Best of Bentonville
Women’s Mountain Bike Trip, April 14 – 19, 2026
Enjoy the beauty and aroma of spring wildflowers as you ride through a variety of single-track mountain bike trails (250 miles and growing daily) designed for the beginner to advanced mountain biker. The Ozark Mountains provide beautiful scenery as you ride next to gentle streams, majestic waterfalls, lakes, and overhanging cliffs.
Trip leaders will provide instruction on some of the fundamental mountain biking skills at various trailhead locations throughout the Bentonville trail system. Following the skill instruction, choose from a variety of routes depending on your fitness level and ability.
Participants will be guided through some of the best “must-ride” trails in the surrounding Bella Vista and Bentonville area. Following our daily rides, your trip leaders will provide post-workout yoga and Pilates recovery sessions.
Relax in the afternoon at the newly built Trails Edge cabins or enjoy more single-track riding right out your cabin door on the Back 40 single-track trails located in Bella Vista. For more information about mountain biking in Bentonville, check out our blog post here.
Experience Bentonville’s Culture & Cuisine!
Enjoy group dinners together at a variety of local restaurants in Bentonville with your new bike companions. Participants will have the opportunity to visit the world-class Crystal Bridges Museum of Art and take a tour of the Walmart Museum. Keep your camera handy as you ride through the city’s paved bike trails filled with over 100 unique pieces of fun public art sculptures and murals.
MTB ABILITY/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
We require all participants to have at least 1-2 years of previous mountain biking experience, feel confident in executing fundamental mountain biking skills, and be enthusiastic about multi-day riding.
Participants can choose from a variety of distances (10 -20 miles) for each session. Beginner to advanced ability levels are welcome! Coaches will lead smaller groups of fitness/ability levels for the daily trail rides so everyone can be challenged.
TRIP DETAILS
- Five nights’ lodging at the newly built Trails Edge cabins.
- Four days of guided mountain bike riding, hitting the best of Bentonville with your trip leaders.
- Fundamental and intermediate biking skill instruction (first 20-30 minutes before our daily rides).
- Appetizers/beverages before dinner meals, as you relax outside in the woods by your cabin.
- Daily bike clean/lube provided by your trip leaders if desired.
- Post-workout Yoga and Pilates sessions.
- Tuesday evening dinner provided.
Trails Edge Cabin Accommodations
TRIP PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR:
- Any ground/air transportation from April 14 to the Trails Edge cabins and return transportation home on April 19.
- Daily transportation to different trailhead venues and local restaurants is not included. We will carpool to various destinations together. For many of the rides, we will be biking from our cabins!
- All breakfast, lunch, and four dinner meals are on your own (kitchen units are included in each cabin along with the following amenities). We will also stop at various cafes for lunch on a few rides!
TRAVEL SCHEDULE: April 14 – 19, 2026
Arrival: All participants are responsible for arranging their own ground transportation to the lodging venue. Participants should arrive between 3 – 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14th, at the Trails Edge cabins.
Departure: The bike trip will conclude with an optional morning ride on April 19, followed by checkout at 10:00 a.m.
TRIP COST:
Single occupancy sleeping: Two-person cabin with single room occupancy sleeping
- $1,000 by Jan. 15, 2026
- $1,100 by Feb. 15, 2026
- $1,200 by March 15, 2026
Shared sleeping area: A five-person cabin with shared sleeping accommodations (2 bunk beds and 1 queen bed).
- $865 By Jan. 15, 2026:
- $965 by Feb. 15, 2026
- $1,065 by March 15, 2026
REGISTRATION
Request a detailed itinerary and more information at the link below (space is limited to 12 participants). All registrations are non-refundable. Please see our refund policy here: Refund Policy and Travel Insurance
About Bentonville, Arkansas
Twenty years ago, the town of Bentonville, Arkansas, was not even on the map as a mountain biking destination. Over the last 15 years, however, thanks in large part to investments made by the Walton family, the city has earned the title of “Mountain Biking Capital of the World.” For 2022, Bentonville ranked #1 in the ‘PeopleForBikes’ annual city ratings.
Bentonville’s journey began relatively recently, with the city’s first five miles of single-track opening in 2007 on the north end of town. Today, Northwest Arkansas is home to more than 500 miles of trails, stretching from Bella Vista to Eureka Springs. Bentonville’s key to success has been its ability to build trails for all types of riders.
Meet Your Trip Leaders
Kim Rudd
Kim Rudd founded Endurance Adventures. Her passion for Nordic skiing began while she was racing in high school and was exposed to the famous Minnesota Finlandia. She continued to ski race in college at Bemidji State University, where she met her soulmate and adventure partner, Craig Rudd.
Kim has enjoyed racing for Team Rossignol for the past thirty years in various ski marathons around the Midwest and internationally. She also enjoys mountain biking and canoe/SUP adventures, along with coaching youth and adults at the Loppet Foundation. Kim is certified as a level 200 BICP coach along with Level 200 USSA Nordic coach. She is excited to share her passion for travel, cycling, and Nordic skiing with other like-minded people!
Jennifer Rudie
Jennifer became a certified Level 1 NICA coach and assisted in coaching her son’s high school mountain biking team. In 2022, she became BICP Level 1 Fundamentals Instructor certified. She has coached clinics for the Loppet Cycle Works, the Superior Cycling Association, and Unruly Women. Her goal as a coach is to provide you with skills that will build your confidence on the bike and in the woods. Jen is also a National certified Pilates instructor and is excited to lead post-workout recovery sessions on the Endurance Adventure trips!
Trying New Skills Out of My Comfort Zone!
Excellent lodging and overall a good value for your money! My favorite part was riding with a bunch of women and trying things out of my comfort zone and succeeding. Going to dinner with interesting people each night was fun too!
Connecting with other like-minded ladies on the bike trail!
The highlights were the variety of trails, ample opportunity to bike, and connecting with other like-minded ladies. Additionally, since I am not a foodie, the food was terrific, and I thoroughly enjoyed it all. Kim was quite the hostess with food at every moment. I enjoyed all the appetizers, trail snacks, and desserts! The best part of the trip, though, was meeting a bunch of lady bikers and taking a break from family and work obligations for a few days. It was a lovely vacation.
Out-of-this-world trails!
I would attend this trip next year! Fantastic food, a highly supportive group of women, and out-of-this-world trails!
