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Best Gravel Cycling Races Southwest 2024

Best Gravel Cycling Races Southwest 2024

The team at Strambecco has carefully curated a list of the best gravel cycling events in the Southwest 2024. This list takes into account various factors such as reputation, route quality, location, rider feedback, and overall uniqueness of the event or race. Spanning across California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, the Southwest terrain offers a stunning array of landscapes, some of the finest cycling terrain in the world.  Mountains, canyons, mesas, buttes, high broad basins, plateaus, desert lands, and plains characteristic of the Basin and Range Province. The entire region features semi-arid to arid terrain, with events in Northern California offering old-growth forests, coastal routes, and cooler temperatures.

For those seeking the best of the Best Gravel Cycling Events Southwest 2024, we recommend events in the Belgian Waffle Ride Series, a North American series offering some of the world’s most highly respected and well-organized gravel events/races in North America.  The Belgian Waffle Ride California (San Diego) is well known among cycling enthusiasts and pros as one of the most difficult bicycle races in the US at 146 miles, 40 of which are off-road sectors.  BWR CA is the culminating event in the Tripel Crown of Gravel Series, a special competition within the full Belgian Waffle Ride Series lineup that involves participation in BWR AZ (March 1-2), BWR UT (April 5-6), BWR CA (27-28)The series is produced by innovative production company Monuments of Cycling

If you have suggestions for other events we should consider or review; please feel free to get in touch with us or send us a note at editors@strambecco.com. You can also explore our other best guides for the region, including our Best-in-Class picks covering Road 2024 and MTB 2024.

gravel cyclists at Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) Utah

Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) Utah 2024

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Fish Rock 2024

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Sea Otter Classic 2024

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Belgian Waffle Ride California (San Diego) 2024

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Riders on route of Gran Fondo Moab

Moab Fondo Fest 2024

The Moab Fondo Fest is a two-day cycling event that takes place in Moab, Utah, on May 4th and 5th, 2024. It offers two different options for riders: the Gran Fondo Moab,…
Gravel riders on trail near Moab

Gravel Fondo Moab 2024

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gravel cyclists at stetina's paydirt

Stetina’s Paydirt 2024

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Riding Lost and Found Gravel Grinder

Lost and Found Gravel Grinder 2024

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Solo rider on Truckee Tahoe Gravel course

Truckee Tahoe Gravel 2024

Formerly known as Truckee Dirt Fondo, Truckee Tahoe Gravel, produced by premier event operator Bike Monkey, is a wild mixed-terrain adventure ride into the gravel and dirt roads of the majestic Tahoe…
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Crusher in the Tushar 2024

Crusher in the Tushar is a popular gravel event celebrated and rated by Strambecco as one of the best gravel events in the Southwest. Crusher in the Tushar is produced by premier…
gravel cyclists at Heart of Gold Gravel event

Heart of Gold Gravel 2024

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gravel riding scenery at Rexy Co2uT

Rexy Co2uT 2024

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gravel cyclists at Hammer Road Rally

Hammer Road Rally 2024

The Hammer Road Rally, produced by Bike Monkey, is one of California's premiere gravel events. Picked as one of our best gravel cycling events in California and the Southwest, it features some…
gravel cyclists at The Bovine Classic

The Bovine Classic 2024

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Riders on tough section of BWR Mexico Course

Belgian Waffle Ride Mexico 2024

BWR Mexico:  Hell of the South Bienvenidos, gravel cycling enthusiasts, the second annual Belgian Waffle Ride Mexico is the grand finale of the Belgian Waffle Ride Series.   Monuments of Cycling (MoC), a…
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