42nd Annual Helen-Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race

The South's oldest balloon event and the United States' only long distance hot air balloon race will begin (weather permitting) with a mass ascension of  30 bright and colorful hot air balloons, in North Georgia's Alpine Village - Helen.   Race competitors and local flyers will take to the sky at 7:00 am, Thursday, June 4, 2015.  If the weather conditions are too windy or storms are forecast, the take off will be postponed until conditions are acceptable.