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Guided cycling weeks in the Colombian Andes — road and gravel, fully supported.

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A Typical Week

What nine days at Echelon looks like

Every group is different and we build the agenda to fit, but the shape of the week is consistent: arrive, shake down, build into altitude, back off, then the signature ride. Dinners are scheduled around the ride — big days are followed by an Echelon chef-prepared meal.

Hotel Echelon at dusk
Day 1

Arrival & Bike Build

No ride Check-in 2:00pm

An intro to Colombia, then a tour of the rooms and property amenities. A qualified bike tech builds and QCs every bike, with a standard bike fit if you need one. We deliberately don't ride on day one — the first ride is always best on fresh legs and fresh minds.

Rider on a quiet Colombian road
Day 2

Shakedown Ride

60–80 km 800 m

A late start and an easy day to settle in on the bike you just built.

  • 9:00 Breakfast
  • 12:00 Lunch on route
  • 2:00 Café stop
  • 4:00 Back at Echelon
Andean landscape above Echelon
Day 3

Acclimating to Altitude

100 km 1,400 m

A consistent build that lets the body adapt to 2,200 m. No stops after lunch — one clean run home.

  • 8:00 Roll out
  • 10:00 Café stop
  • 12:00 Lunch stop
  • 3:00 Back at Echelon
UCI-carded masseuse
Climbing in the Colombian Andes
Day 4

The Build Continues

120 km 1,600 m

Same shape as day three, one step up in distance and climbing.

  • 8:00 Roll out
  • 10:00 Café stop
  • 12:00 Lunch stop
  • 2:00 Café stop
  • 4:30 Back at Echelon
Colombian coffee at a café stop
Day 5

Pressure Off

90 km 1,200 m

Four days at altitude is enough. A shorter day to recover and load up for the big one tomorrow.

  • 9:00 Roll out
  • 11:30 Lunch stop
  • 1:30 Café stop
  • 3:30 Back at Echelon
UCI-carded masseuse
Group riding closed roads in Colombia
Day 6

The Concepción Fondo

140 km 2,800 m

The signature ride, mixed into the Medellín Ciclovía — main roads closed, bikes only, and something like 100,000 cyclists in the space. Full immersion into what Colombia is famous for. The 1:00 café stop is the best blueberry milkshake known to mankind.

  • 8:00 Roll out
  • 11:00 Straight to lunch
  • 1:00 Milkshake stop
  • 5:00 Hard push home
UCI-carded masseuse
Flowers on the Sky Flower route
Day 7

Sky Flower Recovery

70 km 900 m

Waterfalls and an easy pace out to remote, low-traffic roads. Another favourite — they're all favourites, really.

  • 10:00 Roll out
  • 1:00 Lunch stop
  • 3:00 Straight back
Rolling terrain on a road bike
Day 8

Roller Coaster

100 km 1,400 m

Back into the recovered riding schedule — short, steep rollers that are enormous fun on a road bike.

  • 9:00 Roll out
  • 12:00 Lunch stop
  • 2:00 Café stop
  • 4:00 Back at Echelon
Last morning in the Andes
Day 9

Last Ride & Check Out

Route to suit Check-out 7:00pm

A mixed route chosen from the fitness we've seen in the group. Check-out isn't until 7pm, so everyone gets one last ride, dinner at Echelon, and the shuttle to the airport.

  • 8:00 Roll out
  • 12:00 Lunch stop
  • 3:00 Straight back
  • 7:00 Check out

Meals matter

Dinners are scheduled around the ride schedule. Big days are followed by a meal prepared by the Echelon chef, served in the hotel — the casa opens as a private venue when a week is full.

Built around your group

Some riders are here for the riding and everything else is a distant second. Some want the riding, the food and the adventures. Some are foodies who want to ride, where the culture and the photos come first. We tailor the agenda to fit.