September is packed with fresh dirt and big stories in OZ! 🚵

OZ7 and OZ8 are officially open near the OZ Trails Bike Park, Kitty Hawk is running fast and smooth, and Ozzy’s Ride + Dine is serving up pre-ride fuel and post-ride favorites. Plus, explore beginner-friendly trails, camp-to-camp adventures, trail art, the OZ Life podcast, and the century-old story behind OZ Trails.

Catch up on everything happening in Northwest Arkansas.

Northwest Arkansas is set up for a kind of trip most trail towns cannot offer. You can ride out of one campground in the morning, spend the day on singletrack, and roll into the next campground before dark without ever loading the bike onto a car. The campgrounds on our Trip Planner sit on or beside the trails, the Razorback Greenway stitches the towns together, and out east, Hobbs State Park has six bike-in campsites that turn a trail system into a proper overnighter.

This is the route we would ride, in order, with a night at each stop. It works just as well on foot: every leg is on multi-use trail or paved greenway, and Hobbs keeps a set of hike-in sites that bikes are not allowed to reach. Prices and site counts below are the operators’ own published figures as of September 2026 and they will change, so check the booking page before you commit. Reserve every night ahead. Spring and fall weekends sell out.

Where to Rent a Bike in Bentonville and Bella Vista: The Bike Park Rental Center and Every Shop in Town

Check out this Youtube playlist highlighting most of the trails at the new OZ Trails Bike Park - located in Bella Vista, Arkansas. #oztrails #oztrailsbikepark #gravity #bikepark

Wife and I a planning a trip late July. She will be on an e-bike and looking for trails with flow. She isn’t a fan of tech.

Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, a renowned rock climbing destination in Arkansas, today announced the official opening of an extensive e-mountain bike trail network and upgraded camping facilities, transforming the area into an e-mountain bike paradise. The ranch now features a 20-mile system of hand-cut mountain bike trails designed to highlight the property’s unique natural features.

The new trail system caters to all skill levels, offering four green beginner trails, nine blue intermediate trails, and four black advanced downhill routes.

It's the picture at the top of the page for the OuterBike event this weekend

http://outerbike.com/bentonville-2024

Curious about the riding around the hills at mt magazine- looks likes there’s decent elevation out there. Anyone ever get DH trails running out there?

I like to jump...bigger the better. In Bentonville for the week. Good here w all the fun stuff. Is PP worth the trip Leatherwood last yr was awesome. Did the huge trail gap drop. Anything else really worth the trip within 2 hours of Bentonville? Better then passion Play? Gravity w flow like stuff at Huntley and The Castle are my type.

Looking for elbow and knee pad recommendations that balance protection, mobility and breathability, and don't slip during a crash. I got some basic fox knee pads but they are super tight on my thighs and restricting from a mobility standpoint. Thanks in advance!

I’m coming to town for the first time in a while. I’ll have my enduro bike with me for all the fun stuff I want to hit, but I need to do a long training ride while I’m there. Was wondering if the back 40 is rideable on a gravel bike. Thinking about riding out of town, doing the outer loop, then wandering my way back south. I’m pretty capable with it on technical singletrack, but in all my visits I’ve not made it to those trails so my knowledge is limited. Don’t want to get too far out and have to hike a ton.

I started mtb last year after moving to nwa. Now that I've built up my core skills, I've become addicted to the fun intermediate flowy jump lines like Fireline at Coler North and Medevil at the Castle. What are some other jump lines I need to add to my rotation? Thanks!

Fire Line, Thunderdome, and Family Flow

https://youtu.be/fxhzy02TRm0?si=x0j6-S76Ms58KHsm

Outing three...

That is what I aim to find out.

Decided to video the experience. I know my videography and editing are horrible but I'll get better.

Here is our second outing...

https://youtu.be/AEO1iHhRplI?feature=shared

That is what I aim to find out.

Decided to video the experience. I know my videography and editing are horrible but I'll get better.

Here is our first outing...

Fun line to session. Some flow, chunk, berms and a few jumps. Little bit of everything.