Category: Events

📅December 13, 2025
⏰ Adults at 10:00 am, Kids at 11:15
📍 Chief Joseph Pass

Work out that rusty classic technique and stretch your lungs at the 10KM Rust Buster to get you prepped for ski season. Race it out or just come have a good time looping through the Chief Joseph Trails with old and new friends. This is a family friendly event, with an adult race at 10 am, and a 3km skate or classic race at 11:15 for 12 and under.

Course maps, more information, and signup is available at https://www.skisignup.com/Race/MT/Sula/ChiefJoseph

📅 Saturdays in February
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Chief Joseph Pass

The Bitterroot Cross-Country Ski Club is excited to invite young skiers to a free Cross-Country Ski Clinic this winter – a fun and skill-building experience for kids ages 8-15! Participants will have the option of instruction in either classic or skate skiing. If your child doesn’t have their own ski gear, please don’t let that be a reason for not participating, affordable rental packages and scholarships are available.

Click Here to Sign Up

This fall we will be having 4 trail work days

Chief Joseph Pass days:

📅 Saturday, September 27
📅 Sunday October 26
⏰ 10:00 am, stay for a few hours, or all day
📍Chief Joseph Pass parking lot

This year we have 2 trail work days scheduled for Chief Joseph Pass. The first day we will be working on clearing the Tele Meadows trail. The second day we will either finish clearing Tele Meadows, or if that is done then we will work on pruning brush back along Timber.

Lake Como days:

📅 Sunday October 5
📅 Saturday November 15
⏰ 9:00 am, stay for a few hours, or all day
📍 Lake Como Boat Ramp Parking Lot
This year we have 2 trail work days scheduled for Lake Como. The first day we will work on pruning back brush on Upper Road. The second day we will be clearing Wolf Track.

Tools will be provided, but you will want to bring gloves, lunch or snacks, and weather appropriate clothing. If you have a pruning saw or loppers, feel free to bring them along.

If you are a USFS certified sawyer we could use your help, please email jesse@JesseCrocker.com if you can help with this.

On Saturday October 29 we will be having our annual work day to get the Como Ski Trails ready for winter. We will be pruning brush to clear trails for grooming. We will meet at 9 am at the 550/550a junction, just above the boat ramp, split into a few groups and head out. Stay for a few hours, or all day.
If you have a hand saw or loppers bring them, but we will also supply tools.

On Saturday October 15 we will be having our annual work day to get the Chief Joseph Pass ski are ready for winter. We will be stacking firewood in the cabin and clearing trails. We will meet at 9 am, split into a few groups and head out. Stay for a few hours, or all day.

If you would like to work on clearing trails and have a hand saw or loppers bring them, but we will also supply tools. 

Join us this Saturday for a work day! We will be trimming brush and branches to polish the trails as the snow pack has increased this season. 
We will meet at 10:00AM in the parking lot. We will have some tools, but feel free to bring anything you are comfortable using, i.e., trimmers and hand saws. 
Choose to ski, snowshoe, or wear comfortable shoes that will keep you warm. Bring water, a lunch, warm layers and anything else you want! 
Come help out for an hour or plan to wrap up around 2PM!

We are going to try something new this season, a Wednesday night fitness skiing group. This group will meet at a different location around the valley every Wednesday night during ski season at 6:00 pm, weather permitting, for a ski that will last around 2 hours. The is a fitness oriented group, and is not intended for beginner skiers, but it is a great opportunity for people who have not skied at night, or at less developed areas to learn those skills. Most weeks will be skate skiing, but we will classic when conditions are not ideal for skating. Notifications about where each weeks event will happen will go out on Tuesday. Signup for the email list is available at https://groups.google.com/g/bitterroot-wednesday-night-ski

We will be hosting 2 ski education days this winter, on Saturday January 22, and Saturday February 5. We will meet in the parking lot at Chief Joseph Pass at 10 AM.

Club ski coaches will be present for skate or classic clinics for kids and adults. Bring your family up for lessons or to just join a group for some company while you’re out gliding!

Please respect each other’s space and maintain social distance as we do our best to safely enjoy the outdoors.

Get in touch with Valley Bike & Ski or Lost Trail Powder Mountain for rentals!