Date: April 5, 2025
COMPETITION REGISTRATION IS FULL.
Festival Tickets are still available below!
*Please note - most of the following information is for Brewha 2024 - the website will be updated as information gets finalized!*
Assemble your team and prepare for Pack Rat’s biggest event of the year! 2025 marks the 10th Brewha Bushwhack, so be sure we're cooking up something big!
Your crew will navigate to hidden checkpoints along the Mulberry River valley, completing a variety of outdoor challenges along the way.
Archery. Build fire. Paddle a canoe. Tie knots. Climb. Rappel. Identify local plants & animal tracks. A team with varied skillsets is a must.
What is the Brewha Bushwhack?
The Brewha Bushwhack is not a race in the traditional sense - it’s a test of skill, strategy, and teamwork. Navigate rugged terrain, tackle outdoor skills challenges, and earn points instead of racing a clock.
Physical challenges will test your endurance, but the goal is to push the limit of your team's diversity of skills, and ability to work together. Make your own path, and set your own pace - the Brewha Bushwhack is a challenge based on points, not time.
Gear requirements are minimal - you’ll rely on primitive skills and woodlore. A knife and cordage are all you'll need for most challenges, but your sharpest tool is your mind, and your greatest asset is your team.
At the end of it all, local breweries will be serving up beverages, and we'll have an awards ceremony to swap stories and compare scars.
Don't want to compete? During the event, there is an all-day gathering full of clinics, gear demos, survival, bushcraft, archery, and more!
Experience an outdoor festival like no other! An eclectic mix of local businesses, outdoor brands, food & drink vendors, and primitive skills experts will be hosting a variety of clinics and events throughout the day. There will be plenty of fun activities for kids to enjoy!
Learn more at the link below.
You will need a wide range of skills to compete in the Bushwhack. Below are skills that will likely be required:
Navigation • Primitive Fire • Rope Skills • Plant & Animal Track ID • Archery • Paddling • Wilderness First Aid • Shelter Building
It's up to you to determine the most efficient (or fun!) route of travel for the day.
• Course checkpoints can be completed in any order.
• Navigating to a checkpoint is worth points.
• Earn additional points by completing skills-based challenges like building a fire, or identifying animal tracks.
• Team members will need to work together to accomplish each task.
• The nature of each task will remain a surprise until you arrive!
While you register individually, teams must have 3-4 people. The challenges require teamwork to complete.
During the registration process you will fill out a form that includes your team name and other vital information - this is how your teammates will be added together.Ensure all teammates use the same Team Name in their registration form when checking out.
• Rugged terrain ahead—make sure your team knows how to use a map and compass.
• Kids 12+ can join with a parent or guardian present at all times.
• Teams with fewer than 3 people cannot compete—confirm full registration.
• Team leaders must be 21+. All after-party attendees must be 21+ and have valid ID for drinking.
• Dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash. Owners are fully responsible. Note: Byrd's Adventure Center has large roaming dogs.
When:
April 5, 2025
Where:
Byrd's Adventure Center on the Mulberry River in Northwest Arkansas.
7037 Cass Oark Rd, Ozark, AR 72949
Camping:
Primitive camping in the designated Brewha Bushwhack area for Friday and Saturday night, is included with competition registration only. If you'd like a cabin, or campsite with RV or electrical hookups, you may arrange that with Byrd's Adventure Center.
Schedule:
Competitors: We recommend arriving at Byrd's Adventure Center the evening before the competition, to be present for the mandatory pre-race meeting the following morning. If you are unable to show up until Saturday morning, have your ducks in a row and be ready to go.
Festival: Show up Saturday Morning!
Friday afternoon:
-5:00pm Competitor Packet pick up begins
*Possible last minute training opportunity with our special guests. You won't want to miss this!
Saturday:
- 8:00am- 8:30am Late Passport Pick up
- 9:00am Pre-Bushwhack meeting
- 10:00am The Competition begins!
- 12:00pm Festival Activities start
- 5:00pm Bushwhack Competition ends
- 6:00pm Festivities & Awards
There will be several local breweries pouring at the festival; keep an eye out for the final roster.
There will be several wilderness skills instructors at the spectator festival. Click on each one to learn more about them!
Fayetteville, AR-based Sarah Hughes Band will be playing LIVE during the event!
