Earlier this year Black Hills Trails teamed up with the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau on a contest to name some of the recently completed trails making up the Sturgis Trail System. After careful consideration by the naming committee, the winners have been chosen! Trail #1:Previously known as “Unnamed #1”, is now called…
We would like to remind the trail-using community that the preservation and enjoyment of the trails in our Black Hills are all of our responsibility. We appreciate all of those who strive to help educate their fellow trail users on the importance of the tread lightly principles, including leaving no trace, not cutting switchbacks, staying…
This report is the final Zone report and is a follow-up to our recently released Black Hills-wide report. This report covers the period since our last major update in 2017. One of Spearfish’s gems is their in-town trail system on Lookout Mountain. Black Hills Trails was excited to partner with the City of Spearfish through an…
This report is a Zone report intended as a follow-on to our recently released Black Hills-wide report. This report covers the period since our last major update in 2017. The Sturgis Zone of Black Hills Trails has, in addition to new construction, also tackled existing maintenance tasks on the Centennial Trail #89 north of Dalton Lake…
This report is the first Zone report and is a follow-on to our recently released Black Hills-wide report. This report covers the period since our last major update in 2017. Under the Black Hills Trails Forest-wide volunteer agreement, our volunteers have cleared the Centennial Trail #89 north of the Black Elk Wilderness in earnest each…
In 2017 Black Hills Trails entered into a Forest-wide volunteer agreement with the Black Hills National Forest. In each year subsequent BHT volunteers have put countless hours into maintaining 100+ miles of existing Forest Service system trails to keep them open for all users. The Centennial Trail, Buzzards Roost, Tinton, Rimrock, Little Spearfish, Deerfield, and…
Black Hills Trails is pleased to announce it has received a $3,000 grant from the Black Hills Area Community Foundation. These funds will support over-snow Trail Grooming for Fat Biking on the Black Hills National Forest and throughout the northern Black Hills. Mountain Biking in the Black Hills area is as popular as ever, and with the…
