‘A Mountain Town Vibe:’ Eureka Springs

‘A Mountain Town Vibe:’ Eureka Springs

Step foot in Eureka Springs and you might feel as if you’ve stepped back in time. Winding vertical paths and streets usher you around this historic Victorian village, registered as a national landmark. And while it’s easy to imagine buttoned-up ladies and gentlemen...
Welcome to Oz

Welcome to Oz

Over the past two decades, trail building in Northwest Arkansas has evolved from rogue volunteer enthusiasts bushwhacking through the Ozarks into a world-class operation with a professional infrastructure building the finest trails on the planet. What has resulted is...
Coler Mountain Bike Preserve: Cease and Desist

Coler Mountain Bike Preserve: Cease and Desist

They say reverse psychology is a hell of a temptation, and it’s almost certainly what Coler Mountain Bike Preserve’s trail builders, NWA Trailblazers, and Progressive Trail Design were thinking when they dreamt up Cease and Desist. With a name that screams “Stay...
Ride Report: Slaughter Pen Trails

Ride Report: Slaughter Pen Trails

In the beginning, there was Slaughter Pen. Before Coler Preserve, before the Back 40, the 2006 greenlighting of 25-plus miles of singletrack at Slaughter Pen—a historic former livestock operation in Bentonville—spurred a now-storied trail-building boom in Northwest...
Lake Leatherwood: ‘A True Work of Trail Art’

Lake Leatherwood: ‘A True Work of Trail Art’

In Northwest Arkansas’ “far east,” lies Eureka Springs, a Victorian village in the heart of the Ozarks. But just north of town—past the galleries and cottages and antiquing—Eureka Springs draws a decidedly different group of visitors–the adrenaline junkies.  The...
Back 40 Bluff: Take the Long Way Around

Back 40 Bluff: Take the Long Way Around

Along the Back 40 Loop in Bella Vista, Arkansas, there is a stretch of trail dwarfed by 40 feet of limestone bluff, an imposing overhang that tethers cool air to the forest floor, waiting to take the edge off a sweaty summer ride. Photocourtesy of ArkansasOutside.com...