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 […]
Connecting two parts of Easy Rider Trail, Pail Rider is a short zigzagging trail that will take its users higher up in no time. Arriving on the top end of the segment, take the 2006 Trail to reach the summit of Mount Ascension, or stay on Easy Rider for a shorter trip.
Mt Ascension Ridge Trail is the last bit of trail to the summit of Mount Ascension, whether coming from the Loop Trail, Entertainment Trail, or 2006 Trail. At its highest point of 5,282 feet, take a look at all of the South Hills and beyond, and see if you can spot your house or favorite […]
Adequately named, Mt Ascension Loop Trail loops around the summit of Mt Ascension. Circling the top, this trail is perfect for those wanting to soak in as many vistas as they can without straying too far from their starting point. Though Mt Ascension Loop Trail in itself is a very pleasant hike, don’t forget water […]
Big Dorothy is a mountain biking course, neighbor of Cruse Control. From higher Eddye McClure West Trail, the screams of terror of other bikers will guide you to the start of Big Dorothy. On this expert-only course, jumps, gap jumps, and rocky drops await. The trail is overall quite steep, rocky, and features intense switchbacks, […]
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.