Best Gravel Cycling Events Southwest 2024
The team at Strambecco rates the Best Gravel Cycling Events Southwest 2024 based on various factors, including reputation, route quality, location, rider feedback, and the event’s or race’s overall uniqueness. Spanning California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, the Southwest terrain features of Strambecco’s best list include mountains, canyons, mesas, buttes, high broad basins, plateaus, desert lands, and some plains characteristic of the Basin and Range Province. The entire southwestern region features semi-arid to arid terrain. The list includes events in Northern California marked by old-growth forests, spectacular coastal routes, and generally cooler temperatures.
If we had to pick the best of the best gravel cycling events Southwest 2024, or those you’d classify as bucket list events, we’d recommend the Belgian Waffle Ride (San Diego) in August or the Sea Otter Classic (Monterey County) in April. We also strongly correlate the best events and professional event producers. The Southwest premiere event producers include Monuments of Cycling, Bike Monkey, and Grasshopper.
Strambecco does not list every event. We strive to identify and review events that are special and noteworthy. If you have suggestions on other events we should consider or review, please get in touch with us or send us a note at editors@strambecco.com. You can also see some of our other best guides for the region here:
The Sea Otter Classic, produced by Life Time Events, is a classic and the largest festival and gathering of cycling enthusiasts in North America. Professional and amateur athletes make the annual pilgrimage…
