Georgia Recreational Trail Riders Association

Mark your Calendars! Once again, the ride will be based at “Two Wheels of Suches” campground, TWoS, located at 1915 Hwy-60 Suches, GA 30572 www.twowheelsofsuches.com, 706-973-1671. Available Accommodations As always, camping is not included in Hooch registration.  Please call ahead and make your reservations. Hooch Dual Sport On-Line-Registration will open mid-March. Check back here in… Read more: Hooch Dual Sport Ride 2026, June 13-14

Big Day for GARTRA! Thanks to a generous factory discount and additional contributions from the YAMAHA Outdoor Access Initiative, GARTRA members Chris, Matt and Sam (L-R) took delivery of 2 new 2025 Yamaha Kodiak 450 EPS SE 4×4 ATVs from sales manager Bo Bobbitt of Cycle Specialty. One ATV is assigned to TOWN CREEK OHV… Read more: GARTRA Takes Delivery of New ATVs!

GARTRA had another great year in 2024.  We were able to utilize the Yamaha grant fully and close that out.  Now our trail captains have new gear and enough gear to support the larger numbers of volunteers coming to the workdays.  We were finally able to re-open Locust Stake.  Had huge turnouts at Locust Stake… Read more: GARTRA 2024 Year in Review, Members Achieve a New Milestone

PRESS RELEASE Marietta, GA. — GARTRA is pleased to announce that it has received a grant totaling almost $30,000.00 from Yamaha Motor Corp. USA’s Outdoor Access Initiative https://yamahaoai.com. This grant will be used to fund trail maintenance supplies and equipment for our volunteer workforce and will go directly towards supporting ongoing activities at Davenport Mountain,… Read more: GARTRA receives $30,000 grant from Yamaha’s Outdoor Access Initiative

2023 Has been a great year for our trail systems, as we were able to accomplish quite a bit.  For Whissenhunt, Trail Captains James and Nathen Wascher were successful in working with the USFS to mark the bulk of the Whissenhunt trails system 1 – Way.  For 2024, the USFS Blueridge District applied for the… Read more: GARTRA 2023 Year in Review

If ya missed the workday this weekend here are a few pics and the summery of what we accomplished. Oakey Work/Ride ride day for April was a huge success. We had 10 or so folks show up along with Wesley and Barb from the USFS to remove the old kiosk and pay station, install the… Read more: Oakey Mountain Workday April 2023

I left the house at 6:45 am heading for Town Creek to help with the first day of this project.  The weather outlook was not promising, and I drove through multiple light rain showers most of the 85 miles to Town Creek.  I wasn’t very optimistic about the rain holding off for the workday. I… Read more: Town Creek Trail Hardening Project, Day 1

GARTRA president Bill Shilling has long been in discussions with the USFS to make the trails at Whissenhunt One-Way where possible to reduce the likelihood of head-on collisions and enhance safety on the trails.  Recently the USFS approved the plan and gave us the go-ahead to arrow the trails directional. This past workday, Saturday 1/21/2023,… Read more: Whissenhunt is Going to One-Way Trails