The Route of the Hiawatha rail trail across the Montana-Idaho border will open for hiking and mountain biking on May 27, says Phil Edholm of Lookout Pass Ski Area.

The 15-mile trail along the abandoned Milwaukee Railroad grade through the  Bitterroot Mountains includes 10 tunnels and seven trestles as high as 230 feet  between the old town site of Taft (MT) and the North Fork of the St. Joe River. 

The St. Paul Pass Tunnel runs a dark, dank 1.66 miles across the stateline, with bright headlights and a sweater required even on hot summer days. It's a highlight of a trail that has been described as “one of the most scenic stretches of railroad in the country”/Rich Landers, SR Outdoors blog. More here. 

Question: Have you ridden the Hiawatha Trail?