Run Wild Missoula

Montana Trail Crew

As the sport of trail running grows, Run Wild Missoula hopes that Montana Trail Crew will continue to serve as a vehicle through which we can act as stewards of our local trails and a means to bind our state’s geographically sprawling trail running community. Montana Trail Crew operates a website that is the premier source of information and stories about Montana trail running people, places, and events; it organizes public lands stewardship projects, such as trail work days and hosts the annual Mountain Running Film Festival each fall in Missoula to build cohesion among Montana’s geographically sprawling trail running community.

To learn how you can get involved with Montana Trail Crew

Member Spotlight: Forrest Boughner

Run Wild Missoula would like to thank Forrest for leading two of our Spring Trail Classes, as well as for all of his involvement with RWM and MTC! Where are…

Tim’s Lists: 11 Miles to Paradise

11 Miles to Paradise – Credit: Justyna Tomtas/Valley PressMTC Note: This is part two of Tim Mosbacher’s lists of all-time great performances in Western Montana trail races. In this edition, Tim…

Tim’s Lists: The Mount Sentinel Hill Climb

Jim Walmsley returned in 2016 to knock 7 seconds off his Sentinel FKT by running 19:45. However, 2:09 marathoner and UM Grizzly legend David Morris noted back in 1994 that…

Enjoying all 50K: Nico Composto’s Yakima Skyline

Nico Composto enjoying the miles – Credit: Glenn TachiyamaMTC note: 2017 Treasure State Trail Series Champ Nico Composto shared this race report of his recent podium finish at the Yakima…

Letting Go: Hardrock 2018 by Jeff Rome

Letting Go: Hardrock 2018by Jeff RomeCunningham Gulch is more a canyon than a gulch, but depressions in vertical relief are so innumerable here that, out of the laziness of being…

The Foy’s to Blacktail Trail: It’s Uphill Both Ways!

The Foy’s to Blacktail Trail Marathon planning team (Gabriel Dillon, Brian Miller, and Reed Miller) shared the following post to fill us in on this exciting new trail race happening…

Q & A with Thunderbolt Creek RD Brian Wieck

The Thunderbolt Creek 30k is the third race in the 2017 Treasure State Trail Series and is coming up quick! The gun goes off Saturday, July 15th at 8am. Starting near Boulder,…

Traversing the Northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Honoring Our Common Ground

Zach Altman high in the Gallatin Range – Credit: Anthony Pavkovich Traversing the Northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Honoring Our Common Ground By Anthony Pavkovich Sitting on my front porch, my…

Trail Shots: Jumbo North Zone opens with balsamroot bounty

Dana Bandy and balsamroot in Mount Jumbo’s North Zone. Photo credit: Craig MacholzIt’s that time of year many have been waiting for: The North Zone of Mount Jumbo is finally…

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT | Jimmy Grant

Logging over 3,000 miles a year, Jimmy Grant is one of Missoula’s staples in the trail running community, not to mention a course record holder for many trail and road…

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT | Shanel Curtis

Staying Healthy & Making a Positive Difference. Two sentiments we could all live by, and ones Shanel Curtis demonstrates on a daily basis. Mother of two, running and exercise enthusiast,…

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT | Darren Bayer

Positive. Inclusive. Runner. Friend to All. One meeting with Darren Bayer and you’ll find his enthusiasm for running, and fellow runners, contagious. “He could easily be…

The 2016 Rut Preview

Bonecrusher Ridge – Credit: Myke HermsmeyerThis weekend Big Sky Resort plays host to the greatest mountain running event in North America. With some of the most technical and aesthetic courses…

Trail Chat with Forrest Boughner

On top of Ch-Paa-Qn. The highest point in the Reservation Divide. Photo: ForrestForrest Boughner moved to Montana almost two years ago from Flagstaff. Since then he has established himself as one of…

Trail Shots: Running the CDT, counting downed trees

Along the Continental Divide Trail between Flesher Pass and Rogers Pass. Credit: Chad StricklandOver the weekend, Missoula runners got out along the Continental Divide Trail and in Glacier National Park.And…

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT | Kristina Pattison

A Run Wild Missoula member since 2009, Kristina began running in her 20’s when it was imperative if she wanted to keep up with the guys as a wildland firefighter,…