Why Our Guides Are the Best in the Industry
We know that anyone who has been on one of our tours will agree
- our guides are the best in the industry! Our guides are what make our tours so special and help to ensure that your experience out mountain biking in the beautiful places we visit are made safe, fun and full of knowledge. Read on to see what sets our guides apart and makes them the best around.
Our Guides Have Mountain Bike Skills Certifications and Knowledge
Our guides are incredibly knowledgable when it comes to mountain bike skills and technique. Almost all of our guides have completed a [PMBIA](https://pmbia.bike/) or [BICP](https://icp.bike/) instructor or guide certification training. These courses teach our guides how to convey proper skills to make sure you have the best knowledge for a safe and fun ride out on the trails. The trails we ride tend to be more technical and rugged than a lot of other places. While our tours are not primarily focused on skills, our guides can teach you proper body positioning, braking and cornering to help you have more fun on tour AND take new knowledge back to your everyday trails to gain confidence and progress your mountain biking.
 Our guide Beth, who is a certified skills instructor, coaching a guest through a technical spot at Dead Horse Point.
All Guides Have Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid Certification
Safety out on the trails is our number one concern. Our priority as guides is to make sure you know what is coming on the trail, to help demonstrate technique and skills to help you through more challenging sections, or to recommend where its best to walk your bike. But even with all of the precautions, accidents can happen. All of our guides are required to complete and stay up to date with Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid training. This means that they will know how to handle minor injuries or how to respond to more significant ones. To maintain their certifications, our guides complete refresher courses with the most up-to-date information every two years. We don’t want you to worry about something happening, but if it does, we can assure you that our guides have you covered.
 Our guide Brian carrying a dummy “patient” during a Wilderness First Responder recertification course.
Our Guides Are Dynamic and Unique Individuals
Many of our guides have experience in other roles and industries that they bring to guiding and Rim Tours. Some of our guides have been chefs, some have worked at nonprofits, others have been photographers or business owners. All of these experiences are things that make them dynamic individuals and bring unique skills to mountain bike tours. It is always fun to sit around the campfire and discuss life before Rim Tours with any of our guides!
 No matter what they did before guiding, our guides are all great backcountry chefs!
Most of Our Guides Have Long Careers at Rim Tours
Working for one company for a long time says a lot about that business and the people who choose to work there. We employ high quality guides who have been committed to Rim Tours for many years. We recently celebrated the retirement of long time guide Mike Smith, who worked at Rim Tours for over 30 years! We have other guides who have worked at Rim Tours for over 20 and most have been at the company for 10 years or more. This kind of experience means that your guide will be brimming with knowledge, passion and love of all the things Rim Tours stands for.
 Mike Smith celebrating his retirement from guiding by finishing up his 250th White Rim lap!
Our Guides Have a Genuine Love for Mountain Biking and The Areas We Guide
Adding onto the section before, our guides have long careers at Rim Tours because they genuinely love mountain biking and the areas we guide in. This is really apparent with the knowledge that they will convey and the excitement they show for the places we get to visit on tour. We guarantee that experiencing the trails through the lens of our guides will give you a deeper understanding of the place and genuine enthusiasm for mountain biking! You will get to learn the history, geology and fun facts about the area. Our guides love to geek out about mountain biking, so be prepared to gain an even deeper enjoyment of the sport… and we bet it will get you thinking about which [Rim Tours trip to book next](https://rimtours.com/reservations/?%2Freserve%2Fmd-scheduled-tours)!
 Our guides are the best!
