Prickly Pear Land Trust launched a new, digital version of Helena’s South Hills Trail Map on Thursday. Activating the map means first downloading the Avenza PDF maps app on a smartphone. Helena ...

Mount Helena City Park, within the South Hills, is one of the largest city parks in the country with more than 700 acres. Maps for the South Hills Trails are available at Helena outdoors shops or ...

Helena’s South Hills plays host to runners for the Don’t Fence Me In Trail Run in this IR file photo. The University of Montana Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research recently released ...

CYCLING — Montana’s capital city is cashing in on it’s surrounding wildness to create attractions for mountain bikers. The Helena National Forest and South Hills Trail System reaches into ...

Jannis LeBlanc loves guidebooks and pouring over maps of places to take her next hike, and that passion led her to pen her own guidebook for those looking to hit the trails in the Helena area ...

HELENA, Mont. — There’s something special about the dirt in Helena. “Helena has magic dirt,” said Emmett Purcell, volunteer trails coordinator for the Prickly Pear Land Trust and avid ...

The Prickly Pear Land Trust has built or maintains some 80 miles of trails in Helena’s South Hills, so it makes sense that the Land Trust showcases those trails during its annual race. Don’t ...