Last week the popular online mountain bike website, singletracks.com, released its Best Mountain Bike Destinations list, and the Flathead Valley ranks sixth overall.
The valley earned a place among the top destinations after the site reviewed its database — dubbed the largest collection of mountain bike information in the world — featuring user reviews, photos and guides. An automatic algorithm then ranked all of the content to create the destination rankings.
The Flathead Valley was initially ranked seventh when the list was unveiled March 2, but in the days since, new content has been added and the valley bumped up to sixth, according to Singletracks editor-in-chief Greg Heil.
“It looks like Kalispell has moved up a position and Jackson has moved down a position since we published our article,” Heil told the Beacon.
For the latest rankings, keep an eye on this page.
The site plugged Kalispell, Whitefish, Bigfork and beyond for its high quality trails.
“This area is home to a wealth of rugged Montana mountain biking, with Whitefish leading the way in modern trail development,” Heil wrote in his review.
The Beardance trail south of Bigfork is the highest-ranked trail in the area on Singletracks. The site touted the valley’s 457 miles of mountain biking trails in the region as another prime example of its high ranking.
The Flathead Valley edged out Jackson, Wyoming, which came in seventh. Salida, Colorado placed fifth, Park City, Utah earned fourth, Winter Park Colorado was third, Crested Butte, Colorado was second and Breckenridge, Colorado landed No. 1.