The Life Time Little Sugar MTB opens the Big Sugar Classic week in Northwest Arkansas on Sunday, October 10, 2027. The point-to-point courses start at OZ Trails Bike Park in Bella Vista and finish at The Momentary in downtown Bentonville, linking the Little Sugar and Back 40 trail systems with their bluff lines, caves, waterfalls and the Ledges before finishing through Slaughter Pen. Riders choose 100K (about 64 miles and 5,800 feet of climbing), 50K or 20K.
Little Sugar is round 6 of the 2027 Life Time Grand Prix and a qualifier for the Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB. Flat or riser bars are required (drop bars are not allowed), and riders who also finish Big Sugar Gravel the following Saturday earn the Sweet Tooth Challenge pennant. 2027 registration dates and pricing have not been announced.
Organized by Life Time · Part of Life Time Grand Prix
Race-day forecast is not available yet. Forecast data appears within 14 days of the event, so this section is showing historical race-day averages for planning.
79°
Overcast
Low 57° · High 79°
5 years analyzed
2 of 5 years had precip
Based on race-day weather from 2021-2025 sampled years.