Experts highlight importance of bike tourism to Montana economy

The Missoula to Lolo trail, a planned bike path that will connect Missoula to a longer existing path that travels along U.S. Highway 93 in the scenic Bitterroot Valley, will become a statewide – and perhaps even a national – destination for cycling tourists when it is completed at the end of next year.

That’s according to Melinda Barnes, executive director of Bike Walk Montana http://www.bikewalkmontana.org/ , a statewide advocacy organization aimed at making bicycling and walking safe and accessible for all.

DAVID ERICKSON [email protected]

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