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SCHEDULING & CANCELATION POLICY

Prerequisite:

It is mandatory that any applicant wishing to take part in the Expedition C.V. – has successfully completed either our “Intro to Adventure” or “Next Step” program!

Accommodations

Day 1 Sunday:
"Rustic bunkhouse at RawHyde"

Day 2 Monday:
Semi -Camping at Base Camp Alpha.

Day 3 Tuesday:
Semi -Camping at Base Camp Alpha

Day 4 Wednesday:
Field Camping at
Gola Wash

Day 5 Thursday:
Death Valley Furnace Creek Ranch.

Day 6 Friday:
Return to RawHyde Ranch for your final night

Day 7 Saturday:
Return to home

General highlights.

Death Valley

Agueberry point

Mengel Pass & Charlie Manson’s cabin

The Racetrack

Scotties Castle

Titus Canyon

Dante’s View

Burro Schmidt’s famous tunnel

Trona Pinnacles

The Wells Fargo Stage road also known as the “Silver Highway”

Ballarat Ghost town

Death Valley’s “race track” where boulders move magically across the floor of a dry lake bed.

Since 2002 RawHyde has provided world class “off road” rider training programs for owners of “big adventure bikes”. Our goal has been to create exciting programs and classes that increase skills & bolster levels of confidence among riders of motorcycles like the BMW GS and KTM 990 Adventure. We have provided services to thousands of riders and operated riding clinics around the US, as well as Canada and Mexico. In the years that have passed since RawHyde’s inception we have received great reviews for our “Intro to Adventure” rider training program. In this class we teach people the “basics” of back country travel on large motorcycles. BUT – we have known for quite a while that there is more that’s needed from a training perspective, yet we did not have the resources to provide a quality program in the way that we felt was necessary. Things have changed and we are pleased to offer our new expedition program which is aimed at “making the connection” between the structured environment of our training school and the real world.

RawHyde began to “bridge the gap” between our training school environment and the real world in 2008 with our Base Camp Alpha program which is a two day desert ride aimed at “cementing the skills” taught in our Intro to Adventure program, but BCA as we call it is simply a “skills reinforcement” program; not continuing education.


The Expedition C.V. is both the final step and “missing link” in Adventure Rider Training. The letters C.V. are from the Latin phrase “Curricula Vitae” which in modern terms it means a resume’- so in other words this program helps you build a resume’ of accomplishment as a rider. This program is part expedition preparedness, part education and part vacation. It’s a real life adventure, on a fully loaded motorcycle and it takes place in the “real world” not the carefully crafted environment of our training school. To top the experience off… this is one cool trip as well.

As mentioned above this is a carefully designed “training program” but its also a fantastic adventure through the heart of the incredible Mojave Desert, and it provides many elements of education while at the same time affording a great “vacation”. Click Here to learn more about the educational component.

The purpose of the Expedition is to expand the training experience beyond what RawHyde has created with its curriculum based programs in Southern California. The expedition takes place in the deserts of California and Nevada using Death Valley National Park as the centerpiece for the trip. Death Valley is considered to be one of the world’s greatest “Adventurous destinations” & Many of the Valleys natural wonders are 50 miles or more “in the back country” at the end of a rough dirt road. Death Valley simply stated is an “Adventure Riders heaven”.

The Expedition C.V. is offered quarterly; as a follow up to the RawHyde / BMW Off Road Academy training program.

Itinerary for the Expedition C.V.

• Day 1 – Sunday:
3-5 PM Arrival at RawHyde Adventures


• Day 2 - Monday:
destination Base Camp Alpha - explore the magnificent Mojave Desert. Gold mines, historical relics, Ghost Towns etc.


• Day 3 - Tuesday:
Base Camp Alpha layover day – GPS activities while exploring the amazing Panamint Valley, Ballarat Ghost town, the Minietta Mine and more.


• Day 4 - Wednesday:
Depart Base Camp Alpha - Destination the infamous Gola Wash, Gold mines, and relics of the pass are in abundance today and we'll need team work to make it through.


• Day 5 - Thursday:
Depart from Gola Wash for Death Valley. Destination tonight is Furnace Creek Ranch.


• Day 6 - Friday:
Return to RawHyde Adventures via Agueberry point and the famous stagecoach route through Wildrose station.

Scheduled Dates:
	Oct 22 - 27	OPEN
	Dec 03 - 08	OPEN
Price:		$2595 using your own motorcycle
		– rentals available
Rental Prices:		1200 GS $1295
		800 GS $1095
		650 GS $895