Beyond Bikes Skills Park
At the West Trailhead community forum in February 2025, we received enthusiastic feedback encouraging us to construct a mountain bike skills course at the West Trailhead. We’re visualizing this area as a hub for hiking and biking both on the 1172 acre BTC property and also as an access point to the BLM land and beyond that we have connected with the Linda & Harold Brown Land Bridge. To make this a reality we need to raise some funds!!! We are actively grant writing, but if you’re interested in donating to the project we would appreciate it. You can contact Jamie at beaverheadtrails@gmail.com or donate here. Checks can be mailed to PO Box 586, Dillon, MT 59725.
We will need to raise a total of $130,000 to make this project a reality- let’s go!
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Available memberships / Donation:
Individual Membership
$20 - student supporting membership
$30 - Individual supporting membership
$50 - Family supporting membership
$50 - Patron Of The Trails (includes T-shirt)
$100-Centennial Family Membership (includes T-shirt)
Annual Business Sponsorship Options
$100-499 Dragonfly Level Sponsor
$500-999 Meadowlark Level Sponsor
$1000+ Beaver Level Sponsor
Add on options:
$500 Pronghorn Pursuit Sponsor
$150 Print Map Sponsor
Sponsor an Acre
$550 - Sponsor an acre: Show your support for our High Trails project by sponsoring an acre of land for permanent public use and enjoyment. Contact us at beaverheadtrails@gmail.com for more information.
Thank you for the support!!
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Walking isn't just good for you — it's good for the economy - Farz Edraki for The Money, Nov 2018
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The economics of walking deserves far more attention - SGS Economics & Planning, June 2018
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Walk this Way: The Economic Promise of Walkable Places in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. - Christopher B. Leinberger and Mariela Alfonzo, May 2012
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Business Performance in Walkable Shopping Areas - Hack, G. (2013). Princeton, NJ: Active Living Research, a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.