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REGISTRATION RATES AND DATES

• August 1-31 - NGMBA MEMBERS ONLY Early Bird Registration ($49/person) + $16 Lunch

• September 1-30 - Early Bird Registration ($59/person or $49/NGMBA Member) + $16 Lunch

• October 1-31 - Standard Registration ($69/person or $59/NGMBA Member) + $16 Lunch

• November 1-28 - Late Registration ($79/person or $69/NGMBA Member) + $16 Lunch

• November 29 - Day-of-Event-Registration-Fee-of-Shame! ($89/person) + $16 Lunch

Wild that this is the 15th year of the shuffle!

Here's how it works, you prolly know the drill by now -

You will have 5 hours. That's it. All riders and runners/hikers will be required to pedal or run under their own power to designated locations throughout the Chattahoochee National Forest. Destinations in this “scavenger hunt” are unknown until the morning of the race. Maps will be handed out about 5 minutes prior to start with destinations and their point value! You’ll have ~5 minutes to make a strategy, form alliances, and get ready to roll out!

DIAL UP THE DIFFICULTY FOR MORE POINTS! *NEW SCORING SYSTEM*

• E-Bike Riders: Every point is worth HALF the face value

• Geared Bike Riders: Every point is worth face value

• Singlespeed Bike Riders: Every point is worth face value PLUS a 3-ticket bonus for each location visited

• Runners/Hikers: Every point is worth DOUBLE the face value

• Vintage Bikes: Meet three criteria with your bike - 26" tires - Rim brakes - Triple chainring and you’ll earn a bonus of 8 points!

  Example: If Potato Patch is worth 5 points- Ebike riders get 2.5 points, geared bike riders get 5, singlespeeders get 8, and runners get 10!

Riders/Runners will take a picture of themselves or their bike highlighting a trail feature of the specific location in order to earn points. For every point earned, each rider will receive a raffle ticket to put towards the prize or prizes of their choosing.

Each of this year's awesome prizes will be raffled off individually. The more tickets you acquire the better chance you have of winning a prize.

Tickets will NOT be available for purchase, you may only accumulate tickets by reaching as many locations as possible within the given time period. OR

NEW THIS YEAR: Donate any unused gear you have lying around to the Youth Cycling Team! One ticket in exchange for every piece of donated gear!

Timeline of Events -

• 9:00am - 9:30am - Check-In / Registration in the OFFICE.

• 9:45am - Pre-Ride/Run meeting OUTSIDE of The Barn to receive maps of the area and the designated locations which riders will seek for point values. The difficulty of accessing the destinations determines the point value. Your mode of transportation can increase (or decrease) the points you earn!

• 10:00am - The event begins at 10:00am SHARP, leaving you with 5 hours to make it to checkpoints throughout the Cohuttas. By combining certain locations, bonuses will be awarded. All riders will have until 3:00pm to reach as many points as possible. For each minute you are late ½ point will be deducted from the riders score!

• 3:30pm - The Raffle will take place accompanied by a Mulberry Gap homemade chili dinner (meat and veggie options available), cornbread and dessert. Participants 21+ will receive 2 Cold Beverages included in the event!

**Lunch will be available as early as 2:00pm and will be offered until food runs out. We ask all participants (unless staying overnight) be off premises no later than 5:30pm.

Remember cabins and camping fill up fast this time of year so make your reservations well ahead of time. We have our big Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday night, so consider checking in Thursday for a long weekend getaway including the holiday dinner and the shuffle event. <3

Feel free to extend an invitation to all of your mountain biking friends and family for some great riding and holiday fun. We look forward to seeing you at the Turkey Shuffle.

This is a Fundraiser for the North Georgia Mountain Bike Association and Gilmer Cartecay Youth Mountain Bike Team (our local NICA team!)

Registration -- Proceeds will be donated to our local SORBA chapter and GCA team!

Includes parking, access to bathhouse facilities, showers, Wi-Fi, lunch (not optional) and donation. Reduced child rates for ages 5-11 are available.

• August 1-31 - NGMBA MEMBERS ONLY Early Bird Registration ($49/person) + $16 Lunch

• September 1-30 - Early Bird Registration ($59/person or $49/NGMBA Member) + $16 Lunch

• October 1-31 - Standard Registration ($69/person or $59/NGMBA Member) + $16 Lunch

• November 1-28 - Late Registration ($79/person or $69/NGMBA Member) + $16 Lunch

• November 29 - Day-of-Event-Registration-Fee-of-Shame! ($89/person) + $16 Lunch

RSVP at least 48 hours in advance to guarantee yourself food and the pre-registration price!

Want to volunteer during the event? We’d love it!

HUGE THANKS to all our 2025 SPONSORS and DONORS who make this event possible!

Can’t make it that day, but still want to help support these great organizations?

Donate to the North Georgia Mountain Bike Association HERE

Donate to Gilmer Cartecay Youth Mountain Bike Team HERE

Are you a business who would like to donate prizes towards this fundraising event?

Talk to Us about Donating!

Wall of Honor: Turkey Tenders Over the years…

Though dogs are ALWAYS welcome at Mulberry Gap and on the trails, they are the guests of honor on this group hike out and back on Pinhoti 2! 

… AND IT’S FREE! YOU’RE WELCOME TO PURCHASE BREAKFAST AND/OR LUNCH, BUT THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS GROUP HIKE

• Pinhoti 2 can be a bit strenuous at points, so might not be suited for dogs who have been living a sedentary lifestyle.

• This hike Starts and Ends at Mulberry Gap

• Your dog should be used to other folks and dogs, and be prepared to be on leash throughout the experience. :) 

ABOUT THIS HIKE:

Pinhoti 2 is a 10.2 mile challenging out and back hike, but no one says we have to go the whole way! If our dogs (or ourselves) get tired, we can turn around and head back any time! 

Check out the route here: 

https://ridewithgps.com/routes...

THE DAY'S SCHEDULE:

• 10:00am: Check in at Mulberry Gap

• 10:30am: Hit the trail

• ... some time later: Hike back into Mulberry Gap, grab lunch (optional prepurchase) 

• The rest of the day? Hang out, grab a beer, relax, or head home :)

Though dogs are ALWAYS welcome at Mulberry Gap and on the trails, they are the guests of honor on this group hike out and back on Pinhoti 3! 

Though dogs are ALWAYS welcome at Mulberry Gap and on the trails, they are the guests of honor on this group hike out and back on Pinhoti 3! 

… AND IT’S FREE! YOU’RE WELCOME TO PURCHASE BREAKFAST AND/OR LUNCH, BUT THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS GROUP HIKE

• Pinhoti 3 is rather strenuous at points, so might not be suited for dogs who have been living a sedentary lifestyle.

• This hike Starts and Ends at Mulberry Gap

• Your dog should be used to other folks and dogs, and be prepared to be on leash throughout the experience. :) 

ABOUT THIS HIKE:

Pinhoti 3 is a 9.2 mile challenging out and back hike, but no one says we have to go the whole way! If our dogs (or ourselves) get tired, we can turn around and head back any time! 

Check out the route here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/17837753

THE DAY'S SCHEDULE:

• 10:00am: Check in at Mulberry Gap

• 10:30am: Hit the trail

• ... some time later: Hike back into Mulberry Gap, grab lunch (optional prepurchase) 

• The rest of the day? Hang out, grab a beer, relax, or head home :)

Back again in 2023! Come ride the Brutal loop and support the north georgia Mountain Bike association!

Like it says on the label, it’s a little bit brutal!

Come out an support the local trails on a NEW, IMPROVED, but still BRUTAL, Brutal Loop!

Everyone rolls out together: We’ll have a long course and a short course, so you can choose the loop that is the best fit for you! We’ll meet up at 9:00am, and roll out at 9:30am. Everyone will climb up P2, P1, the outer loop of Bear Creek, and will keep climbing all the way to Potato Patch! You’ll find an aid station there (around mile 17) courtesy of the fine folks of the North Georgia Mountain Bike Association. The station will have water, but we ask riders to bring their needed aid station food, nutrition, and supplies in a drop bag that will be awaiting you. But then…

• Short course folks will bomb down the gravel from there straight back to Mulberry Gap for a course length of around 23 miles

• Long course folks will hang a left and continue past Lake Conasauga, run down Windy Gap, then climb the pavement and gravel back to Mulberry for a total route of 34.8 miles and 5193 feet of climbing! Cut off for long course folks at the Potato Patch aid station will be 12:30pm. If a rider doesn’t make the cut off they can convert to the short course route.

And once you return it will be time to kick back on our deck, grab a cold beer or soda, eat some lunch (included) and enjoy some relaxation on a beautiful spring day in the mountains. :) 

check out the routes, mileages, and elevations here:

33 Miles - Check out the map here (from Mulberry Gap, you’ll climb P2, to P1, to the inner Bear Creek Loop then take gravel past the Bear Creek overlook, up to Potato Patch and across the ridge to come down Windy Gap. From there, you’ll take a few miles of pavement and gravel back to Mulberry Gap).

21 Miles - Check out that map here (from Mulberry Gap, you’ll climb P2, to P1, to the inner Bear Creek Loop then take gravel past the Bear Creek overlook, up to Potato Patch then turn around and descend gravel back to Mulberry Gap).

$45 Per Ride - this INCLUDES lunch and beer/soda. This is a FUNDRAISING RIDE, so all proceeds beyond our costs will go to the North Georgia Mountain Bike Association.

WALK INS ON EVENT DAY WILL BE WELCOME, BUT WILL BE CHARGED AN INCREASED RACE DAY FEE OF $65/rider.

Event SchedulE

8:30am - Grab OPTIONAL breakfast before the ride ($15/person, preregistration is required so we can be sure to have plenty of food)

9:00am - Check in at Office. Drop off any drop bag you’d like to have waiting at the Potato Patch aid station. Meet at The Barn once checked in.

9:30am - Roll out!

1pm-4:30pm - Lunch is available (included in your event fee) in The Barn as riders return… hang out, relax, drink beer, and enjoy the mountains!

6:00pm - Plan to still be hanging out? Preregister for dinner for $23!

MAKE IT A WEEKEND! Book a Cabin or campsite for the weekend and you’ll be right in the heart of the action for Saturday.

THANKS TO OUR BRUTAL LOOP SPONSORS

Sign Up Here!

COME OUT FOR A SLIGHTLY MORE CHALLENING SET OF GRAVEL MILES AT MULBERRY GAP!

… and it’s FREE! You’re welcome to purchase breakfast and/or lunch, but there is no cost to participate in this group ride!

• Intermediate riders and above are welcome to join this gravel ride!

• Ride starts and ends at Mulberry Gap.

• Come with friends or meet new ones! :)

About this Ride:

Gravel fun in two parts! Up first is an 8.9 mile out and back jaunt on CCC Camp Road, and then just when you’re almost back to Mulberry Gap, you’ll add an extra 8.7 miles by looping Spaghetti Loop for a total of ~17.6 miles. This is not a guided ride, just getting folks together who want to go to the same places at the same time.

You’re welcome to shorten or lengthen this route depending on your needs or even hop onto some singletrack if you’d like. Pace will most likely average 8-10 mph.

This gravel route will give you a total of around 17.6 miles with 1,841 feet of climbing! Check out the route here:

• CCC Camp Road - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/17671069

• Spaghetti Loop - https://www.mulberrygap.com/trails-maps

The Day's Schedule:

• 10:30-10:45am: Check in at Mulberry Gap

• 11:00 am: Roll out on CCC Camp Road

• 17.6 miles later: Ride back into Mulberry Gap, grab lunch, a cold beer, or some merchandise!

• The rest of the day? Hang out and ride, relax, or head home :)