RockyTrax Revs Up Fun For The Whole Family
Photos Courtesy of RockyTrax
If you grow up on a farm or a ranch, chances are you’ll develop a love for the outdoors. This was certainly true for Andy Hanks, owner of RockyTrax.
As a child, Hanks always wanted to explore. He rode horses and dirt bikes all around his family ranch and spent as much time as possible in the great outdoors. As his own family grew, he strove to cultivate a love of the outdoors in his own children.
Three years ago, Hanks asked himself, “Can I help introduce another family to something that’s had such an impact on our family?” In response, he decided to open RockyTrax, a dirt bike and camper rental company run out of his own home.
Hanks lives on a small ranch just outside Grand Junction with his wife, Kristi, and their four kids. After working in the corporate world for 26 years, Hanks decided it was time to start working from home in order to spend more time with his family. The Hanks family feels very strongly about getting outside. After years of dirt biking and camping, they realized they wanted to share their family pastimes with others. RockyTrax is owned and operated by Hanks right from his ranch outside Grand Junction.
“Converting our family’s passion into a business was an easy decision,” Hanks explains. RockyTrax offers camper and dirt bike rentals, off-road riding lessons and guided tours. Hanks has three campers for rent — a 30-foot family size camper, a 19-foot camper that sleeps four and is suited for both light off-road and campgrounds, and a small, off-road camper geared towards remote camping. The campers can be delivered to a location and set up by Hanks, or families are welcome to camp on Hanks’ 100-acre ranch, which has easy access to mountain bike trails and the Colorado National Monument.
If dirt bikes are more your speed, Hanks offers rentals, lessons and guided tours for adults of any skill level. Two separate guided tour routes allow those of different abilities to still enjoy the experience and can be half-day, full-day or multi-day for a truly customizable experience. The beginner to intermediate route will take bikers off-road into Telluride to experience incredible views. The more technical and challenging route guides explorers into Montrose, over the mountains, into Moab and finally back to Grand Junction.
Hanks will happily take care of the all details of your rental or lesson experience. “Our service goes beyond renting a camper and sending our customers on their way,” he says.
With RockyTrax, customers should feel free to mix and match their experience. Come for the weekend and stay on the ranch in a camper while learning how to dirt bike. Have half the family camp, while the others adventure into Utah on dirt bikes. Rent a few campers with your friends and family and have your own backcountry expedition. The possibilities for adventure with RockyTrax are as vast as the terrain that can be explored.
Hanks reflects on how many people often disagree on what is the best way to connect with nature.
“Dirt biking, camping in a tent, camping in a camper,” says Hanks, “all those are great ways to view the outdoors.”
