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Date: March 24, 2024
Event: The Ouachita Challenge
Route Distances: 60, 62, 122 miles
About the Ride:
The Ouachita Challenge Race Association has been working hard behind the scenes to bring you a fun and safe 2024 Ouachita Challenge. We are in the final stages of getting our permits and approvals for the event. The OC must still follow state and local guidelines. Check the OC Facebook page for any changes or updates.
There are a couple of changes for this year’s OC. The biggest change is a Saturday Gravel Grinder. The gravel course will be using some of the same roads the tour course used, roads that are parallel to the trails, and the same aid stations. The Gravel Grinder will be 100k in distance. Map coming soon.
The Sunday Mountain Bike Race will remain the same.
We also have a category for those daring enough to sign up for both days.
The waitlist will be on the Ouachita Challenge Facebook page this year instead of the bulletin board.
We are still having breakfast each morning as well as Saturday night dinner. We will be able to seat 19 family groups in the school cafeteria at a time and will have some outdoor seating as well.
Riders will still be able to sleep in the gym. Tent camping will still be allowed on the school grounds.
Saturday Gravel Grinder (March 23)
Sunday Mountain Bike Race (March 24)
Location: Oden Schools, Oden, AR 71961
Event Website: Facebook Page | www.ouachitachallenge.com
Registration details: Online registration
Contact info: Scott Hopkins | scott.omca@gmail.com or 479-466-6601
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