Imagine waking up on a Saturday morning and taking a bike ride along beautiful Northwest Montana Rivers.  Your 98 mile ride begins in Libby, MT and heads west along the Kootenai River.  Your route turns and follows the Yaak River, and leads you by the beautiful Yaak Falls.  You will tour through a remote countryside with little one-room schoolhouses, and various wildlife can be observed.  Gradually you will climb 4000 foot Pipe Creek Pass and then be rewarded with a scenic 25 mile descent back to Libby alongside roaring Pipe Creek. 

If this trip sounds a little too much for you there is a scenic 45 mile alternative for the Saturday ride.  Your route begins with the 98-milers along the Kootenai.  There will be plenty of time for you to stop and take a short walk to the Kootenai Falls where the movie, "The River Wild", was filmed.  From there you'll ride along a meandering, blue-ribbon trout stream, then over a small farmland plateau.  You'll then return to Libby along the Kootenai River.

Sunday is here and another day of riding through the countryside.  Today's adventure, is a 37-mile loop which follows the Kootenai River upstream to Lake Koocanusa and the Visitors' Center at the Libby Dam.  You will all ride upriver on a private side-road where the majority of the traffic will be osprey, deer and squirrels.  On your return trip you will travel down the opposite side of the river on Highway 37.

On both days there are refreshment stops, where food and lots of goodies are available to the riders.  We also have volunteers driving along to help those who experience flat tires, or are maybe just too "pooped out" to finish.  In 1998, we offered a "poker run" for those who were interested, and a dance which was fun for everyone.

This event is sponsored by Kootenai Valley Partners Habitat for  Humanity

This event is normally held the second weekend in May

If interested please send your mail to: 

Habitat For Humanity

P.O. Box 19

Libby, MT 59923

For more information, please e-mail us