Salida to the Sea 2023

The race is a self-supported MTN bike race covering over 2,000 miles of bikepacking adventure through the beautiful isolated terrain of 5 states with approx. 147,000 feet of climbing. The race begins just outside the mountain town of Salida, Colorado, and ends in Port Orford, Oregon.

The journey will begin with a racer group campout just outside Salida, CO on the night of August 30th. A time to get aquatinted, share tall tales, and have some laughs. The morning of the race there will be a group rollout descending a fun 2,000ft over 8 miles into Salida. There will be a racer group send-off just before the climbing begins on Poncha Pass, leading next to the beautiful climb up and over Marshall Pass.

Our hope is for you to experience and embrace these amazing traits of self-supported bike pack racing…..

Camaraderie: A spirit of good friendship, loyalty and honor among members of a group.

Adventurous: Willing to go where you haven’t been before and do things you’ve never done, even if you don’t know how it is going to turn out.