2025 Dates are here!!
Monte Sano State Park
Mark your calendars for October 17-19, 2025!!
Shuttles, group rides, races, games, RAFFLE, demo bikes, vendors, music, food, swag, and MORE!
Registration
Registration is Currently closed! Check back for 2025 registration coming mid-2025!
Socks and Water Bottles free with your Full Access Registration!
Ticket Info
Pick up Wristbands at Ground Control (the bikers parking lot/Scoble pavilion) any time during festival hours each day!
$80 advanced online registration (through September 13th) will give you access to the HAMR Fall Fest and all goodies, rides, shuttles, etc.!
$95 registration after September 13th or in-person registration at the event - this will include goodies while supplies last.
$50 day passes (online or in person). Does NOT include registration goodies.
$20 daily spectator passes (includes meals and hanging out - no rides, shuttles, races, goodies, etc.).
Entry fee into Monte Sano State Park will also be required each day. There will be an attendant at the pay booth to collect your money. If you are a Huntsville area local and do not have an annual pass, we strongly recommend purchasing one.
What’s included?
Breakfast Saturday and Sunday, Dinner Friday and Saturday, registration goodies (as applicable), all group rides, scavenger hunt, parking lot games, shuttles, clinics, body maintenance class, limited beers Friday and Saturday evening, Strava and LuvTrails based race entries.
What’s NOT included?
Daily entry fee to the park, Lunches (food trucks on hand!), Little Hammies registration cost, lodging/camping cost, raffle tickets, any additional merch from vendors.
HAMR Members receive 20% off advanced full festival admission tickets - check your email inbox!
All other SORBA Chapter Members will receive 10% off advanced full festival admission tickets - look for an email from your chapter leader!
Tentative Schedule
Friday, October 11th
3:00 PM: Registration Opens
5:30 PM: Group rides (beginner, intermediate options) - bring your lights!
6:30 PM: Dinner social and live music by the Eric Rhodes Band at the bikers’ lot pavilion
Sat, October 12th
8:00 AM: Registration Opens
8:00-9:30 AM: hot breakfast with coffee by Dutch Bros and tea by Piper and Leaf
8:30-10:00 AM: Beginner Skills Clinic with Donovan Johnson of Southeast Shreds, LLC.
9:30: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and LADIES Group rides
10:00-3:00: Shuttles
9:30 AM-5:30 PM: All Festival Events:
Strava-based segment races
Scavenger Hunt
Vendors
RAFFLE TICKETS (extra cost)
10:30 - 12:00: Intermediate Skills Clinic with Donovan Johnson of Southeast Shreds, LLC.
11:00 AM: Little Hammies Race ($15 via Hammies website)
11:00-1:00: Souper Sandwiches and Hippea Camper Food Trucks will be slinging Lunch!
1:00 - 3:00: Beginner and Intermediate Group rides
1:00 - 2:30: Advanced/Jump Skills Clinic with Donovan Johnson of Southeast Shreds, LLC.
3:00 - 3:30: Body Maintenance Class with Jenny Barnack from Pilates Center of Huntsville. Bring your mat or towel!
4:00: Whip-Off Contest on Bluebell Holler Trail!
6:00 PM: Dinner (homemade chili from some of our amazing volunteer families!) and Brews with live music by The Tavern Preachers
Parking lot games
7:00 PM: Raffle winners drawn, all winners of races/games announced
Sun, October 13th
8:30 AM: Registration Opens
8:30-9:30 AM: hot breakfast with coffee by Starbucks and tea by Piper and Leaf
9:00-10:30 AM: Intermediate Skills Clinic with Donovan Johnson of Southeast Shreds, LLC.
10:00-2:00: Shuttles
10:00: Beginner and Intermediate Group rides
11:00 - 12:30: Advanced/Jump Skills Clinic with Donovan Johnson of Southeast Shreds, LLC.
2:00: closing time! You don’t have to go home, but the volunteers are!
Parking
Ground Control (the bikers parking lot/Scoble pavilion) will be reserved for vendors, sponsors, and volunteer parking, and will be setup for all festival activities!
Parking will be available at the following locations - parking volunteers will be out in the mornings on Saturday and Sunday to help you get parked in the picnic loop and grass field.
-Picnic Loop (first right inside the park) - this is the largest parking lot inside the state park! We encourage parking here and riding your bike to Ground Control (a half mile/3 minute pedal)!
-Hikers parking lot (small parking lot)
-Overlook parking (small parking lot)
-The park has granted us the ability to park in the grass field next to the picnic loop!
-For those camping, we also recommend parking at your campsite for the weekend and riding your bike to festivities!
Please do NOT park along park roads, or in front of cabins, or at the Lodge (there is another event going on there all weekend). Park in designated parking spaces ONLY.
Lodging Options
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Timberline Glamping
Located inside Monte Sano State Park, Timberline Glamping Company offers a combination of luxury and the great outdoors via extra spacious, completely furnished Safari Tents. Timberline is offering a discount to Fall Fest attendees! Enter “HAMRFall2024” at check-out to receive 50% off your 3rd night of glamping (2 nights at regular price).
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Monte Sano State Park
Monte Sano State Park offers 23 Primitive (tent only) campsites, 69 Water & Electric sites, and 21 Full- Hook-Up sites. All primitive and improved campsites include a fire pit. Campground is equipped with two bath houses that house coin laundry facilities, and two dump stations. Campers have 24 hour access to facilities.
Also available are 11 stone cabins with a working fireplace and screened in porch. Cabins sit along a bluff line with a breathtaking view of the valleys surrounding Monte Sano Mountain.
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Area Hotels
Several hotel options exist in downtown Huntsville in the shadow of Monte Sano, offering easy walking access to dining, breweries, and entertainment!
Race Info
Strava-based races will run all day Saturday:
Hit these segments as you go about your scavenger hunt, group ride, shuttles, or solo them to get your best time! Strava rides will need to be set to “Public” so that they show up on the daily leaderboard.
Top 3 male and Top 3 Female racers on each segment will be awarded at the end of the day Saturday!
Bluebell Holler Alt (the blue line that includes the wall ride) left to Sinks, right to Mountain Mist, Right to Mist Opportunity, straight to The Portal, down Closed Road to Bankhead Trail, to Dallas Branch, to the bottom of Oak Park! Aren’t you glad there’s a shuttle back to the top?! Route Link
You know you’ll be riding back up from the new flow trails anyway - why not race up to the top? From the bottom of Full Monte and Bluebell Holler, right onto Sinks, straight/left onto D Breaze Way, left/straight onto Sinks, right onto Mountain Mist, left onto Tally-Ho, straight back onto Sinks back up to Ground Control. Route Link
Start on Bucca Family Trail (across road from Ground Control lot), right onto South Plateau at O’Shaunessey Point, left onto McKay Hollow, down McKay to a left onto Rocky Nightmare, right onto Goat Trail, left back onto D Breaze Way, left/straight up Sinks Trail, up Sinks back to Gound Control. Route Link
The Little Hammies will be on-hand for a kids’ race (ages 12 and under) taking place at the Monte Sano State Park bikers’ lot pavilion starting at 11:15 am on Saturday! Sign up begins at 10:30 am and the course opens for warm-ups at 10:40 am.
An optional 30 minute bike skills clinic will be offered at 10 am for $25.
If your kiddo is ONLY participating in this race, not the rest of the festival, you don’t need to buy a full festival ticket for them, just see the Little Hammies page and register for their race. $3 of the $15 entry fee will be donated back to HAMR!
LuvTrails TrailCare Most Miles!
Ride your bike for as many miles as possible starting at 3:00 on Friday through 5:00 on Saturday, and make sure that you have your Strava rides set to Public, AND Linked to the LuvTrails Trail Care app!
LuvTrails Trail Care will allow you to pledge a donation amount to the local trail organization wherever you ride - set it to something like 10 cents a mile and watch your micro-donations accumulate as you ride your bike!
The WINNER of the Most Miles as recorded in the Luv Trails app will get to take home this awesome Trophy created by Jacob of Diesel Modification Center for a year! Bring it back to our festival the following year and see if you can win it again!
Get the App Here!
GAMES!
Saturday Scavenger Hunt
Clues guiding you to 5 different points of interest throughout Monte Sano State Park and Monte Sano Land Trust will be provided for anyone wishing to participate! The first person or first team of two to complete all five and return to the registration area at Monte Sano bikers’ lot pavilion will win a prize! To win, you will need to show a photo of yourself at each of the locations.
The clue sheet will be released online at 9:30 am Saturday morning, at 10:30 am picture hints will be unlocked and at 11:30 am locations will be provided.
Participation stickers will be provided to everyone who successfully completes the scavenger hunt! 12 and under only need to complete the first three clues. Participation stickers will be provided all weekend!
Saturday Whip Off Contest!
Join us on one of the big tabletop features on one of the NEW downhill trails, Bluebell Holler, for a whip-off contest taking place at 4:00 on Saturday afternoon! Register at Ground Control/the bikers parking lot (free for festival attendees!) any time before 3:00 on Saturday if you’d like to participate!
Spectators are highly encouraged to cheer on riders participating! A panel of judges will determine the best whip of the event.
Parking Lot Games
Multiple games will be going on throughout Saturday evening!
Games include (not limited to):
-Bunnyhop and limbo competition
-Track Stand contest
-16” wheel mini/kids bike race for adults (and kids)
Skills Clinics
Beginner
Beginner clinics will cover basics such as level pedals, body/bike separation, cornering, and more.
Intermediate
Intermediate clinics will cover wheel lifts, bunnyhops, manuals, and more!
Advanced
Take a jump-specific advanced clinic on our NEW trails Full Monte and Bluebell Holler!
Festival Happenings
RAFFLE!!!
2024 Raffle Items will include a custom wheel build by Trailhead Inc. among other great items!
$2 for one ticket
$10 for six tickets
$20 for fifteen tickets
LOCAL BEER
Local brews from vendors including Straight to Ale and Yellowhammer Brewing will be on hand for those 21+
N/A options from Athletic Brewing Company, as well as sodas and water will also be available
Guided Rides
Multiple options for rides all weekend for riders of all skill levels, including a Ladies’ Ride on Saturday! Check out the schedule and routes here!
Shuttles!
Shuttles will be out and about on Saturday and Sunday to get you to some of our favorite downhill trails without the hassle of all that climbing: Bankhead Trail, Oak Park Trail, and Bluffline Trail included!
Bike Valet Services!
Keep your bicycle safe while you enjoy HAMR's Fall Fest! Huntsville Urban Bike Share Coop (HUBS Coop) is running a bicycle valet from 11:30 AM to 6 PM on Saturday October 12th.
What is a Bicycle Valet? A bicycle valet is a like a coat check for your bike. You come up to our booth, hand us your bike, and we give you a numbered ticket. A separate ticket with the same number is attached to your bike. We then store the bike in a monitored, secure area. When you are ready to grab your bike, just give us your ticket, and we match the number to your bike.
Let’s support our trail partners who make this festival possible!
Please shoot us an email if you would like to support our annual fall festival!
