!

Tour Information

AT A GLANCE

Tour Type

Point-to-Point & Outreach Tour

Difficulty Level

Bonkers

Arrival Airport

Grand Junction Airport (GJT )
Suggested Fly In: June 7 (or June 8th before noon)

Orientation

June 8 at 1:30 PM

Event Dates

June 9 - Transportation Day and Expo June 10-15 - Cycling Days

Indoor Lodging

Provided all nights of the tour - bring your air mattress!

Begins At

First United Methodist Church
522 White Ave. Grand Junction, CO 81501

Return to Start

June 15th in Afternoon

Departure Airport

Grand Junction Airport (GJT )
Suggested Fly Out: June 16th (or June 15 evening flight)

Tour Cost

$475 - Cyclists + (No Ride the Rockies cost)
$250 - Support Staff (No Ride the Rockies cost)

Cycling Speed

Choose from 4 groups

Funding pledge

Cyclists - $1,000
Support Staff - Optional

Registration CLoses

May 11, 2024

Where the money goes

Not to Ends Cycling

The majority (90%) of all donations goes directly toward impacting youth served by our beneficiary in this county, in Jesus’ name. The remaining funds (10%) support the administrative costs for our parent organization, New International, a not-for-profit which, in all honesty, helps us do what we do even better. Tax deductible receipts and year end giving statements are provided to all tour participants and donors. Find our more about our financial transparency and accountability standards on our About page.