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Humboldt County, Iowa

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Humboldt Hardpack Bike Ride 2025

Saturday, September 20, 9 AM.

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This year’s route will start in the 700 block of downtown Humboldt. We will ride east on Sumner Ave and pick up the Three Rivers Trail at the elevator. From there we will ride to Bradgate and back, about 26 miles.

Hardpack west route

Thanks to our many sponsors.

  • 2Trees Design
  • EZ Animal Products
  • Bomgaars
  • Buscher Bros
  • Cornbelt Power
  • Edward Jones – Clifton Kalafatich
  • Erpelding & Voigt & Co. LLP
  • Hadar Manufacturing
  • Humboldt County Conservation Board
  • Humboldt Mutual Insurance 
  • KHBT the Bolt
  • Nielsen Motors
  • Night Owl Bookstore
  • Rachel Lubanthal Realty
  • TC Health & Spa
  • TractorLift Brewery
  • Walker’s Bike Shop

To sponsor this year’s ride, email us at info@threeriverstrail.org, stop by the TractorLift and ask for Larry, or call T.C. at 515-890-8437.

Humboldt Hardpack 2025 logo

Something this fun involves a bunch of volunteers. Let us know if you want to help. It’s a pretty great feeling to give people a day to celebrate our beautiful Three Rivers Trail and raise a little money to connect it to the Prairie Rivers Trails in Webster County. Here are just some of the volunteer jobs waiting for you:

  • Editing promotional text (30 minutes every month or so)
  • Selling raffle tickets (sell one or sell one-hundred; it’s all gravy!)
  • Soliciting raffle items (approach one business or approach several)
  • Soliciting sponsors (same as above; it’s an easy sell for this good cause)
  • Updating website (30 minutes every month or so)
  • Rider-packet making (90 minutes)
  • Registering riders (2 hours)
  • Directing riders on ride day (1 hour to 6 hours, depending on your availability)
  • Serving as a Humboldt Hardpack Board Member (we meet monthly at TractorLift about 8 months out of the year; meetings usually last about 1.5 beers)

If you want to get in on supporting the Humboldt Hardpack, email us at info@threeriverstrail.org or message us on Facebook.

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