GITy Up! is bite-sized, overnight bike camping & trail running adventure on one of the finest trail systems in the country in the Chicago area's beautiful Palos Forest Preserve. 

It’s a Quick Fix! Inspired by the 450-mile Grand Illinois Trail and the 100-mile Hennepin Hundred Ultra Marathon, GITy Up! is a single overnight, supported tour for beginning bike campers, for runners, for families, for the expert with restless legs but only a weekend free.

You bring your tent, your sleeping bag, your family, your growler and guitar (for campfire songs!) out to the Forest Preserve District's Camp Bullfrog Lake. Leave the freeze dried meatloaf at home; dinner and breakfast are prepared by local caterers. Limited cabins and area hotel rooms are available.

It’s crazy healthy happy fun! From Camp Bullfrog we'll explore the paved I&M and Cal-Sag Trails and miles of gravel and natural surface trails (weather permitting), plus you can kayak, visit the Little Red School House Nature Center, huff up Swallow Cliff, learn how the Palos trails get built, refresh at Imperial Oak Brewery and Ashbury Coffee House...how much adventure you have is up to you! Check out what bike campers got into on past GITy Ups!

It’s only $85! Bring the tots: kids 6 yrs. old and younger ride & camp for free.

REGISTER: http://trailsforillinois.org/gityup

It’s limited! Registration opens February 28—only 250 spots are available. GITy Up! gets goin’ rain or shine; sorry, no refunds on registration fees.

Riding or running with GITy Up! helps Trails for Illinois make every home a trailhead. Thanks for your interest!