We had an amazing work day on Saturday, April 15, 2017. A large number of volunteers, plus a large troupe of Montana Youth Challenge cadets accomplished amazing work on the Dillon Town Overlook Trail system. We finalized and finished some trails, connecting loops, moved rock to be safe and prevent erosion, and marked junctions. Enjoy the pictures! If you have pictures from that day, please email them and I will be happy to post and share! Thanks! beaverheadtrails@gmail.com
A big BTC Thank you! goes out to Outside Bozeman, and author Ted Lange, for the great article published in the spring 2017 issue! The article contains great information on our High Trails project. Click on the link to read and explore!
Thank you to all who came out to give us your time, thoughts, questions and opinions on our work! We appreciate every minute, thought and opinion. Below are some photos from a successful evening! There's still time to submit your thoughts online, click the link and in 5 min tell us what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZ6GG2T
Kathleen Wagner joined the BTC in July as our Executive Director. Kathleen is a native of Colorado, but has lived also in Missouri and Nebraska. She is most at home now in Dillon, Montana. Her background is a mixture of teaching, music, and the outdoors! She enjoys hiking, fly-fishing, biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, and pretty much anything that involves being in the outdoors! Her husband is an avid fly fisherman, but loves running, mountain and road biking, climbing, hiking as well, and their two daughters are growing up loving the outdoors as well. Besides loving the outdoors and remaining constantly active in it, Kathleen also has a passion for music and teaching. She has taught general music in the public education system, as well as private lessons of voice and piano in her home studio for ages 5 to 65.
Her background in teaching, fundraising, and working with people in various ages and stages has shaped her to become a versed educator and manager in all areas, indoors and out! Kathleen is excited to help the BTC grow as a group, as well as grow the trail system in Dillon, MT. You can often find her hiking around the Dillon Overlook Trail system, or in town, working on in-town programs, taking their daughters to dance and gymnastics, dining out at local eateries and coffee shops, and always checking on future ideas. She is looking forward to hearing more of the public opinions and thoughts on Nov. 30th at the BTC public input meeting. This will be held at UM Western, 5:30 pm. Please join! Kathleen is glad to be meeting more of the people of Dillon, and her door is always open to new conversation, so feel free to contact her!
In conjunction with the public meeting next week (November 30) we'd be happy to hear your thoughts on the following survey. A quick 10 questions will go a long ways in making sure your voice is heard.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZ6GG2T
Now when you shop Amazon, go to smile.amazon.com and select the Beaverhead Trails Coalition as your charity of choice to donate to and Amazon will donate 0.5% to the BTC! This is an extremely easy way to donate, helping us to build trails in and out of Dillon! Even easier, follow the link and Amazon will take you directly to choosing our account. Thank you!
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-3690625
Enjoy the pictures below from our event on Saturday, October 1, celebrating the new land acquired for the high trails project. This new land connected the "M" to the "B". We started the celebration with speeches and a hike in the high trails system, with rain, sleet, wind, sun and a rainbow at the end! Then we moved on to the Beaverhead Brewing Company to continue celebrating with speeches, music, cake, brews, unveiled new updated maps of high country, and fun! Thank you all for such a great celebration!
Thank you to Dan Pence and the Montana Standard for this wonderful article!
"Dillon Group acquires more land for public access trails"
Dan Downey, Provided
Horseback riders are pictured on a trail near the new land purchased Wednesday by the Beaverhead Trials Coalition to expand the network of trails in the foothills west od Dillon. A celebration begins at 3 p.m., Saturday at the Ten Mile Road trailhead and will continue at the Beaverhead Brewing with music provided.
In August, 2016, students from UMW worked on refining the "M" on the high trails. Thank you so much for your hours of hard work, it truly shows high and proud on the mountain side! Enjoy these pics of their day.
Please join us for our celebration of acquiring Phase 2 land of our High Trails Project! We have acquired the land that will connect the "M" to the "B", and would like to thank our supporters! On Saturday, October 1, please join us at the trailhead at 3 pm for a hike up our new trails. Then at 5:30 pm we will meet at Beaverhead Brewing Company for a celebration that includes cake, and music by Bill Dwyer and Dave Walker! All are welcome! Have a drink, some cake, renew or start a membership, and enjoy some great music!
Get Moving!
