Cycling and Camping Adventures

In the Hudson Valley, Catskill Mountains, and Beyond

What We Offer

Lichen Bike Tours offers small group guided cycling trips with overnight camping where riders use the frame of their bicycle to carry their own shelter, sleep, and meals. LBT takes care of every detail before and during the trip so that riders can focus on enjoying the adventure with their fellow riders.

Our 2027 season includes:

  • 2 trips in the Spring, 2 in the Summer, and 3 in the Fall
  • 3 rustic hilly overnighters
  • 2 bikes and swimming comfy long weekends
  • 1 Empire State Trail overnighter
  • 1 big comfy weekend in the Great Northern Catskills
  • For Hire custom private bikepacking tours

Our trips are train-accessible. Note the starting point of each trip as it's not always Hudson, NY.

2027 Season

2 trips in the Spring, 2 in the Summer, and 3 in the Fall.Spots will go on sale in January 2027. 

Dates and prices subject to change.

  • 2 Days, 1 Night
    May 8-9 -- Before the Black Flies rustic hilly overnighter

    May 8-9 -- Before the Black Flies rustic hilly overnighter

    05/08/2027
    Roughly 70 miles in total 3000ft climbing Day 1, 1500ft climbing Day 2 Hilly

    $85 and includes a unique t-shirt. Leaving from Hudson, NY and camping halfway up Overlook Mountain outside of Woodstock. We're headed to the Catskill Mountains for an overnight camp in state forest before the bitey black flies wake up later in Spring. It's early in the season and noone has their cycling legs yet, so we'll go uphill slowly on Day 1 and coast downhill on Day 2. Meals plan is for a food stop in Woodstock on the afternoon of Day 1, and a breakfast stop also in Woodstock on the morning of Day 2.

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  • 3 Days, 2 Nights
    May 21-23 -- Great Northern Catskills comfy long weekend

    May 21-23 -- Great Northern Catskills comfy long weekend

    05/21/2027
    Roughly 40 miles in total, plus optional miles Day 2 1000ft of hill climbs Day 1 and 3, optional Day 2 Some hills

    $135 and includes a unique t-shirt. A long comfy weekend at a sweet little private campground with lots of amenities in the sunset shadow of the Great Northern Catskills. The route between the train station and campground crosses the Rip Van Winkle bridge and has several punchy 100+ft hills that can tire your legs and lungs this early in the season, so it's not a completely chilled out ride.

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Who rides on a Lichen Bike Tours trip?

Everyone on an LBT trip likes riding for hours at a time, being outdoors all day and night, and socializing on bikes and in camp. Riders have been all ages, races and genders. If you're interested in that, then Lichen Bike Tours is right for you!

Shorter trips usually have a few first-timers. Are you new to bike tours with camping? You might be:

  1. A cyclist who wants to do more camping
  2. A camper who wants to do more cycling
  3. New to both

Bikepacking in the Catskills could be your next adventure

The Catskill Forest Preserve is designated as "forever wild" in the NY constitution. Following all DEC trail uses, it's possible to ride in a big loop and end up where you started on a combination of paved roads, rough doubletrack trails, and hilly gravel roads. Along the way you can camp every night in the woods away from the noisy public campgrounds. Plan your next bikepacking adventure in the Catskill Mountains.

Catskills Grand Loop bikepacking route