The Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally is an annual motorcycle rally at Hells Canyon that meets in Baker City in the state of Oregon, United States.
[3][2] After the 2018 rally, Folkestad stepped down as the event organizer, and Todd Godfrey of High Desert Harley-Davidson (in Meridian, Idaho) took over as organizer for the 20th anniversary, July 11–14, 2019 motorcycle rally.
Rally attendees (sometimes called "bikers") rent hotel rooms for the three-night, four day rally, or pay to pitch a tent and camp at the Baker High School football field, and this money goes to the girls' soccer and basketball teams.
[5] The signature ride of the rally is the 184-mile (296 km) route on Highway 86 and includes the "Devil's Tail" on Hells Canyon Dam Road (45°06′54″N 116°45′11″W / 45.115°N 116.753°W / 45.115; -116.753) between Oxbow, Oregon and Hells Canyon Dam, off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway.
[1] The Devil's Tail is a nickname bestowed by 2008 rally attendees on a 22-mile (35 km) twisty segment of the road as a homage to the "Tail of the Dragon" through Deal's Gap in North Carolina, another fine motorcycling road.