Montana Cross Country Skiing Trails and Maps

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Length
Surfaces
Type

BA&P Hill Trail

4.1 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Gravel

Bozeman to Bridger Mountains Trail

2.1 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Concrete

Gallagator Linear Trail

1.6 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Gateway to Glacier Trail

12.6 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

Great American Rail-Trail

3743.9 mi
State: DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, MD, MT, NE, OH, PA, WA, WV, WY
Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone

Greenough Park Trail

0.8 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Dirt

Lewistown City Trail System

20 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Milwaukee Road Path

6 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Dirt, Gravel

Rehberg Ranch Trail

1.2 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

River's Edge Trail (MT)

55 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Gravel

Ron's River Trail

3.5 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Ballast, Gravel

Shiloh Road Trail

4.6 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Concrete

Silver Bow Creek Greenway

15 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

Skyline Trail (MT)

7 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

Spring Meadow Lake State Park Trail

2 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Story Mill Spur

1.7 mi
State: MT
Dirt, Gravel

Bitterroot Trail

51 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Concrete

Clements Road Trail

1.27 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

Great Northern Historical Trail

22 mi
State: MT
Asphalt
Accordion

Jim Dutcher Trail

6.5 mi
State: MT
Asphalt, Concrete

King Avenue East Trail

0.5 mi
State: MT
Concrete

Larchmont Trail

0.5 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

NorPac Trail

22.2 mi
State: ID, MT
Concrete, Dirt, Gravel

Old Yellowstone Trail

11.9 mi
State: MT
Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Route of the Olympian

31.2 mi
State: MT
Gravel

South Avenue Trail

2.2 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

BBWA Canal Trail

2.8 mi
State: MT
Concrete

Austin Woodhouse Scenic Loop

2.5 mi
State: MT
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Great American Rail-Trail, West

503.3 mi
State: ID, MT, WA, WY
Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel, Metal

King Avenue West Trail

1.5 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

Lake Elmo Drive Trail

0.6 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

Rimrock Road Trail

1.7 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

South Billings Boulevard Trail

0.7 mi
State: MT
Asphalt

Tarkio Flats Trail

2.1 mi
State: MT
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass

Zimmerman Trail

1.3 mi
State: MT
Asphalt
Trail Image Trail Name States Length Surface Rating
The BA&P Hill Trail provides a fascinating glimpse into Butte's early history, winding its way through the town's historic neighborhoods and abandoned mineyards. The area was known as the "The Richest...
MT 4.1 mi Asphalt, Gravel
Bozeman is home to an extensive trail system: Known as the Main Street to Mountains system, it's made up of 60 miles of greenways across the city and beyond. This connector, completed in the fall of...
MT 2.1 mi Asphalt, Concrete
The Gallagator Linear Trail runs diagonally for more than 1.5 miles through the east side of Bozeman. The trail, which has a crushed stone surface for the vast majority of its route but is paved at...
MT 1.6 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Gateway to Glacier Trail is an asphalt paved trail that allows the rider to ride from Hungry Horse to West Glacier, which is a small community just outside the west entrance of Glacier National...
MT 12.6 mi Asphalt
Note: This developing route is not yet fully contiguous – it is just over 50% complete. Please refer to the Trail Map for more information on the existing sections of trail, as well as the online...
DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, MD, MT, NE, OH, PA, WA, WV, WY 3743.9 mi Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone
The Greenough Park Trail is truly one of urban Missoula's best, making for a peaceful refuge from the city hubbub and near the downtown area. The trail makes a loop through this lush 42-acre park, not...
MT 0.8 mi Asphalt, Dirt
The Lewiston Trails System refers to the 20 miles of multi-purpose trail winding through this central Montana community. The trails are usable all-year round. Every few miles, the terrain switches,...
MT 20 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Missoula's 6-mile Milwaukee Road Path provides a valuable east-west commuting route through the city. The mostly paved pathway includes occasional on-road segments but is well-marked with excellent...
MT 6 mi Asphalt, Dirt, Gravel
Just a few miles south of Butte, the Milwaukee Road Rail Trail through Thompson Park offers a fun journey for 4.3 miles through two tunnels and across a trestle on the former Chicago, Milwaukee, and...
MT 4.3 mi Gravel
Rehberg Ranch Trail follows the Iron Horse Trail roadway through a northern suburb of Billings. For just over a mile, the paved neighborhood trail offers views of Montana backcountry, including...
MT 1.2 mi Asphalt
Many groups collaborated to create the scenic and wild River's Edge Trail: the city of Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Montana Department of Transportation,...
MT 55 mi Asphalt, Gravel
Ron's River Trail follows both the north and south sides of the Clark Fork River through city parks downtown and near the university campus. The trail is part of a larger city-wide system that links...
MT 3.5 mi Asphalt, Ballast, Gravel
The Shiloh Road Trail is an important part of the trail network in western Billings, offering connections to the Rimrock Road Trail, Big Ditch Trail and King Avenue West Trail. It begins at Rimrock...
MT 4.6 mi Asphalt, Concrete
Currently, 15 miles of the trail are open in three disconnected segments, with more segments under construction. The longest segment begins in Rocker, a western suburb of Butte, and travels to the...
MT 15 mi Asphalt
The Skyline Trail offers beautiful views of Billings and the Yellowstone Valley on a paved 7-mile route through the northern end of town. Springtime is especially pleasant with wildflowers blooming...
MT 7 mi Asphalt
This pleasant trail is busy during hot summer days, when families come out in droves to swim, fish and paddle non-motorized boats around this small lake. No bikes are allowed on the trail but you can...
MT 2 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Bozeman's Story Mill Spur begins just north of a former railroad depot, passes under I-90 and over the East Gallatin River, and traverses residential neighborhoods for 1.7 miles. About the...
MT 1.7 mi Dirt, Gravel
The Bitterroot Trail is a paved pathway largely paralleling US 93 between Missoula and Hamilton in Montana's scenic Bitterroot Valley. The trail provides a safe transportation alternative to the busy...
MT 51 mi Asphalt, Concrete
The Clements Road Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy Clements Road and provides a safe alternative to riding on the shoulder. The path runs for nearly 1.3 miles between the South...
MT 1.27 mi Asphalt
The Great Northern Historical Trail runs for 22.6 miles between the lakeside town of Somers and the mountain valley community of Kila. The trail follows part of the route of the old Great Northern...
MT 22 mi Asphalt
Accordion
The Jim Dutcher Trail offers 6.5 miles of paved pathway along the Yellowstone River through eastern Billings up to the northeastern neighborhoods of Billings Heights. Along the way, the trail is...
MT 6.5 mi Asphalt, Concrete
The King Avenue East Trail, in southwestern Billings, provides a half-mile concrete route along the south side of the roadway with access to a busy commercial subdivision at its eastern end. It's...
MT 0.5 mi Concrete
The Larmont Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy Reserve Street (US 93) and provides a safe alternative to riding on the road. The path runs for only a little more than 0.5 mile...
MT 0.5 mi Asphalt
Notice: The US Forest Service has closed the Borax Tunnel indefinitely as it is in imminent danger of collapse. Contact the Superior Ranger Station at Lolo National Forest for more information and...
ID, MT 22.2 mi Concrete, Dirt, Gravel
The Old Yellowstone Trail follows the old right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in southwestern Montana. The CMSPP, more commonly called the Milwaukee Road, was active...
MT 11.9 mi Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The 31-mile Route of the Olympian is one of several rail-trails occupying the former Pacific route of the Milwaukee Road, which originally connected the railroad's Wisconsin hub with Washington...
MT 31.2 mi Gravel
The South Avenue Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy South Avenue and provides a safe alternative to riding in the road. The path runs for a little more than 2 miles between Old Fort...
MT 2.2 mi Asphalt
The Tobacco River Memorial Trail, also known as the Kootenai Trail, offers northwestern Montana scenery as it stretches 7 miles from Eureka to Rexford off Lake Koocanusa. Much of the trail is wooded...
MT 7.4 mi Gravel
The BBWA Canal Trail offers nearly 3 miles of paved pathway in western Billings, mostly along the Billings Bench Water Association Canal. The waterway, used for irrigation and storm drainage, dates...
MT 2.8 mi Concrete
The Blacktail Creek Trail, through southeastern Butte, was renamed the Ulrich-Schotte Nature Trail in honor of local citizens who championed the restoration of the creek and other civic projects in...
MT 3.2 mi Asphalt
The Austin Woodhouse Scenic Loop is a 2.5-mile loop trail near Albertson, MT. The trail connects to the Tarkio Flats Trail on either end. Please note that the eastern section of the trail is closed...
MT 2.5 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Western portion of the Great American Rail-Trail runs through Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Washington for more than 500 miles, and will comprise about 1600 miles when complete. The Western...
ID, MT, WA, WY 503.3 mi Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel, Metal
The King Avenue West Trail offers a paved east-west route through southwestern Billings with access to Shiloh Crossing, one of the city's most popular commercial subdivisions. Additional shopping and...
MT 1.5 mi Asphalt
The paved Lake Elmo Drive Trail parallels its namesake roadway for a half-mile in the Heights community of northern Billings. At the south end of the trail, students can follow the sidewalk east along...
MT 0.6 mi Asphalt
The Rimrock Road Trail is an east-west route in western Billings along the north side of Rimrock Road. It travels nearly 2 miles with mostly residential views. From its eastern end, you can hop on the...
MT 1.7 mi Asphalt
Although not a scenic route, the paved South Billings Boulevard Trail offers connections to residential and commercial areas and Newman Elementary School. At its southern end, you can also connect to...
MT 0.7 mi Asphalt
The Tarkio Flats trail runs through rural Montana Forests near Albertson, MT. It is 2 miles long and connects to the Austin Woodhouse Scenic Loop on either end. The trail is open to non-motorized...
MT 2.1 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Zimmerman Trail is a north-south route in western Billings that parallels the eastern flank of a roadway of the same name. The paved pathway is just over a mile long with pleasant neighborhood...
MT 1.3 mi Asphalt

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Recent Trail Reviews

Yellowstone Shortline Trail

Beautiful trail! NO e-bikes allowed. There is law enforcement monitoring and they will give tickets . Tickets are $330 per rider. Beware!

July, 2026 by tracyh1726

Beautiful trail! NO e-bikes allowed. There is law enforcement monitoring and they will give tickets . Tickets are $330 per rider. Beware!

Apgar Bike Path

Beautiful bike ride

June, 2026 by walkertsfl

We took this trail from our RV campsite in West glacier through the town of West glacier across the bridge where it’s a dirt road or just a quarter of a mile in a paved road all the way to Apgar then we rode through the campground and back absolutely gorgeous ride

Great American Rail-Trail

Airbnb right on trail in Burgettstown

June, 2026 by dowiakp

Discovered this comfortable place with great accommodations for two bike travelers. They offer a pullout sofa if you do not wish to share a bed. Indoor bike storage with a comfy bed and a hot shower! Distillery right next-door and two restaurants to fuel up in the morning to get back on the trail. Close to the panhandle of West Virginia. Their name is Harmony Trail Haven on Airbnb.

Accordion

Great American Rail-Trail

Highly recommend this beautiful and well kept trail. Beautiful to ride along the trees and over the 2 epic ohiopyle bridges.

May, 2026 by sarahraekratz

Highly recommend this beautiful and well kept trail. Beautiful to ride along the trees and over the 2 epic ohiopyle bridges.

Gateway to Glacier Trail

Traffic!!

September, 2025 by dalelynnanderson

The trail is very close to a busy US Hwy 2 for almost the entire trail. Very noisy, and even feels dangerous. The only positive thing about this trail is how smooth it is.

Kalispell Parkline Linear Park and Trail

Nice New Beautiful Trail

September, 2025 by mlane14_99

The path is brand new and very nicely done. The concrete pathway is 10 foot wide and very flat and smooth. The trail is lighted at night and perfect for an evening stroll. Great place to take children.

Great Northern Historical Trail

Beautiful Scenery But Too Bumpy To Enjoy

September, 2025 by mlane14_99

My husband and I rode from Batavia to the southwest terminus. The trail runs parallel to Highway 2 so there is quite a bit of road noise. Between Batavia and Kila, the asphalt has so many cracks and hazards, it is hard to enjoy the ride. South of Kila must be a newer section because the final two miles of the trail are much better. Beware of the sawed off metal posts in the asphalt because they can be difficult to see and if you hit one, you could take a hard fall. If they smooth out the asphalt, the trail would be so much better.

Headwaters Trail System

Beautiful scenery but please get the cracks filled

September, 2025 by mlane14_99

The asphalt trail definitely has 5 star potential, but the cracks in the asphalt are jarring and take away from being able to look at the mountains and surroundings. More signage would be helpful, but the are a few map signs out there. We had to pay $8 to park our out of state car at Headwaters Park. There is a restroom there.

River's Edge Trail (MT)

Interesting

August, 2025 by joglazewski

10 ft wide Paved with mostly aging asphalt ( lots of horizontal cracks), Part rail trail ( rail grade), part greenway (slopes, underpasses, road crossings, through parks, bike lanes). Not scenic ( except Giant Springs was lovely, some nice art on west shore), runs past sewage treatment plant, refineries, active rail lines, rusty vehicles, storage facilities, historic and active dams. Interesting ride ( active rail lines, historic and active dams, bridges. Did manage to get an interesting 30 miles in biking all of the paved sections. Glad I didn’t ride my road bike, was fine on hybrid. Interesting ride if you are in the area.

Yellowstone Shortline Trail

Perfect

August, 2025 by joglazewski

8.5 miles of 12 foot perfectly smooth asphalt through remote, awesome scenery. Great signage! Well done!

Yellowstone Shortline Trail

YST

August, 2025 by jkennedy13

We rode this with my 10 year old son and 9 year old niece. Very family friendly ride with a picnic at the turnaround and some creek dipping on the way back. Beautiful scenery and a great way to cover 20 miles.

Tobacco River Memorial Trail (Kootenai Trail)

Good Trail but not Complete

August, 2025 by acewickwire

Enjoyed the trail. Rode from Eureka to Rexford. First portion (half nearly) of the trail is old railroad bed until it comes to an abrupt end. Directional signs are non-existent but most of the trail is easy to follow, with an except. At the end of the railroad bed section the trail passes by a primitive camping area. At that point leave the trail to the left and follow gravel road up the hill to the highway. Follow highway to right maybe a half mile. Turn right again on to first gravel road through an area of houses. The road is posted private road for residents. Follow downhill staying left until end and pickup trail off the side of the road. Easy to follow from there past the Rexford Bench Campground area. Trail very nice to the end. There are some information panels about the trail and projects.

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