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Friday Coffee Run

BRBozeman Run Club

Fridays, 6:30am

Treeline Coffee Roasters (624 N Wallace)

4-mile loop — dogs welcome.

Saturday Trail Run

BRBozeman Run Club

Saturday mornings, rotating locations

Rotating trail / road locations

Community Group Rides

STSWMMBA / The Dirt Concern

Weekly summer group rides — see calendar

Rotating trailheads

Sources disagree on the day — check the club’s events calendar or Instagram, which it names as the up-to-date source.

Trail Work Nights

STSWMMBA / The Dirt Concern

Seasonal dig days + social

Local trails

Trail work runs every other Thursday or Saturday, busiest June–September. Times and locations are posted to the events calendar and Instagram.

Tuesday MTB Ride + BBQ

ACAlter Cycles

Tuesdays, 6:00pm (dry months)

Alter Cycles

Load up at the shop, ride, then BBQ — different trail each week; day-of details on @alter_bozeman.

Women’s MTB Rides

BPBozeman Pedal Project

Wednesdays, 5:45pm · rotating trailheads

Rotating trailheads

Meets at a different trailhead each week — locations posted on the Pedal Project’s social pages.

Monday Night Road Ride

BBBangtail Bikes

Mondays, 6:00pm (dry season)

Bangtail Bikes

20–30 miles, all abilities welcome. Starts after 6pm at the shop.

Weekly Road & Gravel Rides

GVGallatin Valley Bicycle Club

Multiple weekly rides — see schedule

Varies by ride

Confirmed 2026-08-13: GVBC maintains a full valley-wide weekly ride schedule. Its OWN rides are the Wednesday morning road ride (9:00–10:30am, meeting point emailed weekly) and the Saturday “38 Special” from Kelly Canyon Rd — “April and May: Saturdays, 10 AM… June through September: Saturdays, 9 AM, rain or shine.” The rest of that page lists other shops’ and clubs’ rides, several of which we list separately under their own organizers.

Community Rides

OCOwenhouse Cycling

Seasonal shop rides — see community page

Owenhouse Cycling

Group rides happen but no fixed schedule is published — check the shop’s Facebook page or stop by. Its recurring in-shop offerings are maintenance and skills clinics.

Summer Trails (Hike & Bike)

CMCrosscut Mountain Sports Center

Summer hiking & biking trails + events

Crosscut (Bridger Canyon)

21 miles of singletrack for mountain biking, hiking and trail running, plus the groomed-trail network. Open trail access with a donation, not a scheduled group meet-up.

Guided Bird Walks

SASacajawea Audubon Society

Seasonal guided bird walks

Rotating locations

Confirm the schedule with Sacajawea Audubon.

Community Climb Nights & Clinics

SCSpire Climbing + Fitness

Weekly community climbs & clinics — see Spire

Spire Climbing + Fitness

Community nights are announced per event rather than running weekly; open-gym hours are posted separately.

Trips & Clinics

MOMSU Outdoor Recreation Program

Rotating trips & clinics (academic year)

MSU Campus Recreation

Off-campus trips plus on-campus clinics, from avalanche safety to backcountry cooking. One-off and sign-up based rather than a drop-in; eligibility and pricing are on the sign-up page. Questions: trips@montana.edu.

Community Nordic

BSBridger Ski Foundation

Winter programs & community ski

Community Nordic trails

The groomed Community Nordic trail network plus paid adult programs. No free public drop-in session is published — see the club’s nordic calendar.

Nordic & Snowshoe

CMCrosscut Mountain Sports Center

Winter Nordic & snowshoe sessions

Crosscut (Bridger Canyon)

Winter cross-country trail network and ski/biathlon programs. Trail access and lessons by registration — no fixed weekly community session is published.

Wednesday Morning Ride

GVGallatin Valley Bicycle Club

Wednesdays, 9:00–10:30am (location emailed weekly)

Announced weekly by email

Gravel Group Rides

GVGallatin Valley Bicycle Club

Seasonal gravel rides — see schedule

Bridger foothills & valley

Gravel rides appear on the club’s community weekly-rides list; no standalone gravel page.

Women’s Road Rides

BPBozeman Pedal Project

Mondays, 6:00pm · women’s road rides (route posted weekly on BPP Facebook)

Rotating — see BPP Facebook

Route info is posted each week on the BPP Facebook page.

Winter Monthly Fun Run

BSBig Sky Wind Drinkers

Monthly, Oct–Apr · winter fun runs (weekly May–Sep in summer)

Rotating courses

Confirmed 2026-08-13 on the club’s own page: fun runs are held “weekly through the summer (May – September)” and “monthly during the winter (October – April).” The individual winter dates and start points come from the club’s Winter Fun Runs list rather than a fixed weekday; recent listed runs started 6:30pm.

Skills Clinics

STSWMMBA / The Dirt Concern

Seasonal skills clinics & sessions

Local trails

A women+ specific event runs at least once a month. Times and locations are posted to the club’s events calendar and Instagram.

Volunteer Trail Days

GVGallatin Valley Land Trust

Wednesday evenings, Jun–Sep · 2–3 hours · RSVP required

Main Street to the Mountains trails

Confirmed 2026-08-13 on GVLT’s volunteer page: “Typically, these two to three-hour-long events are scheduled on a Wednesday evening from June through September.” Dates are not fixed week to week — check GVLT’s events calendar and RSVP for a specific session (trails@gvlt.org).

Women’s Outings (21+)

MBMountain Belles

Mixed women’s outings — hike, ski, birding & more

Rotating

A 21-plus club for women looking to find and expand their recreation circles — cross-country skiing, hiking and bird-watching. Outings are posted to the group’s Facebook page.

Hyalite Trail & Cleanup Days

FOFriends of Hyalite

Spring & fall cleanup days + summer stewardship evenings

Hyalite Canyon

Cleanup days run twice a year — when the road opens in May and around National Public Lands Day in the fall; the next is September 26, 2026. Summer stewardship events run a weekday evening or a Saturday, with sign-ups posted to social media.

Trail Stewardship Days

WMWild Montana (Bozeman)

Volunteer trail-work & stewardship days (summer)

Custer Gallatin trails

Wild Montana’s calendar is statewide — check that a stewardship day is actually in the Gallatin before planning on it.

Member Hikes & Outings

WMWild Montana (Bozeman)

Member hikes & advocacy outings

Public lands around Bozeman

Wild Montana’s outings calendar is statewide — check that a hike is actually in the Gallatin before planning on it.

Madison-Gallatin Chapter Meeting

WMWild Montana (Bozeman)

3rd Tuesdays, 5:00–7:00pm · open to anyone

Bozeman Fire Station #3, 1705 Vaquero Pkwy

Added 2026-08-13 from Wild Montana’s own calendar: “Bozeman: Madison-Gallatin Chapter Meeting — TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM MDT — Bozeman Fire Station #3, 1705 Vaquero Pkwy.” Aug 18 is the third Tuesday, matching the chapter’s stated monthly cadence. NOTE: this is Wild Montana’s Madison-Gallatin chapter — a different organization from Madison-Gallatin Trout Unlimited, which meets 2nd Wednesdays.

Intro to Climbing Clinics

SCSpire Climbing + Fitness

Weekly · 90-minute beginner class

Spire Climbing + Fitness

Top-rope belay technique, commands, rope management and movement fundamentals — enough to use the gym on your own. Free for members, $40 otherwise, day pass and gear included. Ages 14+, advance registration required.

Climbing Wall Open Hours

MOMSU Outdoor Recreation Program

Tue–Thu, 1–5pm (summer hours) · closed Mon, Fri & weekends

MSU Campus Recreation

Summer hours are 1–5pm Tuesday to Thursday; closed Monday, Friday and weekends. Term-time hours differ, and Campus Rec closes entirely for its annual “Big Scrub” in late August.

Monthly Presentations

MMMontana Mountaineering Association

Monthly talks & slideshows

Bozeman

A speaker series — “stories from the mountains that inspire & inform.” No day, time or venue is published; contact montanamountaineering@gmail.com for the schedule.

Bozeman Ice Festival

MMMontana Mountaineering Association

Annual · Dec 9–13, 2026 (30th anniversary)

Hyalite Canyon

Confirmed 2026-08-13 on the festival’s own site: “DEC. 9-13, 2026,” billed as the 30th anniversary. This is MMA’s flagship event; the festival site covers only the festival, not the club’s year-round program.

Citizen Nordic Race Series

CMCrosscut Mountain Sports Center

Winter community Nordic races & events

Crosscut (Bridger Canyon)

Adult Nordic Clinics

BSBridger Ski Foundation

Adult skate & classic programs · set weekdays · fall + winter blocks

Community Nordic trails

Not a drop-in: $475–$950 depending on season and days, and a current BSF annual membership is required to register.

Monthly Programs & Field Trips

SASacajawea Audubon Society

2nd Mondays · Sep–May · social 6:30pm, program 7:00pm · free

Hope Lutheran Church, 2152 W. Graf St., Bozeman

Second Monday of the month, September through May, at Hope Lutheran Church — social 6:30pm, presentation 7:00pm. Programs pause over summer. Guided field trips and bird walks are listed separately.

Chapter Meetings

MTMadison-Gallatin Trout Unlimited

2nd Wednesdays · Oct–May (no February) · free & open to the public

Bozeman

Second Wednesday of the month, free and open to the public. No meeting in February (banquet month) or June–September. Start time is not published — confirm with the chapter.

River Cleanup & Conservation Days

MTMadison-Gallatin Trout Unlimited

Annual Saturday work days · spring watershed cleanup, June weed pull, August Madison cleanup

Area rivers

Annual Saturday events rather than a weekly series: the Spring Gallatin Watershed Cleanup (10am–1pm), the Gallatin River Weed Pull at Moose Creek Campground (9–11am, with Grow Wild), and the Lower Madison River Cleanup from Warm Springs Boat Launch (9am–1pm).

Gallatin Whitewater Festival

HPHeadwaters Paddling Association

Annual · Saturday, June 27, 2026 · whitewater race day on the Gallatin

Gallatin River (near Big Sky)

Confirmed 2026-08-13: “An exciting one-day event held on the Gallatin River near Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana” — Saturday, June 27, 2026, a series of whitewater races benefiting the Wave Train Kayak Team youth program.

Avalanche Awareness Talks

FOFriends of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center

Free awareness talks (winter)

Around Bozeman

Not confirmable 2026-08-13: mtavalanche.com/education returns 403 to a plain fetch and rendered only its heading in a real browser, so no schedule could be read. These are winter offerings and it is August, so the page may simply be out of season. GNFAC’s free awareness talks are well established locally — re-check once the season opens rather than treating this as doubtful.

Intro Avalanche Field Courses

FOFriends of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center

Low-cost intro field courses (winter)

Bridger Range & area

Not confirmable 2026-08-13 for the same reason as the awareness talks: mtavalanche.com/education 403s to a plain fetch and rendered only its heading in a browser. Winter offering checked out of season — re-check when the season opens.