Montana Trail Crew

Bigfoot 200 Race Report

To whom it may or may not concern, The Bigfoot 200 is impossible. Nevertheless, I finished the Bigfoot 200.  How do you finish an impossible race, you may ask?  You…

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Trail Running in the Heat

In college, I ran for the University of Colorado in Boulder, which, in the summer and fall, is quite a lot warmer than where I grew up in Montana.  During…

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Pengelly: 20 Years of Painfully Fun Times

  The Pengelly Double Dip races will exhaust even the strongest runners for the 20th time this June, and that’s what the committee that designed the course wanted.  By way…

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Envisioning the Lands: The Lower Blackfoot

  The BLM would like to hear the community’s perspective on what’s important about public lands, hear about specific interests, and share your ideas for managing this landscape. The Missoula…

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An Appetite for Challenge

  We’ve put together a list of options to consider for your racing calendar and local bucket list .You may find this list overwhelming or incomplete. Either way, the goal…

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Trail to Hells Canyon

  Think back to a memory that flipped a switch in your life. A memory that started some personal journey for you. Remember your surroundings, the sights, sounds, people and…

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Winter Running Tips & Tricks

    Longer nights, snow and ice can make trail running through winter a bit of a challenge, but it is possible to keep logging miles off road. Here are…

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RUFA : A Staple Event

  “All I want is for it to rain ALL summer; I would take that over a smoky summer any day.” Four years ago a friend said this to me, and…

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Hot Trails and Dinosaur Dreams in Montana’s Largest State Park

    In far southeastern Montana, prairies shift into badlands, and there is a little known and our largest state park. Makoshika State Park is named for the Lakota phrase…

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Sculptures, Single Track, and Stradivarius in … eastern Montana

  Let’s face it, western Montana is full of amazing singletrack that could keep your trail running bucket list full for several lifetimes. You may not expect to find amazing…

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Meet Adam Peterman!

Helloooo Adam Peterman! You may recognize Adam’s name from his recent win at Western States but there is a lot more to Adam. He is a proud owner of a…

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Lessons from a 250-miler

 Missoula runner Tom Attard recently returned from the Cocodona 250 in Arizona, a point-to-point race that this year stretched over mountains and through red rocks from Prescott to Flagstaff….

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Tim’s Lists: Blue Mountain 30K

Blue Mountain 30K – Credit: Vo von Sehlen/Votography Images/Runner’s EdgeMTC Note: This is part five of Tim Mosbacher’s lists of all-time great performances in Western Montana trail races. Thanks, Tim!Blue…

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Tim’s Lists: Pengelly Double Dip

Taking it to another level: Missoula’s Adam Peterman overcoming Kiefer Hahn’s longstanding course record. Credit: Justin GriggMTC Note: This is part of an ongoing collection of records maintained by Tim Mosbacher…

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2021 Mountain Running Film Festival

 8th Annual Mountain Running Film FestivalMontana Trail Crew invites you to join us on June 3rd at Ogren Park for our 8th annual Mountain Running Film Festival celebrating the trails…

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Running Missoula’s Wildflower Wave

By Erin Clark Spring is about building your base, celebrating running in shorts again, getting back into terrain that was inaccessible during winter, and wildflowers! My May runs are often…

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