ski trails at Chief Joseph Pass for grooming with a PistenBully. The Missoulian newspaper stated that “the new equipment was paid for by a grant the ski club won from the Montana Tourism Infrastructure Improvement Program, and grooming costs are covered by a Forest Service Recreational Trails Program grant.”


Grants and Partners


In partnership with the Bitterroot Back Country Horsemen, Bitterroot Backcountry Cyclists, and the Bitterroot Cross-Country Ski Club, during August and September 2014 volunteers spent more than 550 hours preparing the ski trails to accommodate Lost Trail’s PistenBully, newly purchased for the purpose of grooming cross-country ski trails. The organization continues to volunteer hundreds of hours each year to improve the trails. Most of the grooming is done with the PistenBully, with only occasional snowmobile grooming needed.


The PistenBully allows for more thorough maintenance of the winter trails


Part of the trail system is designed for activities such as dog sledding, snow shoeing, fat-tire biking, and snowmobiling 9


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