Just outside Barrhead you'll find the Battenfelder farm, home of the popular Battenfelder ATV Rodeo. This fun weekend—happening from May 27 to 29—has been drawing ATVing enthusiasts for more than a decade now.

"We rode on my uncle’s land since we were seven or eight years old," said Don Battenfelder, one of the event's organizers. "One day, a bunch of us got together and said it would be great to put together an event where people could come and compete in the mud and on various obstacle courses. The first year, we had six teams—they went out and rode in the rain and the mud and we decided to carry on with it."

The events include chariot races, cross-country races, drag races and mud-pit races, with trophies for the winners. There is on-site camping and a steak supper on Saturday evening.

The riders come from northern and central Alberta, Saskatchewan and even Montana. Battenfelder said that being around like-minded people is his favourite part of the event.

"The competition is part of it," he said, "but it's not as much the focal point as the camaraderie and the riding."

Learn more and sign up on event's website.