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The following is a brief description snipped from the Event Notes of BikeReg for the Arkansas High Country Race for 2021. Please see the Event website for current details. You can also gain knowledge on the Adventure Cycling Association’s website.
The Arkansa[s] High Country Race follows the perimeter of the Arkansas High Country Route – a series of three gravel and paved road loops that connect several of the state’s stunning natural regions including the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains and the Arkansas River Valley.
Departing from in front of the Graduate Fayetteville Hotel, the race route follows the Razorback Greenway out of Northwest Arkansas – transitioning to backcountry gravel roads that lead deep into the Ozark Mountains. After winding east to the Buffalo National River Corridor, the route drops south into the Arkansas River Valley. From there, the route points west through the Ouachita Mountains before climbing north into the Ozarks and back to the finish line in Fayetteville.
Participants are required to be equipped with a GPS tracking device that uses the Globalstar satellite network, allowing friends and family to follow riders along the route in real-time and from anywhere in the world (a practice commonly referred to as “dot watching”). . . .
New for 2021, race officials have announced the creation of the Short Circuit Race and an opportunity to experience just the Northwest Loop of the Arkansas High Country Route. Sharing in the grand depart from Fayetteville on Saturday morning October 9, the shorter 240-mile distance is perfect for the weekend warrior OR endurance athlete looking for a limit-pushing course. Racers will have 120 hours to complete the course and the same standard race rules apply to the Short Circuit Race. . . .
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