Trails don't maintain themselves.
That's where FAMB and our supporters come in

To address the backlog of Flathead Valley trails in need of maintenance and upkeep and the chronic underfunding of trail maintenance projects at both the state and federal level, FAMB founded the Flathead Trail Crew (FTC) in 2020. Our professional, paid trail crew clears and maintains multi-use trails on state land, in the National Forest, and in city and county parks throughout the Flathead Valley. We focus particularly on trails that mountain bikers love to ride - and trails that we feel people would love riding if they were properly maintained. 
Stay updated on the FAMB trail crew status. Where they have worked, where they are headed next: Subscribe to emails here and get The DIRT on what's happening on the ground. 

How it all works:
individual donors, grants, and the power of matching funds
​The Great Fish Community Challenge and individual donors like you.
One main source of funding for FAMB's Flathead Trail Crew is the The Whitefish Community Foundation's Great Fish Community Challenge. It happens every year in August, and is the best time for individual donor dollars to be partially matched by the Whitefish Community Foundation. Learn more about it here (or if you can't wait to donate, you can do that now, too! 

Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA):
In 2022, FAMB inked our first of two five-year agreements with the Flathead National Forest (FNF) for a combined total of $25,000 in funding under the GAOA for us to assist in addressing the deferred maintenance backlog on FNF trails. With more GAOA funding likely in the near future, FAMB is proud to partner with FNF crews to get our local trails riding, running, and hiking their best, earlier in the season.

Trail Crew Sponsors
These local businesses are critical in supporting our trail crew's work. We encourage you to support them!

2026 Flathead Trail Crew Sponsors

See something that needs work?
Swampy areas on the trail that could be fixed by drainage work? Trees blocking a trail, or brush encroaching the trail corridor?
Here's a list of priority trails that our Flathead Trail Crew is focused on maintaining.
(Click on each trail for more information)

Tally Lake Ranger District
National Forest Trails:
Boney Gulch Trail #801
Tally-Ashley Trail #800 (Reid Divide, Ashley Mountain, Bill Creek)
Ashley Mountain Trail #310
Stovepipe Canyon Trail #196
Tally Ridge ("Cliff") Trail #458
​Tally ("Loop") Lake Overlook #804

Swan Lake Ranger District
National Forest trails:
Beardance Trail #76
Bond Lake Trail #21 
Wire Trail #78
Hall Lake Trail #61 
Six-Mile Peak Trail #10 
Broken Leg #544
Phillips Traill #373
Crane Creek Trail #314
​Peterson Creek Trail #293
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Glacier View/Hungry Horse Ranger Districts
National Forest trails:
Ralph Thayer Memorial National Recreation Trail (Whitefish Divide Trail #26)
Fawn Creek Trail #309
Back Side of Columbia Mountain #51 
​Doris Ridge Trail #52
Jimmy Ridge Trail #297
Smoky Range Trail #270
Desert Mountain Trails

Alpine #7 Sections
Glacier View/Hungry Horse and Swan Lake Ranger District
National Forest trails:
Napa to Wire
Wire to Bond
Sixmile to Bond
Strawberry to Peters
Peters to Hemler
Hemler to Doris Creek
Doris Creek to Doris Peak
Doris Peak to Columbia Mountain

Alpine #7 Connectors
Spotted Bear Ranger District trails:
Posey Creek Trail
Quintonkon Trail

State lands trails and county/city parks: 
Whitefish Trail
Spencer Trails 
Armory Pump Track 
Herron Park
​Swede Creek Trail (this trail bisects Ralph Thayer/Whitefish Divide Trail #26)

Trails we're trying to get approval to work on:
Kootenai National Forest trails:
Patrick Ridge Trail #860
Laughing Water Trail #98
Ten Lakes Scenic Recreation Area trails, including
Gibraltar Ridge Trail #335, Therriault Pass Trail #87, and Sinclair Creek Trail #88