Ridge Rider
Connecting Easy Rider Trail to Archery Range Trail, Ridge Rider Trail features spectacular vistas of the surrounding mountains. This tiny trail is also a great area for a picnic with a view.
Connecting Easy Rider Trail to Archery Range Trail, Ridge Rider Trail features spectacular vistas of the surrounding mountains. This tiny trail is also a great area for a picnic with a view.
The Prickly Pear Connector is a trail lover’s last chance to connect the front of Mount Ascension to Bompart Hill. The other way around, coming from the hill, this same trail is an ideal access to the upper Easy Rider, rather than the lower. Users often enjoy the solitude found on the Prickly Pear Connector.
Starting from near Beattie St Trailhead, Pay Dirt Trail is a pleasant hike towards Mount Ascension’s Porcupine Flats intersection. On your way there, enjoy views of Helena to your right, and of the green mountains to your left. Because Pay Dirt can be rocky at times, mountain bikers might want to keep an eye out […]
The Easy Rider Trail connects Eagle Scout, Prickly Pear, Archery Range, Pail Rider, and Ridge Rider trails, making it an important part of many longer adventures. A fairly flat hike, Easy Rider is a great trail to catch your breath during an excursion.
From Arrowroot Drive and its trailhead, take the left trail for a third of a mile and meet the last half mile of Entertainment Trail to cheat your way to the top of Mount Ascension. We won’t tell.
The Acropolis Crest trails are arguably the most scenic downtown spots to watch the sun setting behind Mount Helena. Take yourself or your pup on a walk and enjoy the colors of the sky change as you unwind your day. Linking Cruse Street with Sparta Street, the trails on Acropolis also act as a scenic […]
Hoppiness is a blissful trail connecting three main Mt Ascension trails: Mt Ascension Loop, 2006, and Entertainment trails. The trail features a couple of bumps (hops!) to spice it up for mountain bikers, but is a multiuse trail that can be enjoyed by any user.
Built in spring 2026, Going EZ Trail links the 2006 Trail to Eddye McClure West Trail. This short path takes its users through the charming and quiet woods of southwest Mt Ascension.
From the DeFord Trailhead or the Old Shooting Range Trailhead, this trail can be used by hikers and bikers cruising by or cycling back to the start of the skills course. Enjoy the free show of jumping and gliding mountain bikers while you stroll on the multiuse DeFord Trail. There are quite a few treacherous […]
Find reminders of the Gold Rush era and get a taste of the Far West on the Far East Trail. A quiet experience crossing Lewis and Clark and Jefferson counties, this trail is ideal for those craving nature and history. Check out the ruins of an old mine entrance from 1886, back when Montana was […]