We have so many events this year that we’re splitting the event postings into multiple postings. This year we have:
Bike Tours!
- Bike and Nature Tours
- Black Rock Desert
- Black Rock Desert
This post gives you more details about our Bike and Nature Tours. See our full schedule here! In past years we’ve driven participants out to Black Rock for a nature tour, this year we’re going green and biking to see nature in BRC.
BYOB – Bring your own bike!
Tuesday
6:30 AM – 8:30 AM Experience Deep Time on the Playa Bike Tour: This is your opportunity to contemplate Deep Time while on the playa. Your journey will be led by geologist Dr. John Dilles (Oregon SU). Bike to the outer playa to contemplate the history of this place we call home, from the deep time geologic framework to the ice ages, first human inhabitants in the region, post-glacial warming and inexorable warming of the Anthropocene era. Burn baby burn! P.S. Deep Time = Geologic Time.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Playa Sunset Bike Tour – Join our desert expert on a 5-mile journey exploring the subtle geomorphic wonders that form Black Rock City’s backdrop. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.
Wednesday
6:30AM – 8:30 AM: Playa Sunrise Bike Tour – The “golden hour” after dawn is prime for wildlife spotting. Tour the deep playa with our naturalist guide. Bring your questions. Cameras and binoculars are welcome.
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Magic Moop Mobile – Hitch a ride in style to the trash fence at the outer limits of BRC on an Earth Guardian Magic Moop Mobile. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Behind the Green Curtain Bike Tour – An interpretive bike tour of some of Black Rock City’s Green camps featuring solar installations, gray water set ups, recycling efforts, plastic-free living, solar cookers and much more. Come see what innovators are doing to make Black Rock City more environmentally friendly.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Playa Sunset Bike Tour – Join our desert expert on a 5-mile journey exploring the subtle geomorphic wonders that form Black Rock City’s backdrop. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.
Thursday
6:30 AM – 8:30 AM Experience Deep Time on the Playa Bike Tour – This is your opportunity to contemplate Deep Time while on the playa. Your journey will be led by Chas Rogers, professor of Geology at Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, Oregon. Bike to the outer playa to contemplate the history of this place we call home, from the deep time geologic framework to the ice ages, first human inhabitants in the region, post-glacial warming and inexorable warming of the Anthropocene era. Burn baby burn! P.S. Deep Time = Geologic Time.
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Magic Moop Mobile – Hitch a ride in style to the trash fence at the outer limits of BRC on an Earth Guardian Magic Moop Mobile. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Playa Sunset Bike Tour – Join our desert expert on a 5-mile journey exploring the subtle geomorphic wonders that form Black Rock City’s backdrop. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.
Andy leads another sunrise playa dynamics tour!
Friday
6:30AM – 8:30 AM: Playa Sunrise Bike Tour – The “golden hour” after dawn is prime for wildlife spotting. Tour the deep playa with our naturalist guide. Bring your questions. Cameras and binoculars are welcome.
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Magic Moop Mobile – Hitch a ride in style to the trash fence at the outer limits of BRC on an Earth Guardian Magic Moop Mobile. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Behind the Green Curtain Bike Tour: An interpretive bike tour of some of Black Rock City’s Green camps featuring solar installations, grey water set ups, recycling efforts, plastic-free living, solar cookers and much more, Come see what innovators are doing to make Black Rock City more environmentally friendly.
Saturday
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Magic Moop Mobile – Hitch a ride in style to the trash fence at the outer limits of BRC on an Earth Guardian Magic Moop Mobile. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.