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Marshall Mountain, MT

Day 21, June 7, 2025

Miles: ??

We LOVED Missoula, Montana! Beautiful scenery, fun things to do, really nice people.

We’ve stayed in the area for a couple days. Yesterday was a ‘chores’ kind of day so not too many photos. We did laundry at a cute little laundromat called the Green Hanger, run by an aspiring author. David’s bike had an issue with the brakes. The “pistons were stuck in the caliper”, per David. We found the Big Sky bike shop and David fixed it at a convenient bike stand provided out front. Of course, not to take advantage and because it will be cool to have swag from a Montana bike shop, we bought a tee, a bike bottle and a sticker. We also hung out at a coffee shop called Clyde’s and met another nice local who is also a mountain biker. Emma was with her dog Stout, trying to get some work done. She told us about a trail called “Sound of Music”, up on a mountain just outside of town at a defunct ski resort called Marshall Mountain.

The trail was easy to find, unlike some trails that are in a place you’ve never been before.

We went up…

and up…

and up some more.

Heading back down:

Here’s the Trailforks map of the ride:

Stats: 6 miles, climbed 1280 ft in 1 hour, 44 minutes. We went up a blue trail and it was steep! Not an “IMBA Epic” ride but really fun and SO beautiful.

I was on my Orbea and was mostly able to keep up. Yay for e-bikes.

Jane

(Written in the Lolo Hot Springs Resort lobby)