{"id":617214,"date":"2026-04-20T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617214\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:00:13","slug":"registration-opens-for-annual-yellowknife-hay-river-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617214\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration opens for annual Yellowknife-Hay River bike ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Registration has opened for the 2026 edition of YK2HR, the annual Yellowknife to Hay River bike ride. This year\u2019s event runs from June 5-7.<\/p>\n<p>This is the ride\u2019s 15th anniversary, organizers said in a press release. <\/p>\n<p>The event covers 500 km over three days, starting in Yellowknife\u2019s Fred Henne Territorial Park before crossing the Deh Cho Bridge on day two and arriving at Lady Evelyn Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Days one and two are 182 km each. The third day from Lady Evelyn Falls to Hay River is 130 km. Rest stops and a safety support vehicle are provided, as are all meals and snacks except lunch on day one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zone4.ca\/event\/2026\/LnvnOZ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Registering for the ride<\/a> costs $325 until May 1 and $375 after that. Registration closes on May 25. Participants are expected to be able to maintain an average speed of between 20 km\/h and 25 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement.<br \/><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MjAzNSwxNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.nt.ca\/en\/newsroom\/gnwt-opens-funding-community-greenhouse-gas-reduction-projects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0117_D_600x500_L2_Greenhouse-Gas-Grant-Program_Eng.jpg\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement.<br \/><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTk0NSwxNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/wsccnt.zohorecruit.ca\/jobs\/Careers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4862-WSCC-Recruitment-Ads-600-x-500.jpg\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event is also seeking volunteers to support the riders. For more information, see YK2HR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/YK2HR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook group<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/cabinradio.ca\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#cab3a1f8a2b8a3a4aca58aada7aba3a6e4a9a5a7\" title=\"email organizers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email organizers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Registration has opened for the 2026 edition of YK2HR, the annual Yellowknife to Hay River bike ride. This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,60990,82,27531,7693],"class_list":["post-617214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-hay-river","tag-sports","tag-sports-and-recreation","tag-yellowknife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}