Ruta del Jefe is a binational festival celebrating adventure, education, community, and advocacy

March 21-24, 2024

The 2024 event is sold out. Register for the waitlist below.

SUPPORT THE ADVOCACY FUNDRAISER

Help Reach Our Goal To Raise $45,000

RUTA DEL JEFE SEEKS TO CREATE LIFELONG ADVOCATES FOR CYCLING AND THE BORDERLANDS.

THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE 2024 FUNDRAISER WILL BE CUENCA LOS OJOS, BORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK, FRONTERA DE CRISTO, POR LA DEFENSA DEL RIO CASAS GRANDES, AND INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATION. 

This unique event promotes the rich culture and biodiversity in the borderlands, showcases its indigenous communities, and highlights the border wall's effects on animal and human migration.

  • adventure rides

  • workshops

  • live music

  • local cuisine

  • keynote presentations from conservation, Indigenous, and humanitarian organizations

Ruta del Jefe's goal is to connect a community of like-minded individuals through a greater sense of understanding of the places they ride, raise money for local organizations, and create life-long advocates for the borderlands.

The Ruta del Jefe gathering will occur on the unceded ancestral lands of the Ópata and N'dee/N'nee/Ndé.

We acknowledge them as the first peoples of these lands in which we have the privilege to visit, learn from, ride in, and share community.

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PREPARE FOR RUTA DEL JEFE

Prepare for the Ride, Weather, & What to bring

PRIORITY REGISTRATION

Priority registration is available for Mexican citizens, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+. To sign up for priority registration, please fill out this form.

PRIORITY REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR 2024

Scholarships

Scholarship recipients will receive complimentary registration (including camping and food), and a small travel stipend. They will not be required to participate in the fundraiser or pay the donation portion of the event. If you identify as BIPOC and feel that this scholarship would help you gain community and a meaningful experience, please fill out this short form.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION IS CLOSED FOR 2024

  • “It was the best cycling event I had been part of”

  • “It was the event I needed. The diverse participant list, the incredible routes and the element of education and giving back to the area. It was beautiful, challenging, welcoming, fun”.

  • “A perspective changing and validating experience”

  • “AMAZING!! I am still reeling with joy from this experience. It was a mature, positive, and sincere event with equally stellar participants. I keep in touch with people regularly, and we continue to discuss the important issues and causes that RDJ supports”.

  • "This experience was a breath of fresh air, from the people to the food, and the landscape, as well as the social context”.

  • “Ruta del Jefe is for lovers, for people who still believe in magic, who still believe in each other, who still believe in the possibility of jaguars and their innate value and right-to-be. And that’s the way it was for us, as guests in that grass, getting ragdolled around by the wind as we awkwardly tried to keep track of each other’s names…gathering memories, gathering time”.

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This week marks the end of an era at the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch with Director, Cristina Francois, moving on to a new chapter in her life. Cristina is the reason the @awrr_audubon is open to cyclists passing through on the #skyislandsodyss
Yesterday we wrapped up the #rutadeljefe fundraiser. A small community of 150 folks exceeded RDJ’s original goal of $30,000 by collectively fundraising ✨$45,861 ✨ for @indivisibletohono , @awrr_audubon , Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, @nomoredeat
Industry partners are integral to #rutadeljefe . The support from @iamspecialized , @campfirecycling , @ombraz , @rapha_n_america , @ridewithgps , @sramroad , and @swiftindustries cover many of the essential operating expenses that allow us to offer