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Kait Boyle…
loves moving up and down mountains and sleeping outside. She discovered the mountain bike amidst a career in outdoor education and quickly fell in love with bikepacking which dominoed into pursuing long bikepacking expeditions around the world. That led to racing to see if she could, which turned into wondering what her best looked like. Kait then won a 24-hr World Championship, set records in self-supported ultras that rival the strongest men and then survived and overcome a traumatic car accident which has ultimately led her to where she is now - a passionate and dedicated backcountry mountain biker who rides to go deeper, connect to place and people, and expand her limits.
Beyond the bike, Kait loves time at home in the Tetons with her husband, Will and their dog Hank. Dog rides, powder-filled backcountry ski days, mountain wanders, river floats, and strong coffee balance her pursuit of her mantra, “you are unlimited.”
MORE ABOUT KAIT
Home: Victor, Idaho.
The ancestral lands of the Shoshone Bannock, Eastern Shoshone and Cheyenne tribes.
Advocacy:
Bikepacking Roots: co-founder, Education Director (2017 to present)
Protect Our Winters: Athlete Alliance member (2021 - present)
Mountain Bike the Tetons: Board of Directors (2020 - present)
Arizona Trail Association: Board of Directors (2022)
Education/Training:
M.A., Environmental Education, Prescott College.
B.A., Wilderness Leadership & Environmental Education, Prescott College
Adventure Education Adjunct/Associate Faculty (2009-2018)
Co-developed first college-level bikepacking course, Geology through Bikepacking, Prescott College (2013, 2015, 2017)
NOLS Instructor 2009-2020
Wilderness First Responder
AAA Professional Level 1
NICA Level 2 Coach (2020-2022)
Follow: @kait.boyle / YouTube / Here + Now Substack
Career Highlights
Elite 24-hr World Champion (2018, Scotland)
Course Records/FKTs:
Arizona Trail 300 - 51:50 (self-supported, 1st female, 2nd overall, 2018)
Kokopelli Trail - 13:07 (self- supported, 2020-2024)
Fat Pursuit 200k - 17:21:22 (1st Female, 5th overall, 2025)
24Hrs in the Old Pueblo Solo Female - 18 Laps @ 12:50:20pm (2018)
Coconino Loop 250 - 32:30 (self-supported, 2017)
24Hrs in the Old Pueblo Co-ed Duo - 21 Laps (2014)
Notable results:
Unbound XL 4th open female (2024, bikepacked 1,250 miles to race)
24hr World Championships 4th Pro Women (2024)
Breck Epic 3rd Pro Women GC (2023)
Pisgah Stage Race 2nd Pro Women GC (2022)
White Rim self-supported, 4th Overall Female - 7:37 (2021)
+ over a decade of consistent podium finishes in XC, Marathon, 100mi & Backcountry Enduro events.
Notable Bikepacking/Expeditions
(highlights from 14 years of global bikepacking)
Off Road to Unbound: 1,250mi from Victor, Id to Emporia, KS (2024)
Connected Communities: Bikepacking to the Downieville Classic (2024
3-weeks in the Alps, chasing big mountain trail riding (2022)
Bears Ears Loops: Green River to Hite w/ Bicycling Magazine (2021)
Diné Bikéyah Crossing: Prescott, AZ to Durango, CO 1000 miles through Navajo Nation (2018)
Patagonia: a month of bikepacking in the southern Andes (2016)
Across Japan to SSWC (2015)
Alps Traverse 800 mi by singletrack (2014)
Colorado Trail (2013)
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (2012)
Kokopelli Trail (2011)