Green Fondo NorCal Weekend

What’s included:

• Camping which includes shower facilities.
• Full route support including bike mechanics, water & snack stops, and cheerful leaders!
• Good food! Saturday: breakfast, picnic lunch, dinner, and snacks at aid stations along the routes. Sunday: breakfast and lunch and snacks at aid stations along the route.
• Really awesome people to spend the weekend with!

Not included:

• Cabins: We have indoor accommodations available. If you wish to book a cabin or bunkhouse room there is an extra charge. We will send out the request form after you register.
• Hotels: If you prefer a hotel, you can book a hotel nearby.
• Alcoholic beverages: We will have beer & wine donated by our supporters, but if you prefer special libations, bring them along!

Want to bring your camper van? Please reach out to make sure we have space to park.

100% of all funds raised go to grants! Wow! When you register, you’ll pay a registration fee (we now have two options–Super Supporter and Fundraiser). Then each participant commits to fundraising at least $250 for the weekend.

Here’s an explanation of the two registration options:

Climate Ride Super Supporter: Pay a $200 registration fee and commit to fundraising at least $250 by the final fundraising deadline. The higher registration fee helps to cover the true cost of your weekend ride, so that we can continue passing this goodness onto others!

Green Fondo Fundraiser: Pay just $100 (or $75 before Dec. 15!) for your registration fee and commit to fundraising at least $250 by the final fundraising deadline. This subsidized registration fee is possible thanks to our Climate Ride Funders Trip Participants, Annual Fund Donors, and Climate Ride Super Supporters.

And remember — 100% of all fundraising will be granted to your chosen beneficiaries (this does not include the registration fee).

One of the things that make Climate Ride such an effective charitable event is that YOU can select the organization(s) you wish to benefit through the Climate Ride grants program. Our beneficiaries were selected for their work on the environment, justice, conservation, sustainability, climate education, and active transportation advocacy. Learn more about beneficiaries here.

Participants on Green Fondo events will be able to fundraise until June 30, 2026. Funds raised on all Green Fondos will be granted to your selected beneficiaries in July. This special disbursement of grants will allow Climate Ride Beneficiaries to access the funds raised from these events shortly after they are completed.

It’s no small feat to run an event where every fundraised dollar raised goes straight to grants. A huge thank-you goes to our Annual Fund donors and participants in our Funders Trips, whose support helps cover the costs of running Green Fondo. It’s a big lift, but they always step up!

Our goal is to make Green Fondo a high-quality event, with great rider support, expert speakers, entertainment, and healthy food and snacks along the way. That said, you may have experienced for-profit events with extras like gourmet cheese tastings or kombucha stations—those kinds of perks come with high costs. If there are special treats or essentials that will make your weekend even better, we encourage you to bring them along or connect us to a sponsor!

Climate Ride is committed to building an inclusive environmental movement, led by people with varied backgrounds and perspectives. Since 2016, we have given awards to active transportation and climate advocates. These awards are given to individuals as well as bike coalitions and eligible organizations so that their Climate Ride teams can better represent the diversity in their communities and widen the conversation on sustainability. Awards are also directly given by Climate Ride to eligible candidates. We prioritize these awards for individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color, low-income, young women, and LGBTQ+.

On last year’s Green Fondos we gave out over 20 scholarships.

If you would like to apply to receive a Community Leader Award, you can do so here!

The ride starts and ends at Walker Creek Ranch in Petaluma, CA.

Our chosen routes depend on a lot of factors, including what we’re able to obtain permits for, weather complications, difficulty, variety of terrain, and overall experience. Due to this variability, we are often still finalizing routes in the weeks leading up to a ride, and thus cannot share GPS routes for them. As soon as routes have been confirmed — usually a week or two before the ride — we will share that info with all participants via email.

We’ve partnered with Unlimited Biking for the event. They have a variety of bikes and will deliver your bike to Walker Creek Ranch so you don’t need to worry about traveling to and from the ride with it. They are offering special rates and all arrangements can be made here. 

All of the routes are held through roads that are open to the public (there are no roads closures for Green Fondo). In order to minimize additional drivers on the roads, please do not invite your friends or family to drive the routes.

If you wish to ship your bike to the event, we will recommend a local bike shop where you can ship your bike and have it re-built. And, the end of the ride, your bike can be packaged and shipped home. We recommend using Bike Flights for shipping.

Due to limits on parking, camping, cabins, and bunkhouses, we can’t have companions or visitors to this Green Fondo. However, if you want to reach out to inquire after the ride is full, we can check if there is any additional space.

Anyone showing up at the event without registering or prior approval will be turned away.

All registrations fees and donations are non-refundable.

Fundraising Deadlines: TBD

Looking for a carpool to the ride? Be sure to check out the event Facebook group after you register.

There are also great options to get there by train if you’re willing to do a little bike packing for the final stretch.

If you cannot attend the Green Fondo event, you may request to transfer your fundraising to a future event. Donations cannot be transferred to another participant in the year you are registered or future years. Participants may transfer to another event within the same calendar year, or to an event in the next calendar year. Climate Ride requires that participants who transfer fundraise to meet or surpass the new event’s fundraising minimum.

Participants who cancel their registration after the Transfer Deadline, 3 weeks prior to the event, are NOT eligible for a transfer. If you withdraw from the ride within three weeks of the event or don’t participate without notifying us, any fundraising you’ve received will go to support programs of Climate Ride.

Email us at [email protected]!