Missoula Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Missoula rides on the forested slopes above the Clark Fork, with trails minutes from downtown. The Rattlesnake, Blue Mountain, and Pattee Canyon networks climb through ponderosa and larch on soils that drain well, while Marshall Mountain adds flow trails. Snow lingers up high, so the season builds from the valley trails in spring to the ridgelines in summer.
159 featured mountain bike trailselevation 3,146–7,628 ft
Is it muddy in Missoula right now?
Right now about 3 of 156 featured Missoula trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
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Missoula conditions at a glancesnapshot · Oct 15
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3 of 156 trails riding well
3 143 10
Air quality
AQI 44 · Good
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Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
3 Today 12 Fri 37 Sat 57 Sun 95 Mon 116 Tue 121 Wed 122 Thu 121 Fri 89 Sat Most trails are wet right now. They bounce back Tuesday, with about 116 of 159 riding well.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 3,117–4,501 ft
32° typical 42°–63°F 72°
High country 5,000–6,729 ft
23° typical 36°–56°F 66°
20° 40° 60° 80°
5-day forecast
Today ☀️ 60°
Fri ☀️ 69°
Sat ☀️ 72°
Sun ☀️ 64°
Mon ☀️ 70°
Daytime high across Missoula, rain marked. Real forecast, refreshed every morning (elevation detail above).
Trail soil & drainage
2% 40% 58%
Mostly sandy, which drains fast and firms up quickly after rain.
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Best time of year to ride Missoula
Typical riding conditions by month, blending heat and trail conditions from 10 years of local climate data — so you can plan a trip for the right window.
The best time to ride Missoula is March through October , when daytime highs sit in the 46–86°F range and the dirt is typically dry. The high country is usually snowbound January through February and December. Planning a trip? Those are your safest bets — and for this week, the live forecast below shows exactly which days are riding well (right now 3 of 156 featured trails are good to go).
January: Snowbound, typical high 35°F (ride score 26/100) J 35° February: Snowbound, typical high 36°F (ride score 26/100) F 36° March: Prime, typical high 46°F (ride score 86/100) M 46° April: Prime, typical high 55°F (ride score 98/100) A 55° May: Prime, typical high 66°F (ride score 95/100) M 66° June: Prime, typical high 75°F (ride score 97/100) J 75° July: Prime, typical high 86°F (ride score 93/100) J 86° August: Prime, typical high 85°F (ride score 98/100) A 85° September: Prime, typical high 73°F (ride score 100/100) S 73° October: Prime, typical high 58°F (ride score 96/100) O 58° November: Cold, typical high 43°F (ride score 79/100) N 43° December: Snowbound, typical high 35°F (ride score 26/100) D 35°
Bar height = our ride-friendliness score for a typical year; colour = the main limiting factor; the number under each month is the average daytime high. Based on 2014–2023 climate normals (ERA5). This year's live conditions are below.
Best Missoula mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning. Riding gravel instead? See gravel and dirt road conditions near Missoula.
Milwaukee Grove-Juneau Connector · 0.1 mi Hero dirt Milwaukee Renae Connector Hero dirt Milwaukee trail access path Hero dirt 302.3 · 0.4 mi · 3,947–4,180 ft Soft — ride gently Anchors Aweigh · 0.1 mi · 4,173–4,275 ft Soft — ride gently Argillite Cliffs · 0.9 mi · 3,330–3,635 ft Soft — ride gently Bancroft Pond Nature Trail · 0.5 mi Soft — ride gently Bear Right · 1.9 mi · 3,953–4,760 ft Soft — ride gently Beargrass Highway · 4.7 mi · 4,954–6,936 ft Soft — ride gently Bees Nest · 0.7 mi · 4,350–4,449 ft Soft — ride gently Bjorn Again · 0.7 mi · 4,554–5,085 ft Soft — ride gently Carcass Connector · 0.1 mi · 3,353–3,465 ft Soft — ride gently Climb to Orchard · 0.3 mi · 3,796–3,839 ft Soft — ride gently Colorado Gulch · 0.7 mi · 4,029–4,409 ft Soft — ride gently Connector · 0.2 mi · 4,432–4,554 ft Soft — ride gently connector trail · 1.4 mi · 4,501–5,404 ft Soft — ride gently Country Club Trail · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Crooked Cutoff · 0.9 mi · 4,170–4,941 ft Soft — ride gently Cutback · 0.3 mi · 3,973–4,150 ft Soft — ride gently Dark Side · 0.2 mi · 4,259–4,321 ft Soft — ride gently Dean Stone Loop Road · 0.6 mi · 5,663–5,801 ft Soft — ride gently Dual Slalom · 0.2 mi · 3,970–4,065 ft Soft — ride gently Fairway · 1.2 mi · 3,163–3,501 ft Soft — ride gently Fenceline · 3.7 mi · 3,930–4,944 ft Soft — ride gently Foothill Grassland · 0.3 mi Soft — ride gently Hayes Creek · 1.7 mi · 3,691–4,557 ft Soft — ride gently Hayes Creek Lower · 1.5 mi · 3,589–4,055 ft Soft — ride gently Headwall · 0.2 mi · 4,262–4,452 ft Soft — ride gently Hello Kitty · 1.5 mi · 4,472–5,079 ft Soft — ride gently Hiawatha Road · 0.4 mi Soft — ride gently High Road · 1.1 mi · 3,668–3,996 ft Soft — ride gently Izzy Up · 2.4 mi · 4,140–5,059 ft Soft — ride gently J's Trail · 0.6 mi · 3,796–4,078 ft Soft — ride gently Juke and Jive · 0.9 mi · 3,770–4,255 ft Soft — ride gently Legacy Point · 0.3 mi · 4,534–4,619 ft Soft — ride gently Lower Headwall · 0.3 mi · 3,980–4,262 ft Soft — ride gently Martial Arts · 0.7 mi · 4,055–4,797 ft Soft — ride gently Mission to MARS · 2 mi · 3,917–4,587 ft Soft — ride gently Moto Trail · 0.7 mi · 3,691–4,016 ft Soft — ride gently MRL Service Road · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently North O'Brien Loop · 4 mi · 3,894–4,485 ft Soft — ride gently Old Lakebed Loop · 1.6 mi · 3,248–3,458 ft Soft — ride gently Orchard · 0.7 mi · 3,589–3,898 ft Soft — ride gently Prescott · 0.2 mi Soft — ride gently Prime Climb · 0.6 mi · 3,350–3,635 ft Soft — ride gently Rocky Top · 1.1 mi · 3,635–4,019 ft Soft — ride gently Saddle Loop · 0.4 mi · 3,934–3,980 ft Soft — ride gently Sawmill · 2.2 mi · 4,012–4,843 ft Soft — ride gently Sentinel Climb · 0.6 mi · 4,823–5,141 ft Soft — ride gently Shogun · 0.3 mi · 3,501–3,678 ft Soft — ride gently Sidewinder · 2 mi · 3,937–4,770 ft Soft — ride gently Son of Sidewinder · 0.6 mi · 4,140–4,482 ft Soft — ride gently Sound of Music · 1.2 mi · 3,967–4,449 ft Soft — ride gently South O'Brien Loop · 5 mi · 3,556–4,327 ft Soft — ride gently Tamarack · 0.4 mi · 3,484–3,520 ft Soft — ride gently Three Larch · 2.3 mi · 4,416–4,954 ft Soft — ride gently Unwind · 0.8 mi · 4,364–4,482 ft Soft — ride gently Wild Fox · 0.2 mi · 3,481–3,553 ft Soft — ride gently Woods Gulch · 1.9 mi · 3,766–4,810 ft Soft — ride gently Woods Ridge · 1.6 mi · 4,334–4,875 ft Soft — ride gently Woodsy - Barmeyer Connector · 0.6 mi · 4,249–4,583 ft Soft — ride gently Woodsy Spur · 0.9 mi · 4,331–4,692 ft Soft — ride gently ZTD · 0.3 mi · 3,556–3,717 ft Soft — ride gently Lower Sound of Music · 0.7 mi · 3,720–3,967 ft Soft — ride gently Curry Gulch · 1.4 mi · 3,812–4,409 ft Soft — ride gently Hayes Point Loop · 1.1 mi · 4,547–4,770 ft Soft — ride gently Local Glory · 0.3 mi · 3,927–3,990 ft Soft — ride gently Meadow Hills Trail · 0.4 mi Soft — ride gently Meadow Loop · 0.9 mi · 4,081–4,150 ft Soft — ride gently Chickadee · 0.2 mi Soft — ride gently Kim Williams Trail · 1 mi Soft — ride gently Powerline · 0.7 mi · 3,471–3,579 ft Soft — ride gently 24.1 · 1.1 mi · 3,980–4,416 ft Soft — ride gently Dropout · 1.2 mi · 4,029–4,767 ft Soft — ride gently Free Falling · 0.3 mi · 4,452–4,731 ft Soft — ride gently Rattlesnake Creek Trail · 1.4 mi · 3,468–3,602 ft Soft — ride gently Spring Gulch Doubletrack · 1.8 mi · 3,648–4,098 ft Soft — ride gently The Gut · 1 mi · 4,432–4,810 ft Soft — ride gently Blue Mountain National Recreation Trail · 1.3 mi · 3,219–3,350 ft Soft — ride gently Carcass · 0.7 mi · 3,415–3,750 ft Soft — ride gently Deadmans Point · 2.5 mi · 3,589–4,091 ft Soft — ride gently G.I. Joe · 1.1 mi · 3,655–3,993 ft Soft — ride gently Ginny Mtn Trail · 0.4 mi · 4,393–4,659 ft Soft — ride gently Hayes Point Shortcut · 0.6 mi · 4,219–4,557 ft Soft — ride gently Moose Can Gully / Garland Park Path · 0.2 mi · 3,238–3,284 ft Soft — ride gently Sawmill Curry · 0.6 mi · 4,465–4,803 ft Soft — ride gently Spring Gulch · 3.7 mi · 3,629–5,059 ft Soft — ride gently Steep Curry · 1.8 mi · 4,304–5,423 ft Soft — ride gently Wallman · 4 mi · 3,766–4,938 ft Soft — ride gently 302 · 0.4 mi · 3,953–4,163 ft Soft — ride gently 302.4 · 0.2 mi · 3,901–3,950 ft Soft — ride gently 302.5 · 0.8 mi · 3,957–4,344 ft Soft — ride gently 302.9 · 0.4 mi · 4,016–4,150 ft Soft — ride gently 9.11 · 1 mi · 3,950–3,999 ft Soft — ride gently Barmeyer Trail - Overlook · 0.1 mi · 4,265–4,301 ft Soft — ride gently Deadmans Ridge · 3.9 mi · 4,035–6,407 ft Soft — ride gently High Wide and Handsome · 3.9 mi · 4,688–5,830 ft Soft — ride gently Hill Loop · 1.4 mi · 4,121–4,295 ft Soft — ride gently Meadowlark · 1.1 mi · 3,251–3,386 ft Soft — ride gently Mo Z Trail · 0.9 mi · 3,507–3,940 ft Soft — ride gently Tonkin Trail · 0.6 mi · 3,186–3,406 ft Soft — ride gently US West trail · 1.7 mi · 3,258–3,671 ft Soft — ride gently Waxwing · 0.4 mi · 3,258–3,363 ft Soft — ride gently Hot Sauce · 1.6 mi · 4,452–5,075 ft Soft — ride gently Moose · 1 mi · 4,478–5,069 ft Soft — ride gently Turkey Trail · 0.6 mi · 3,999–4,206 ft Soft — ride gently Ewok · 0.8 mi · 3,698–3,904 ft Soft — ride gently Launch Pad · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Reserve Street Trail · 0.4 mi · 3,163–3,323 ft Soft — ride gently Southern Hills Trail · 0.4 mi · 3,173–3,304 ft Soft — ride gently Barmeyer Trail · 3.1 mi · 3,471–4,334 ft Soft — ride gently Bluebird · 1.3 mi · 3,219–3,445 ft Soft — ride gently Fish Ladder · 0.9 mi · 4,488–4,892 ft Soft — ride gently Golf Course DH · 0.4 mi · 3,228–3,461 ft Soft — ride gently Bluebird Connector · 0.4 mi · 3,281–3,330 ft Soft — ride gently Nature Trail · 0.4 mi · 3,609–3,684 ft Soft — ride gently South Loop Connector · 0.2 mi Soft — ride gently T-Bone Connector · 0.2 mi · 3,901–4,042 ft Soft — ride gently Deadmans Curve · 1.3 mi · 3,763–4,078 ft Soft — ride gently Quast Springs · 0.4 mi · 3,527–3,570 ft Soft — ride gently Little Huck(leberry) Jump Line · 0.2 mi · 4,780–4,843 ft Soft — ride gently Moose Can Gully Trail · 0.5 mi · 3,284–3,425 ft Soft — ride gently University Ridge · 1.4 mi · 4,826–5,807 ft Soft — ride gently Snowbowl Overlook · 1.9 mi · 4,944–5,466 ft Soft — ride gently 24th Street Trail · 0.7 mi · 3,163–3,455 ft Soft — ride gently Forest to Foothills · 0.6 mi · 3,173–3,383 ft Soft — ride gently 302.7 · 0.2 mi · 4,137–4,206 ft Soft — ride gently 9.9 · 1.1 mi · 3,990–4,111 ft Soft — ride gently Blue Mountain Corridor · 2 mi · 3,219–3,973 ft Soft — ride gently Bluebird in the Bush · 0.4 mi · 3,343–3,396 ft Soft — ride gently Herringbone Hill · 0.2 mi · 4,121–4,213 ft Soft — ride gently Peery Park Trail · 0.4 mi Soft — ride gently T-Bone · 0.7 mi · 3,691–4,055 ft Soft — ride gently Ten Penny · 0.5 mi · 3,740–3,917 ft Soft — ride gently Ten Penny Connector · 0.4 mi · 3,383–3,740 ft Soft — ride gently Zipline · 0.9 mi · 3,419–3,802 ft Soft — ride gently Ravine · 2.8 mi · 3,953–5,256 ft Soft — ride gently 9.13 · 0.2 mi · 3,816–3,960 ft Soft — ride gently 9.7 · 0.2 mi · 3,947–4,016 ft Soft — ride gently Sam Braxton NRT · 3.4 mi · 4,009–4,455 ft Soft — ride gently South Loop · 2.2 mi · 4,026–4,275 ft Soft — ride gently 9.10 · 0.4 mi · 3,973–4,183 ft Soft — ride gently 9.8 · 1.1 mi · 4,026–4,278 ft Soft — ride gently Connector · 0.7 mi · 4,081–4,147 ft Soft — ride gently G.I. Joe Connector · 0.1 mi · 3,888–3,921 ft Soft — ride gently Pawn · 0.2 mi · 3,839–3,990 ft Soft — ride gently Deer creek ridge trail · 6.6 mi · 4,265–5,958 ft Significant snow House of Sky · 3.5 mi · 5,226–5,971 ft Significant snow Miller Divide · 2.7 mi · 6,214–6,818 ft Significant snow miller divide trail #512 · 0.7 mi · 6,017–6,427 ft Significant snow Sheep Mountain Trail · 10.4 mi · 4,875–7,628 ft Significant snow Sheridan Lake Trail · 0.5 mi · 6,539–6,942 ft Significant snow trail connector to upper road · 0.5 mi · 5,338–5,528 ft Significant snow Woody - Marshall Connector · 0.7 mi · 5,600–5,719 ft Significant snow Wrangel Creek Trail · 0.3 mi · 5,046–5,105 ft Significant snow Wrangle Creek Trail · 4.2 mi · 5,046–6,847 ft Significant snow Missoula mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Missoula right now? Today the trails riding best near Missoula are Milwaukee Grove-Juneau Connector, Milwaukee Renae Connector and Milwaukee trail access path. The full list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so the top of the list is always your best bet right now. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Missoula dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Missoula trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Missoula after rain? Right now 143 of 156 featured Missoula trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Missoula is mostly loam soil, which drains at a moderate pace, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Missoula? Missoula has 159 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Missoula trails? Missoula trails run from about 3,146–7,628 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
When is the best time to ride mountain bikes in Missoula? The best time to ride Missoula is March through October, when daytime highs are in the 46–86°F range and the trails are typically dry. The high country is usually snowbound January through February and December. This is based on 10 years of local climate data; check the live conditions on this page for how the trails are actually riding today.
What months can you mountain bike in Missoula? The main riding season in Missoula is roughly March through November; the high trails are usually snowbound January through February and December and melt out through spring. This page tracks snow coverage and melt-out daily so you can time the high country.
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