Arkansas High Country Race 2024

The Arkansas High Country Route is challenging. The terrain and surface make it a challenge to keep your bike operating. And this is a race, so you are trying to cover these hilly, gnarly miles as quickly as possible. You are sure to hit the limits of what your body can endure. But keeping your head straight through all the setbacks and pain might be the biggest challenge of all. Less than 50% of the starters will finish. Can you be one of them?

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Arkansas High Country
Sparkling streams, hills and hollows, shady rivers, mountain views, waterfalls, swimming holes, historic sites, bustling cities – the Arkansas High Country Route has it all. According to local route designer Chuck Campbell, “That route don’t go no where — It just runs around everywhere!” Indeed, this route is designed to connect many of the interesting places in west-central and northwest Arkansas. The route is approximately a 50/50 split between paved and unpaved surfaces.

1,000+ Miles, 80,000+ feet of elevation gain/loss

Arkansas High Country Central Loop
The central loop of the Arkansas High Country Route (ArHC) tours the Boston Mountains of the Ozark Range and the Arkansas River Valley. Folks who ride clockwise out of Russellville will jump up onto the Ozarks to start. There is lots of climbing and plenty of beautiful views. The finishing miles will be on the flatter Arkansas River section.

430 miles 33,000+ ft of elevation gain/loss

The Ozark Odyssey
Johnny Brazil put together a route in an attempt to make the hardest route in the Ozarks. Expect to climb up and drop off of the Boston Mountains dozens of times. Some sections are very remote – on roads you didn’t know existed. There is even a section on a “road” that does not exist!

250 miles 23,000+ ft of elevation gain/loss