Event Description
The Wine Country Bike Trek is a unique and well-established cycling event that takes place in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley wine country and benefits People Helping People. Riders will have a choice of signing up for one, two and three day rides. Our goal is a minimum of 50 riders. Riders will be given an opportunity to collect pledges for a chance to win a variety of great prizes.
Each day, riders choose from a 30- or 50-mile ride. Volunteers will greet you every ten miles with fully catered rest stops. The Spirit of the Wine Country Bike Trek is community, family, and friends. We guarantee you’ll walk away with new friends and fantastic memories of your weekend in the Santa Ynez Valley. Best of all, the proceeds from the Bike Trek make a difference in the lives of those in need.
Three Day Option, June 3rd-5th
Begin at Solvang Elementary School in Solvang on Friday, June 3rd. We’ll transport your camping gear to our campsite as you begin your scenic tour of the Santa Ynez Valley. Saturday, you will tour around the Santa Ynez Valley and end back at our campsite. On Sunday, your ride begins at our campsite and ends back at Hans Christian Anderson Park with a BBQ lunch donated by Buellton Rotary.
Two Day Option, June 4th-5th
Begin your ride at Midland School up Figueroa Mountain Road. Tour in and around the Santa Ynez Valley on Saturday, June 4th. On Sunday, your ride begins at our campsite and ends back at Riverview Park in Buellton with a BBQ lunch.
One Day Option, June 4th
One-day-riders begin and end at our campsite in Los Olivos on Saturday, June 4th. Join us for fun and festivities including a barbecue compliments of the Kiwanis Club of the South Coast - a donation they have made for 30+ years!
Bike & Brew
After your done riding join us for a taste of craft beers from 3 to 6pm. As a rider, your registration includes you admission to this event. For non-riders, Bike and Brew tickets are $20 for tasting and dinner.
Registration is available online until Wednesday, June 1st. Afterwords, registration is available on-site, Friday and Saturday ONLY. Check our website for directions to Friday and Saturday Check-in locations.
This is a fundraising event for People Helpling People and while fundraising is not required, we hope you will raise funds a qualify for some great prizes. Money raised from the Wine Country Bike Trek will help support People Helping People’s emergency and basic needs programs, including a Food Program, which provides groceries to over 1,100 people bi-weekly, health care access for adults and children that are underinsured and uninsured, and programs such as counseling for children and teens and an after school youth program offering homework assistance, tutorials, and arts and crafts activities.
Fees
ADULTS: $200 for 3-day, $150 for 2-day and $75 for 1-day
YOUTH (8-14): $100 for 3-day, $75 for 2-day and $37.50 for 1-day
Children under 8 are free, but pledge collecting is encouraged.
