Crane Mountain has been the bastion of old school tech riding in the Flathead Valley. If you’ve ever enjoyed the slabby rock rolls, narrow bar clearances, or steep dark cedar forests, you know why this zone is so valuable!

In 2024 FAMB formally began a partnership with the USFS on the Bug Creek Project System Trails (a first of its kind partnership in the Flathead Valley!) to work on 5.3 new miles of mountain bike specific trails, as well as 9.8 miles of new multi-use singletrack!
Check out this article on Singletracks.com or this one from the Daily Inter Lake for some updates about the project!

What's happening now:

Project History

About the project: The Bug Creek Integrated Resource Management Project area is approximately 35,675 acres and lies on the east and west sides of Crane Mountain, between Flathead Lake and Swan Lake, two miles southeast of Bigfork.

The purpose of the project is to meet the desired conditions defined by the 2018 Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan (Forest Plan). The purposes for the Bug Creek Project are:
        • Reduce fire behavior near communities within the wildland-urban
          interface to facilitate safer, more effective wildland fire operations.
        • Improve the diversity and resilience of forest vegetative communities
          and associated wildlife habitat.
        • Provide quality outdoor recreation opportunities (this is where FAMB
          comes in!)

The new trail system will create or designate approximately 17 miles of non-motorized trails to the National Forest Trail System for management and maintenance.