Hot Springs, Arkansas, has added top-tier MTB trails to its portfolio — and more are planned for construction in 2026. By Greg Heil for Arkansas TourismOctober 10, 2025 Last Updated: October 10, 2025 The town of Hot Springs, Arkansas, is known as “America’s first resort.” Tourism in the region runs so deep that the town is a tourist destination to…
DATE: AUGUST 15, 2025 HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Feel like taking the challenge of pedaling 178 miles from Hot Springs’ Northwoods Trails around Lake Ouachita and back? Now’s the time to make the commitment. Registration is now open for the 2025 Ouachita Triple Crown race, which is part of the Seventh Gudrun –…
DATE: JUNE 7, 2025 HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Registration opens today (Saturday, June 7) for the Seventh Annual Gudrun Mountain Bike Festival on Hot Springs’ acclaimed Northwoods Trails. The annual mountain bike extravaganza annually attracts hundreds of bikers of all abilities to Northwoods, which has been voted the No. 1 trail system in…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — For the fifth time in the last six years Hot Springs Northwoods Trails System has been named the top mountain bike trails in Arkansas by the readers of Arkansas Outside. “We have taken first place every year except one that Arkansas Outside has had this survey,” Visit Hot Springs…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Hot Springs’ Northwoods Trail System will be the site on April 12 and 13 for both the Wildcat Marathon mountain bike endurance race and the Northwoods Enduro presented by the Southern Enduro Tour. The Wildcat Marathon will be held Saturday, April 12, and the Enduro will follow on Sunday,…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The Fourth Northwoods Trail Run, scheduled for May 10, has been added to the Arkansas UltraRunning [cq] Association Ultra Trail Series Lite race calendar this year. And, yes, the race still has gone to the dogs. Scheduled as the 14th and last race in the AURA UTS Lite 2024-25…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Arkansan Walker Jones won the Ouachita Triple Crown endurance race held November 8 – 10 as part of the sixth Gudrun Mountain Bike Festival in Hot Springs. Jones finished the 178-mile endurance race despite challenging weather conditions that the competitors faced during the weekend of mountain biking events centered…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The Ouachita Triple Crown 180-mile endurance mountain bike race has been added to November’s Sixth Gudrun – Northwoods Mountain Bike Festival in Hot Springs. Gudrun is a three-day mountain bike festival November 8 – 10 that features competition and activities including the Atila the Hun XC race, the Slow…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Registration opens today [Sunday, February 11] for the May 11 Third Annual Northwoods Mullet Trail Run, and this year the race has really gone to the dogs. “That’s right,” said Visit Hot Springs Trails Coordinator Traci Berry, “this year, the March Northwoods Mullet Trail Run will have special divisions…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Hot Springs’ nationally acclaimed Northwoods Trail System will be the host March 16 – 17 for three major events on the Southern Enduro Mountain Bike Tour. The Wildcat Mountain Bike Marathon — 25- and 50-mile races — will send riders onto the Northwoods and Cedar Glades trails for a…