Vacation with your family where the West is still wild. This Backroads adventure features activities galore and a pair of action-packed national parks: Yellowstone, where geysers gush skyward, and Grand Teton, home to moose, elk and dazzling lakes tucked beneath jagged peaks. As you and your kids bike, hike, raft and kayak, you'll be mesmerized by nature's many marvels. Come out of the wild and into the rollicking cowboy town of Jackson. Evenings are spent in historic hotels with spectacular views.

MAJESTIC GETAWAYS: Casual Inns

Old Faithful Inn (1 night): Built in 1904 with a grand lobby seven stories high, "a spectacular log-and-shingle château that captures the moment the West went from wild to Baroque," reports Travel+Leisure.

Lake Yellowstone Hotel (1 night): On the National Register of Historic Places, this old-style hotel, completed in 1891, sits along the shore of the lake.

Jackson Lake Lodge (2 nights): Situated in the heart of Grand Teton National Park, the lodge's upper lobby features 60-foot picture windows for savoring views of the Teton peaks.

Snake River Lodge & Spa (1 night): This lodge offers an outdoor heated pool, a sauna, indoor and outdoor Jacuzzis, and a full-service spa - all superb spots to unwind at day's end.

Daily Mileage Options & Cumulative Elevation Gain

Day 1

• Levels 1 to 2 3 Route Options Available
• Biking 10, 17, 22 miles
• 600 feet elevation gain

Day 2

• Levels 1 to 3   3 Route Options Available
• Walking 3.9, 7.4, 9.2 miles
• 500 - 2000 feet elevation gain

Day 3

• Kayaking 4 hours

Day 4

• Levels 1 to 5 Several Route Options Available
• Optional Activities
• Hiking  4 to 14 miles
• 100 - 2500 feet elevation gain

Day 5

• Levels 1 to 4 4 Route Options Available
• Biking 15, 24, 31, 42 miles
• 300 - 500 feet elevation gain

Day 6

• Rafting 2 hours

On this Family Trip, our routes follow gentle terrain with no significant gain or loss in elevation. Liberal van shuttling is incorporated into the itinerary to facilitate our activities and mileage is kept moderate to enable you to spend more time exploring on your own.

Trips For All Abilities

Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. We know your pace may vary from one day to the next-and your traveling companion's may differ somewhat from yours. So we present a range of mileage options, and each day you decide exactly what and how much you want to do.

Activity Level	Average Time	Average Distance
		Biking	Walking & Hiking
Level 1	2-3 hours	10-20 mile	2-5 miles
Level 2	2-4 hours	21-30 miles	5-7 miles
Level 3	3-5 hours	31-40 miles	7-9 miles
Level 4	4-6 hours	41-55 miles	9-11 miles
Level 5	5-7+ hours	56-75+ miles	11-13+ miles

Reserve early for the best available price. Prices may change during the course of the year--if they do change, the best prices are available earlier. Once you book your trip, your price is guaranteed.

Recommended Kids Ages

Minimum Ages:

Recommended minimum age for the trip: 6 years

Minimum age restrictions:

• Rafting and kayaking: 6 years
• Ride own bike: 7 years

General Info on Minimum Ages:

We strongly encourage families to join our Family Trips, designed with kid- and adult-friendly features. Please note that we have a minimum age requirement of 1 year for all Inn trips and 2 years for all Camping trips. Other than that, we do not restrict trips to a minimum age except in the rare case of a hotel age restriction. We do, however, recommend minimum ages based on the following criteria:

• 12+ cultural appreciation, difficulty of activities and route
• 9+ difficulty of activities and route
• 6+ several long adult dinners; parent may not be able to pull a Burley and/or there may be multiple activity restrictions
• 3+ riding is on bike paths, making it great for young kids; Burley and Piccolos are available; there are few or no activity restrictions; and no long dinners (or we offer alternatives)

Please note that a trip may feature an activity with an older age requirement than the minimum age recommendation for the trip. Younger kids are still welcome on the trip and while they will not be able to participate in the activity, the leaders will suggest an alternate activity. For safety reasons, children under 7 may not ride their own bikes and are required to ride on a Piccolo or in a Burley. For certain destinations, children must be 9 or older to ride their own bikes.

Guest Trip Reviews

Fun, fun, fun! We met wonderful people and learned a ton too. It was our first Backroads trip, and now we plan to take at least one per year for the rest of our lives. The leaders were incredible...fun, educated, and accommodating to our every need. They went way beyond the call of duty every single day. It was the best trip we've ever had!

Eve Porinchak - San Luis Obispo, CA

This trip...the first with my daughter was awesome! Our leaders were the best. The food was fantastic and ordering off the menu was such a great thing. Isabella and I had so much fun and the activities were just the right level for an almost seven year old. One thing you can't know in advance is the interactions between the different folks taking the trip, but we all hit it off and the parents and kids became like one big happy family. I can't wait to take the next family trip. I have been on several Solo Backroads trips in the past and could not wait for my daughter to be old enough to join me...our first experience was a great start.

Barbara Charles - Syosset, NY