Bicycle Tours in the Pacific Northwest

Bicycle Adventures -- Operating since 1984, features cycling trips on San Juan Islands in Puget Sound; the volcanoes -- Mt. Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mt. Adams in Washington and Mt. Hood in Oregon; and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. Some trips including hiking and kayaking. Also California and more.

Cascade Bicycle Club -- The largest bicycle club in the Pacific Northwest offers four fully supported long-weekend bicycle tours with overnights at motels. Four tours in 2009 -- eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon Coast.

See Wild Heart Cycling

IBike -- The bike touring division of the International Bicycle Fund has tours around the world, including one that leads cyclists through the islands of Washington state and British Columbia; look for the Rolling the Islands of the Salish Sea tour.

Silver Bike Tours -- This eastern Washington bike tour company features one-day tours on bicycle paths in the area (offers shuttle, bike rental, lodging). The tour company strings together three rail-to-trails routes -- the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes, the Route of the Hiawatha, and the Centennial Trail -- for a three-day ride for cyclists in Idaho, Washington, and Montana.

Smith & Miller Productions -- A small outfit leads bicyclists on its four-day Rolling Pub Crawls through Oregon. Medium distances (21 - 65 miles) and nights at McMenamins lodges along the way.

Sustainable Energy in Motion Bicycle Tours -- The Portland Peace and Justice Center features bike tours of one to three weeks along the Oregon Coast, and Willamette Valley.

TerraTrek -- This tour company, based in Friday Harbor, Washington, offers camping and luxury tours in the San Juan Islands in Washington's Puget Sound, as well as other locations.

Timberline Adventures -- This outfit's Pacific NW tours comprise four tours: the Olympics to Puget Sounds islands; Rogue River Rambler, Northwest Passage and Columbia/Kootenay River Classic.

Wild Heart Cycling -- This Bend, Oregon-based outfit offers 7 bicycle tours in Oregon and 2 in Northern California. Tour include Cascades sampler, Elkhorn Mountain, Willamette Valley and Oregon Coast, among others.