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Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Podcast: Mountain Biking Helena, MT

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7574 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2015

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

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

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:08.3

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0:16.3

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0:21.6

Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.

0:24.5

I'm Jeff, and today we're going to be talking about the mountain biking in Helena, Montana.

0:29.3

Our editor, Greg Heil, was out there this summer, and this is his report of what he found in Helena.

0:36.9

Helena, like most towns in Montana, is surrounded by hundreds of miles of backcountry

0:41.3

single track, up high in the mountains.

0:43.3

But unlike many other Montana towns, they also have absolutely fantastic riding located directly

0:48.3

adjacent to town, 75 miles of it, in fact.

0:52.3

This area is known as the South Hills Trail System.

0:55.0

This trail network is accessible at the end of almost every street in Helena, with 28 different access points,

1:01.0

eight of which sport parking lots and full trailhead amenities.

1:06.0

When I first heard of this network of trails, I thought that it would consist of the general Ho-Hum single track that one is likely

1:11.2

to find in a municipal park. But instead, I found trails that provide a middle-of-nowhere feel

1:16.5

while actually being located just outside of the state's capital. Also, unlike the rest of Montana,

1:22.3

the South Hills Trail system is rightable for the majority of the year. Due to Helena's

1:26.9

location on the east side of the

1:28.5

continental divide and the exposed nature of the South Hills, the single track here dries out very

1:33.5

early in the year and stays writable very late. According to Patrick Doyle of Bike Helena, we're a prime

1:39.6

early riding season destination. While trails and Bozeman might stay snow covered into July, the folks

1:46.0

in Helena usually ride dry single track from April to November. With Cutbank, Montana, oftentimes,

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