GUIDES & CLINICS
Gain confidence in the Bike Park or elevate your skills with a clinic or private guide.
2025 BIKE PARK SEASON
Open for Daily Operations: June 21 – September 5
Weekends Only: September 6 – 28
Early Season
June 21 – 30
Regular Season
July 1 – August 12
Late Season
August 13 – September 28
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Private Guide
Private Guide Duration:
3 Hours
Departure Times:
On the hour from
10 AM – 2 PM
Pricing:
Early Season – $205
Regular Season – $335
Late Season – $260
Note: Private Guide experience does not include rental or lift ticket. If renting equipment, plan on arriving at least 30 minutes before the clinic to pick up your bike and gear.
Hiring a private Bike Park Guide will ensure your learning is fast tracked and time is all about you. Enjoy the guide all to yourself or bring along 3 friends (up to 4 riders total) with your guide.
Minimum Requirements: Bicycles must have front and rear suspension, 20” diameter wheels or larger, knobby tires, handbrakes, and no coaster brakes.
Required: Full face helmets and closed-toe shoes
Highly Recommended: Eye protection, body armor, and gloves
Bike Park Essentials
Clinic Duration:
3 Hours
Departure Times:
10 AM
1:30 PM
Pricing:
Early Season – $58
Regular Season – $105
Late Season – $79
Never Mountain Biked before but are interested in trying it?
Bike Park Essentials shows you the ropes by utilizing unintimidating terrain sections of the Bike Park. Your guide will coach you on the basics of Mountain Biking, including equipment familiarization, stance, braking and cornering. You will also learn how to safely load/unload the chair lift with your bike and will experience Telluride’s signature Tommyknocker flow trail with your guide.
Minimum Requirements: Ages 12 and up. Bicycles must have front and rear suspension, 20” diameter wheels or larger, knobby tires, handbrakes, and no coaster brakes.
Required: Full face helmets and closed-toe shoes
Highly Recommended: Eye protection, body armor, and gloves
Bike Park Freeride Clinic
Clinic Duration:
3 Hours
Departure Time:
1:30 PM
Pricing:
Early Season – $58
Regular Season – $105
Late Season – $79
Comfortable riding Tommyknocker and ready to get more comfortable in the air and maintaining speed through banked turns?
Freeride Clinics will help you develop your Jump-specific skills like timing, air awareness, and pressure management and downhill skills like cornering, dynamic braking, and bike control, while increasing your comfort and flow in the Bike Park.
Minimum Requirements: Ages 12 and up. Bicycles must have front and rear suspension, 20” diameter wheels or larger, knobby tires, handbrakes, and no coaster brakes.
Required: Full face helmets and closed-toe shoes
Highly Recommended: Eye protection, body armor, and gloves
Drop-In Clinic
Clinic Duration:
1 Hour
Departure Times:
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
Pricing:
Early Season – $45
Regular Season – $50
Late Season – $45
Need to knock off the dust from last season? Or just get a few tips on that one feature that still feels tricky? Go with a guide this afternoon for a one hour Drop-In Clinic. This clinic is a short and sweet way to add to your riding toolkit and gain confidence for your next challenge in the Bike Park. This group lesson is for riders who are at least comfortable on Tommyknocker and who are advancing to Blue or Black terrain.
Minimum Requirements: Ages 12 and up. Bicycles must have front and rear suspension, 20” diameter wheels or larger, knobby tires, handbrakes, and no coaster brakes.
Required: Full face helmets and closed-toe shoes
Highly Recommended: Eye protection, body armor, and gloves
Alpine eBike Tour
Tour Duration:
3 Hours
Departure Times:
9 AM
10 AM
Tour Dates:
July 3 – September 28
Pricing:
Regular Season – $390
Late Season – $390
Enjoy a cross country mountain experience in record time with our Alpine eBike Tour! You and up to 4 friends and family (5 riders total), along with your private guide, will explore the mountains from Basin Trail through the Prospect Bowl – all with the help of a pedal-assist bike. After your guide shows you the basics of using an eBike, you will be on your way. During this tour, there is a built-in stop to snap some photos and enjoy a provided light lunch under Gold Hill. More mountains, less time!
This tour is for adventurous guests who have ridden a mountain bike before and some base level of fitness.
Gear: When booking this tour, you will be directed to a link for a discounted eBike rental with protective gear.
VIEW RIDER ABILITY LEVELS
BEGINNER
A beginner rider has never ridden in a downhill mountain bike park. They will have little to no experience riding a mountain bike on dirt roads or gravel bike paths. Most, if not all, of their riding experience will be on city streets and paved bike paths using a road or urban bike. This rider will have average balance and control on a bike and they can use the hand brakes.
NOVICE
A novice rider will have limited to no experience in a downhill mountain bike park. This rider will be able to ride comfortably at slower speeds on green flow trails and has some experience riding green and easy blue cross country trails. Their balance and control on a bike is good they and can use the hand brakes.
INTERMEDIATE
An intermediate rider has some bike park experience on green and easy blue trails. They are comfortable on a mountain bike and technical blue cross country trails with roots, loose rocks and tight single track. This rider will have no experience with jumping or drops but can ride, balance, change gears and brake autonomously.
STRONG INTERMEDIATE
A strong intermediate rider is comfortable on all green and blue trails in the Telluride/Mountain Village area. They can comfortably ride wide flowing blue trails with rollers and easy jumps. This rider is working towards improving jump, drop and cornering skills to handle the harder trails and flow better. They can ride, balance, change gears and brake without thinking about it at higher speeds and on steeper terrain.
EXPERT
An expert rider is comfortable and proficient on all Black technical and flow trails including all jump and drop options. They are working on gaining experience on double black and pro line trails.