The 4th Black Hills Fat Tire Festival will be May 28-31 this year. The Festival in Rapid City, South Dakota centers around the Hanson Larson Memorial Park in the center of town.

The Festival has something for everyone. Group rides, races, a film festival, picnic, and a pub crawl.

The Races all take place on M Hill in the center of Rapid City. There will be a downhill, Super D, Sprint hill climb, X-country, and the Rapids triathlon (kayaking, running, and mountain biking).

There will be a 2 day ride on the Mickelson Trail. A Rails to Trails ride and 2 days on the Centennial Trail, wonderful singletrack.

There is also a 10k trail run.

Locals will be taking riders out on some of their favorite trails. You also can bring your Garmin GPS and download DIY rides. There will be full days of Freeriding for the big hit riders.

The film festival Saturday features the best of local filmmakers and The Anthill film “Follow Me” Friday the Elks Theater will be showing “Women of Dirt”