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Advocacy, bitteroot, idaho, imba, lawsuit, legal action, litigation, montana, stc, sustainable trails coalition, wilderness - February 20, 2016

IMBA Reaffirms Lack of Support for Bikes in Wilderness Areas, But Announces Possible Legal Action

IMBA has announced a new “assertive stance” to fight what they view as wrongful trail closures without due process in places where they have an active IMBA chapter, during their press conference Thursday. However, IMBA has reaffirmed that they do not support mountain biking in Wilderness areas, and in no way do they seek to modify the …

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bikepacking, montana, video, Videos - December 23, 2015

Watch: A Few Thousand Miles To Go // 200-Year-Old Tire Tracks With Mike Hopkins on Montana’s Continental Divide Trail

A Few Thousand Miles To Go // 200-Year-Old Tire Tracks With Mike Hopkins on Montana’s Continental Divide Trail from Freehub Magazine on Vimeo. Back in July, the Freehub crew joined up with Mike Hopkins to ride a 26-mile section of Montana’s Continental Divide Trail. As fate would have it, this five-man, bike-powered expedition passed Montana’s …

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Podcast: Mountain Biking Helena, MT

Singletracks Editor in Chief Greg Heil gives us the lowdown on the mountain biking around Helena, MT.

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Helena, Montana Shuttles Riders to the Best Trails, 5 Days a Week, For Free

This near-mythical arrangement has been dubbed the “Trail Rider Shuttle,” and as you’d expect, it’s pretty friggin’ awesome! Most months during the summer it runs 5 days a week, with different trail drop-offs depending on the day. Generally speaking, you can do one lap on the Trail Rider most days, but I decided to visit …

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75 Miles of Singletrack, Connected to Town: Helena, Montana’s South Hills Trail System

Helena, like most towns in Montana, is surrounded by hundreds of miles of backcountry singletrack, up high in the mountains. But unlike many other Montana towns, they also have absolutely fantastic riding located directly adjacent to town–75 miles of it, in fact. This area is known as the “South Hills Trail System.” This trail network …

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