07/23/2026
We sadly had to cancel 3 bike camping trips last weekend due to the smokey air. It was such a tough and painful call to make. In our ten seasons of leading bike camping trips, we had only ever canceled one overnight ride due to weather, and now we just canceled three in the same weekend, an Adult, a Family, and an Adaptive Overnight.
At the end of the day, we believe in adventure, and we prefer to push ahead with an adventure whenever we can, even if there are some heightened risks, but this time, the risks were too much.
Definitely a daunting new reality and challenge that we face as an org (and as a planet). At the same time, with the awesome folks that make up OOFD, we'll continue to adapt and get creative with ways to still get folks, including ourselves, outside on bike adventures. It will take a team effort, good communication, and flexibility which I feel like the OOFD crew has in abundance.
Huge thanks to the guide crews and volunteer program directors for the thoughtful and candid discussions to help us get to this decision for each ride.
Even with these rides being canceled/postponed, one exciting thing is that we have plenty of awesome rides to look forward to including this year's Flock Off the Block to Camp Sullivan on August 29-30. Deets and sign-up in our bio, on our website, and here - https://www.oofd.org/event-info/flock-off-the-block.
