Riders make final checks in the parking lot of Cedar Creek Lodge in Columbia Falls before heading to the Swift Creek Trailhead in Whitefish for the start of the Trans-Montana Charity Ride on Thursday, Jan. 11. Snowmobilers take off down the Swift Creek Trail in Whitefish on the Trans-Montana Charity Ride on Thursday, Jan. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
January 20, 2018
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Snowmobile ride benefits mental-health advocacy group
For the 27th year running, a band of intrepid snowmobilers will ride their way across Montana to raise funds and awareness for the National Alliance on Mental Illness Montana. The Trans-Montana Charity Ride will take 28 adventurers to six different locales where they'll hit the snow before loading up and caravaning to the next destination.