Visit Hot Springs Names Trail Coordinator for New Mountain Biking System

Traci Berry

Traci Berry, race director of the Raid the Rock Adventure Race in central Arkansas, has been named trail coordinator for the new Northwoods mountain biking trails system in Hot Springs.

Berry, who is an account executive with Arkansas Times, will begin her new job on Nov. 1.

Visit Hot Springs partnered with the Walton Family Foundation in building what will be a 44.6-mile system of mountain biking trails on the city-owned Northwoods/Cedar Glades properties in the northern section of Hot Springs. A $648,421 Walton Family Foundation grant for Phase One was matched by Visit Hot Springs.

Berry also volunteers with the Central Arkansas Trail Alliance and the National Interscholastic Cycling Association. In addition, she was a zip-line canopy tour manager/guide at the Buffalo River Canopy Tour in Ponca (Newton County) and the POSTOAK Canopy Tours in Tulsa.

“When we officially open Phase One of the Northwoods Trails system on Nov. 16, Hot Springs will become the hottest new destination in America for the increasing numbers of people who enjoy mountain biking both as a recreational activity and as a highly competitive sport,” Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison said in a news release. “Traci Berry will give us a direct liaison with both of these biking communities and help us maximize the beneficial impact that the Northwood system is certain to bring to the city.”

Berry is a health and physical education graduate of Henderson State University, where she was on the basketball team. She holds a master’s degree in education administration from the University of Arkansas Little Rock and is working toward an executive master’s degree in public service at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock.

Berry has also been a teacher and coach at schools in Mayflower, Bentonville and Little Rock.