Rough Cut MTB 2026

Description

Welcome to the first Red Lodge mountain bike race in ten years! Rough Cut MT, based out of Red Lodge Mountain and venturing onto surrounding trails in the Custer Gallatin National Forest, will host three distances, include camping, family activities along with Red Lodge Mountains activities open to the public including disc golf, hiking and scenic lift rides.

Course Descriptions

25 Mile - Begins and ends at Red Lodge Mountain. Start with a single track loop at RLM, then make your way through a single track descent through Custer-Gallatin National Forest on singletrack, doubletrack, and a brief paved section. You'll know how Rough Cut became the name. Red Lodge is known for keeping singletrack exactly what it is and our trails are hand built. This is not a beginner friendly ride, intermediate skills are necessary. Limited to 50 riders.

50 Mile - two loops of the 25 mile Rough & Gritty Fun! Limited to 45 riders.

4 ish Mile - a little more intermediate friendly, but still not a beginner loop. It's 4-ish because Beartooth Trails and the locals will continue to build throughout the summer and we will ride what we add on!

This is a fundraiser for two grassroots nonprofits, Red Lodge Bike Center and Beartooth Trails. Without these two organizations, we wouldn't have a local bike center or much for trails to ride. These are volunteer-board led organizations with MANY local volunteers getting greasy, dirty and giving time to keep the bike scene alive. We're stoked our partners at Red Lodge Mountain and Red Lodge Events have teamed up with us to bring back a mountain bike race to Red Lodge. Our race operates under a permit from the Custer Gallatin National Forest.

Route Links

*Notes about the course files

The Trailforks file is the most accurate, but 50 milers will need to restart the course after Lap 1. The first four miles of the course (and miles 25-29 for 50mi riders) are on newer singletrack at Red Lodge Mountain. Some of the trails aren't yet on Trailforks and are very close to Red Lodge Mountain service roads, and some have seen re-routes from the trails currently mapped on Trailforks. Despite very accurate GPX files, your head unit may still chirp at you telling you to make a u-turn, reroute, etc... ignore this and follow course markings. Things will be very well marked here.

Trailforks 25 Mile Loop GPX

Ride With GPS 50 Mile GPX

Ride with GPS 25 Mile GPX

Race Registration & Check In

Check in: Friday August 14, 6:00-8:00pm, location TBD

Race Day, Saturday August 15: 7 am 50 mile start; 8 am 25 mile start; 10 am 4ISH mile start

Saturday, August 15, Ritual Mountain Bike Film Tour presented by Beartooth Trails at Roman Theater. After riding Saturday, join Beartooth Trails downtown for a film and beverage!