The Ryan Petitte Adventure Challenge
It’s about friendship, fun, and remembrance.
Now in its twenty-fourth year, the Ryan Petitte Adventure Challenge is a two-day, fourteen-stage, loosely “athletic” competition organized by a group of friends.
Named in honor of a close friend who died unexpectedly in 2003, the event serves as the primary fundraiser for the Ryan and Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship.
This year at a glance
November 6-7, 2026 · Prescott, Arizona · 17 competitors
How it works
Two days, a dozen-plus stages, one Cup
The competition is loosely modeled after the Tour de France: a series of individual stages, a yellow jersey for the overall leader from stage to stage, and the coveted Adventure Challenge Cup for the winner.
Iron Man events
Trail run, mountain bike, kayak and obstacle course. The best combined finish earns the Iron Man title.
Individual events
Free throws, field goal kick, punt & pass, home run derby, shot put and bowling.
Team events
Bowling, pickleball, corn hole and Anchor Man. Bragging rights are shared, trash talk is not.
See all stages & recordsThe 2026 plan
Results
2025 Champion: Ben MilderTwenty-three Challenges of results, records, recaps and photos, all in one place.
2025 Results & HighlightsPast competitors2026 RPAC VENUE
Prescott, AZ
The 2026 Adventure Challenge heads to Prescott, AZ, a mile-high town ringed by the granite boulders of the Granite Dells and Granite Mountain, ponderosa pine forest and three nearby lakes. Prescott offers an ideal backdrop for the kayak race, trail run and mountain bike stages of the Challenge.
Why we do it
The Ryan & Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship
Every Challenge raises money for a four-year college scholarship in memory of Ryan and Collin Petitte of Ukiah, California.
2006First scholarship
21Students supported
$5,000Per student over four years
Sponsors
& Supporters
A huge thanks to all of our generous supporters and sponsors for making the Ryan and Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship a reality. Your generosity and support allow a group of mostly over-the-hill forty-somethings to do more than pull muscles and twist ankles… we get to pull muscles and twist ankles for a great cause.
You make it all possible. Thank you.
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