A hand-picked guide to the road, gravel, and mountain bike routes we keep coming back to in and around Helena. This isn’t some dusty archive of hypothetical rides—these are the routes we actually love to ride, the ones we’ll happily swap stories about over coffee or a post-ride beer.

Helena has no shortage of ways to explore on two wheels. For broader trail info, maps, and all the official details your inner cartographer craves, check out:

Helena Parks & Recreation’s Open Lands Trails for an overview of the trail network and etiquette.
Helena Trail Maps Viewer to nerd out on terrain, trailheads, and layers galore.
Bike Helena for inspiration, shuttles, and community events.
Prickly Pear Land Trust to learn about local trail stewardship and even more places to explore.
Shred MT Shuttles for shuttle services to get you (and your tired legs) to the trailhead or back again.

Below is a list of some of our favorite rides. We’ll keep adding more routes as we discover (and sometimes lovingly suffer through) them.

Have you ridden one of these? Leave a comment to share your experience or update us on current conditions. Know a route everyone should try? Submit it here. Let’s keep the wheels turning and the stories flowing.