The 5,500-acre Blue Mountain Recreation Area, just two miles southwest of Missoula, is another close-to-town area to explore. The Lolo National Forest worked closely with Missoula-area recreation ...

To explore one of the less-traveled portions of the Rattlesnake, try Sheep Mountain Trail, on the Recreation Area's southern boundary. Start at the trailhead on Woods Gulch Road, east of ...

Elevation gain: 620 feet to "M" (from 3,200 feet to 3,820). 1,958 feet to top of Mount Sentinel (3,200 feet to 5,158) The "M" on the west face of Mount Sentinel has been a Missoula landmark since ...

The Nez Perce and Salish once traveled through this area to avoid Blackfeet attacks in nearby Hellgate Canyon. Pattee Canyon was named for David Pattee, an early Bitterroot Valley settler and ...

The city is working to acquire a 2,500-foot gap in the trail between North Avenue and Livingston Street. It provides access between Southgate Mall and the Safeway grocery store as part of Missoula ...

The symbols that appear with trail descriptions in this guide indicate the trail uses that are permitted and special features of the trails, such as accessibility to people in wheelchairs and ...

Paths along the downtown riverfront are at the heart of Missoula's trail network. Walking, bicycling and, in some places, horseback-riding paths along the Clark's Fork of the Columbia River ...

For an easygoing outing beyond the city limits, try the trail at Maclay Flat. The path is wide, level and surfaced to accommodate wheelchairs. It takes you along the Bitterroot River and through ...

Few communities enjoy a place quite like the 60,000-acre Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness just north of Missoula. Here, you'll find a variety of hiking, backpacking, horseback ...

Named in remembrance of Missoula naturalist Kim Williams, the trail follows the old Milwaukee Railroad grade for 2.5 miles through a 134-acre natural area in Hellgate Canyon. It's a good example ...

Missoula voters passed a bond issue to buy most of the southwestern face of Mount Jumbo as public open space in 1995. Large herds of elk and deer winter on the steep hillsides, and paragliders ...