Groomed singletrack on Whitefish Trail enables new winter access
Andrew Sidesinger rides a fat bike on the Whitefish Trail near Beaver Lakes, which is now groomed by the Whitefish Bike Retreat staff for public recreation use. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot)
James Dean, Whitefish Bike Retreat operations manager, pulls the grooming tool behind a snowmobile while grooming the Beaver Lakes trails this winter. (Courtesy photo)
A trail with the snow groomed to a precise 33 inches across winds through the narrowing woods all the way around to Beaver Lake just north of Whitefish.
The packed trail, which almost acts as a snow-made sidewalk with support underfoot or tire, links up with roads and other trails in the area to create several loops and even takes an adventurous biker or hiker on a steeper climb up to Rainbow Lake — all on a packed singletrack trail...
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