Event cancelled due to weather - May 21, 2022 clean-up, Raise-up and Chow Down in the Little Belts4/29/2022 Meet at 10:00 AM, Dry Fork Road, at 1st USFS concrete toilet, Left side of Road, McGee Coulee area.
Come join your Friends in the Little Belts for a day of trash collection on Dry Fork Road and campsites, TLC at the Monarch Cemetery, and finally an afternoon BBQ with genuine Montana-raised Wagyu Beef. We’ll take a minute at the BBQ to bring everyone up to speed on our recent efforts in the mountains and give a glimpse into where we think we’re headed as a group. We encourage individuals and groups to start or renew memberships, but all are welcome.
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SAVE THE DATE for Winter Trails Day, February 1, 2020, at Silver Crest
The Island Range Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association presents its 60th annual Winter Adventures kickoff on Thursday, January 9 at 6 p.m. in the Darkhorse Hall at the Celtic Cowboy, 116 1st Avenue South. The public is invited to this free event.
Dan Bachen, senior zoologist at the Montana Natural Heritage Program is guest speaker. In addition hike leaders will highlight their particular hike with photos of the areas. Bighorn Outdoor Specialists will be present to display their winter wares.  Mark Himmel was recognized as the 2017 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Russ served as MC, and presented a power point on Friends of the Little Belts. Bill Avey, Forest Supervisor for the Helena-Lewis and Clark Forest was the keynote speaker. The Forest Service had 4 representatives at the meeting. About 50 people attended the meeting in the Dark Horse room of the Celtic Cowboy.
 Fifteen Friends of the Little Belts met Saturday morning, July 22, at the upper Pilgrim Creek trailhead to improve the trail surface and install drainage structures. The work occurred in the first two miles, the least fun, most rocky part. This is a cooperative effort between motorized and nonmotorized users of the Little Belts mountain range, all participants who love recreating in these mountains. People come from all over the country and Canada to ride, hike and ski in the little belts. In fact, two Canadians assisted with the trail work. The mission of the Friends of the Little Belts is to preserve, promote, and improve responsible, sustainable access in the Little Belt mountains area for all recreational users by protecting natural resources and improving recreation management in the area. The group is looking at long-term problems and the sustainable solutions for these situations. Member groups present were Montana Wilderness Association Island Range Chapter, Slver Crest Trails Assn., Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Assn., Cascade County Four]-Wheelers, U.S. Forest Service Belt Creek Ranger Station, Montanan Trail Vehicle Riders Assn., Great Falls Bicycle Club. Food was generously donated by Albertsons. Submitted by Gerry Jennings |
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