Cool things to do while your in the area

 
     
 

Helen GA

 

Octoberfest in the mountains

Just a reminder:

The mountains of North Ga and Western NC are full of great thing to do with your friends and family. Don't just come to race and go home. Come to enjoy your stay in the mountains. Plan your race with your summer vacation.

Stay at the lake and visit Helen or stay in Helen and race at the lake. Either way, you're a winner!!

There's never a dull moment in this town. With the finest restaurants, tubing, fairs, horse drawn wagons, art shops, dancing, mountain biking, hiking, camping and much more.

Helen Ga is just a 30 minute drive from beautiful Lake Chatuge, where all our triathlon, duathlon, half marathon, 10k & 5k runs take place. It's a small town tucked away in the mountains with the big flavor of a Bavarian Village. There's tubing for the kids, art shops, great restaurants, horse drawn carrages that take you all over town, a small amusement park for the kids and much more.

Octoberfest starts late in September and goes through early November. Music is the focus of Helen's Oktoberfest. German bands from the U.S. and Europe will be preforming nightly . This year's entertainment will include sing-a-longs with the famous "Chicken Dance".

Call 1-706-878-1451 for reservations at the Ramada Inn, Helen Ga

Go river rafting on the Ocoee River where the Olympics were held is just an 90 minutes away, world class golf at Brasstown Valley Resort is only 45 minutes away and pontoon boat rentals on beautiful Lake Chatuge is within 30 minutes.