Big Wheel Tours

Staff Portfolios

Bruce is a professional guide who has led tours throughout the greater Coachella Valley for over 15 years. He has conducted hundreds of tours of the Palm Springs Aerial Tram, the Indian Canyons, Joshua Tree National Park, the Salton Sea, Mecca Hills Wilderness, Santa Rosa Mountain National Monument, Coachella Valley Preserve, Windmills, Celebrity homes, and the San Andreas Fault primarily for Fortune 500 clients.

He has lived in the Coachella Valley for over 30 years and has explored, hiked and studied the Valley during that time as his main hobby.

In addition, Bruce has 20 years experience in Emergency Medical Services as a Fire Department Captain, First Aid and CPR instructor, EMS transport, and as a Desert Survival instructor.

Bruce's tours have been featured on the Travel Channel, BBC 1, BBC 2, TV Tokyo, Palm Springs Life, Men's Journal, Sunset Magazine, the New York Times, The LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and many others.

Bruce is informative, interesting, humorous, and has an excellent rapport with clients. We consider Bruce to be the area's best all around tour guide and are fortunate to have him on our team.


Heidi Schneck;

Heidi hiked the Alps while growing up in Switzerland. After graduating from Business and Language Schools, she was admitted to the Swiss Federal Sports and Gymnastic School. After getting her degree in Sports, she immigrated as a young adult to America and taught Sports in Southern Colleges. In the last nine years she has been exploring the desert and has guided jeep, hiking and bicycle tours for eight years.

Heidi has an excellent rapport with clients and is a thoroughly professional tour guide. She is our primary hiking tour guide and has an exhaustive all around knowledge of the Coachella Valley ranging from plants and animals to celebrity and architecture. She is fluent in German, French, Italian and English.

Evan Trubee

Evan founded Big Wheel Tours in the summer of 1996 and began organizing multi-day tours bicycle tours along the eastern seabord.  After moving Big Wheel to the Palm Springs area in 1998, Evan expanded his operations to include bicycle rentals, guided hiking tours, and most recently, jeep tours of the greater Palm Springs area.

Evan is a former USCF racer who stays in shape by riding with the Desert Bicycle Club.  His specialty is guiding bicycle tours.  Evan's philosophy is to hire the area's best guides to provide clients with a memorable experience during their stay in the Coachella Valley.

Evan lives in Palm Desert with his wife, Kristen, and children Patrick and Cameron.