New trails to be constructed

On Thursday, July 18, the Missoula County Commissioners approved an agreement between Missoula County and Mountain Bike Missoula for trail construction and maintenance services at Marshall Mountain Park. New trail construction will start later this summer thanks to $100,000 secured through the state Recreational Trails Program and up to $70,000 in matching funds from city and county open space bonds.

This trail development includes a new base area connection (0.4 mile); adaptive friendly, downhill mountain bike trail (1.6 miles); and a multi-use trail/uphill bike-only trail (3 miles), with about 6 to 7% grade. Construction is scheduled to start in early August. MTB Missoula hopes to wrap up construction by late October but will wrap up the project next spring if needed.