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Where can you get this very cool Trail Junkie sticker?
Join the ranks of the proud trail junkies and get your free sticker at the following locations! The Base Camp The Spoke Shop Time Out Sports Sanctuary Salon and Black Dog Coffee Angry Hank’s Brewery Thirsty Street Brewing Company
2019 Billings TrailNet challenge: Four races* and a Trailblazing shirt
We are happy to announce that we are dedicating 2019 to supporting races and running events that also support our trail system! This year, we challenge you to register for the the four races featured here to be eligible to have your name on an awesome trail running shirt! *All you need to do is […]
Get ready to ride! Indoor cycling classes offered for Tour de Fleur participants!
Anytime Fitness, a Corporate Member of Billings TrailNet, is proud to partner with us to offer cycling classes to help us get prepared for Tour de Fleur 2019. Classes being offered at no charge, twice a week, starting January 28-May 1, 2019 on Mondays and Wednesdays at the locations and times below. For more information or questions […]
“Trails are an important piece of the puzzle,” says Spoke Shop’s Dean Cromwell
Dean Cromwell has been a champion for building mountain biking trails out at Acton Recreation Area for several years; and is now a major trail champion for local trails in Billings! In several recent TV interviews Dean explains his first-hand experience in understanding why local trails are so important. “Often times folks will come into […]
State Parks and State Trail Funding need your voice
SB 24 seeks to increase the optional fee on light motor vehicle registration from $6 to $9. If passed, it will: increase funding support for Montana’s 55 State Parks create a new trail and recreation grant program double registration funding support for Fishing Access Sites According to Bob Walker, chairman of the Montana Trails Coalition, […]
State parks could lose $3,227,470 if SB 242 passes in Senate Fish and Game Committee next Tuesday, Feb. 26
SB 242 carried by Senator Webb of Billings, will be heard next Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in the Senate Fish and Game Committee. That bill would eliminate the current optional light motor vehicle registration fee for state parks, fishing access sites and Montana Heritage Commission (Virginia/Nevada Cites) and replace it with a windshield decal that […]
Bill for safely passing bicyclist died in committee last week, but Bike Walk Montana keeps trying…
SB 249 would have generally revised transportation laws related to bicycling, to require vehicles to pass was tabled in Senate Finance and Claims Committee on February 21; however, Bike Walk Montana has followed up with Billings legislators Dennis Lentz, Terry Moore and Barry Usher, asking if there is there some way we can create a […]
More Bike Racks Coming to Downtown Billings
by Elyse Monat, Active Transportation Planner for the City of Billings Bike racks in downtown Billings Billings will more than double the number of bike racks in downtown in the next year thanks to a generous grant from the Montana Office of Tourism & Business Development. The grant funded approximately 30 racks, which will be […]
Billings submitted three grant applications to Recreational Trails Program in January- comments open!
by Elyse Monat, Active Transportation Planner for the City of Billings The Billings community submitted three applications to the Recreational Trails Program Grant from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. The applications include proposals for a double-vault toilet at Shiloh Conservation Area from the City of Billings, single track trails from Pedal United, and a trail […]
Billings Career Center student helps with the Skyline Trail project
Carrie Carpenter and Billings TrailNet’s executive director, Kristi Drake by Tom Howard Carrie Carpenter spends her mornings a West High, her afternoons at the Career Center and many hours after school helping to develop the Billings trail system. Like many career-oriented high school juniors, she has begun visiting college campuses, looking for a program that […]
Billings TrailNet welcomes Kathy James to our Board of Directors!
Kathy James has been a long time supporter and advocate for Billings TrailNet, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Kathy to the team. Kathy has lived in Billings since 1981. She was raised on a farm near Cascade, Montana and attended St. Patrick School of Nursing in Missoula. She and her late husband […]
Overhead Door Company of Southern Montana is a proud corporate member of Billings TrailNet
Overhead Door Company of Southern Montana owner, Steve Madsen, has been biking for years. We laughed at his story of a garage install at The Spoke Shop several years ago, when he couldn’t take his eyes off the beautiful bikes in the store. When he finished the job he returned to buy three of them! […]
Thank you Rocky Mountain Bank for being our corporate member!
We interviewed Beth Stephenson, Regional Marketing and Sales Support Director for Rocky Mountain Bank, about why this Montana bank chose to support the trails with a corporate membership. “A vibrant trail system gives our employees a great place to live, work and play,” explained Beth, who noted that many employees at Rocky Mountain Bank enjoy […]
MDT’s Regional Director Stefan Streeter retires
Stefan Streeter, the District 5 Administrator of Montana Department of Transportation, celebrated his retirement last Friday with more than 200 MDT employees, plus guests from City of Billings Planning and Public Works departments, and Billings TrailNet and others. Stefan has become a friend and supporter of Billings TrailNet over the past few years and has […]
Montana Businesses + Outdoor Recreation= a prosperous community
Earlier this month I went to Whitefish to attend the Business of Outdoor Recreation Summit. Two hundred fifty people swarmed the beautiful Grouse Mountain Lodge for this inaugural Summit, which was so popular it sold out within days. One of my biggest takeaways from the Summit was that businesses rely on our outdoor […]
Trail from Zimmerman Trail underpass and Zimmerman Park slated for hard surfacing this summer
The trail between Zimmerman Park parking lot and Zimmerman Trail underpass will be paved with millings this summer, after Riverside Contracting relocates the millings from the roundabout bypass to the trail. Riverside Contracting estimates that June 2019 will be the date of completion. Plan to celebrate with us in late June 2019 with a grand […]
Heart & Sole Run donates $8,500 to trails and the YMCA
On October 24, members of the Heart & Sole Run planning team; plus major sponsors, The Billings Gazette and St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation; and a crowd of children flocked into the gym at the YMCA to present Billings TrailNet and the YMCA with checks for $8,500 each to benefit active and healthy lifestyles. Thank you […]
Enjoy a run before the big feast- and if you don’t run, please volunteer!
Thursday November 22, 2018 Yellowstone RimRunners is hosting the annual Run Turkey Run event- a great time and good exercise before the big feast. They need volunteers to serve as course guards and beer pourers. · Course Guards (need 20+) – time needed 8 -10:30 am · Beer Pourers – 8:30 am -11:30 am Location […]
Thank you Anytime Fitness for your continued support as a corporate member!
Anytime Fitness has been a long time corporate member of Billings TrailNet, and we appreciate their dedication to building a healthy, active community through their support! Donnette Roberts, owner of one Anytime Fitness location in Billings, stays involved because she wants to “Make healthy happen, encourage people to get out on the trails and promote […]