Director Jud's Blog

This weekend, the crew from Stone Mountain Adventures will be rolling into the legendary DirtFest Mountain Biking Festival at Raystown Lake — and we’d LOVE for you to stop by our expo booth!

Now, full disclosure…

Camp Director Jud Millar will not actually be there.

While the SMA staff are setting up tents, talking bikes, giving away candy, and attempting to look professional at the expo… Jud will be in Missoula visiting family and probably pretending he’s “roughing it” somewhere in the mountains.

But don’t worry — the SMA dream team will be holding down the fort all weekend long!

What’s Happening at DirtFest?

If you’ve never been to DirtFest at Raystown Lake, imagine this:

• incredible riding
• awesome people
• mountain bikes everywhere
• campfires
• music
• skinnies
• group rides
• muddy shoes
• tired legs
• giant smiles

Basically… summer camp for mountain bikers.

The expo opens Friday at 1 PM and runs through Sunday afternoon, with rides, skills clinics, kids events, live music, silly bike games, and more happening all weekend long.

Come Visit the SMA Booth!

We’ll have:

• SMA brochures
• stories from camp
• familiar faces from past summers
• a raffle to WIN 50% OFF SMA tuition
• candy (because obviously)
• and plenty of adventure stoke

You may even run into some legendary former SMA staff members roaming around DirtFest, including:

• “Flat Matt”
• “Red Beard”
• and other camp characters who somehow continue surviving on coffee, bikes, and camp food.

Why Stop By?

Whether you’re:

• an SMA family,
• a mountain biker,
• a camp alum,
• someone curious about SMA,
• or just looking for free candy…

…come say hello!

We love connecting with campers, parents, alumni, and outdoor-loving humans.

And if you stop by the booth and Jud isn’t there, feel free to loudly ask:

“So… Montana was more important than DirtFest?”

The staff has been instructed to laugh politely.

See you at Raystown this weekend — and let’s all pray for sunshine!

— The SMA Crew