Big Sky Wind Drinkers

Fun Run - Middle Cottonwood
2025-07-16 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Middle Cottonwood, Saddle Mountain Rd Jeep Trail, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
A long-time club favorite! Runs follow trails in the trees along Middle Cottonwood Creek, on the west side of the Bridger Mountains! Come enjoy running the hills with us!
Middle Cottonwood trailhead is north of Bozeman – take Springhill Road north of the Interstate, and turn right onto Toohey Road. At the end of Toohey, turn right onto Walker Road, which will bend back left (east) and become Saddle Mountain Road. Continue on Saddle Mountain (do NOT turn onto Middle Cottonwood Lane – it does not lead to the trailhead!) until it makes a 90-degree bend to the left (north); go north across the creek, then turn right onto the continuation of Saddle Mountain Road, which leads to the trailhead parking.
Please consider carpooling to this event, as the trailhead parking lot is limited. Carpooling will be from the NE corner of the Fairgrounds parking lot, west of the baseball stadium and across Oak from The Cannery District. We will plan to leave from the carpool location at 5:30, as it’s a ways out to the start point.

Headwaters State Park - John Coulter
2025-07-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Missouri Headwaters State Park, Missouri Headwaters State Park, Three Forks, MT, United States
Join us for a special event Saturday July 12th at Missouri Headwaters State Park. There will be a fun run with the usual distances followed by a BBQ and a special guest lecture about John Coulter
Please bring your own chair for this event.
5:00 PM Fun run at the state park. The usual short, medium, and long distances will be available.
6:00 PM BBQ with refreshments for all participants and park visitors
7:00 PM – Listen to an amazing Guest Lecture around the fire pit in one of the most beautiful MT Parks right in our backyard! Missouri Headwaters State Park Speaker Series: The life of John Coulter by Duane Buchi

https://fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/missouri-headwaters/

Fun Run - Bear Canyon
2025-07-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Bear Canyon TH
One of Frank Dougher’s favorite runs of the year! We offer 1-, 3-, and 5-ish mile options up the Bear Creek drainage on trails and dirt roads. These runs are great hill work-outs – and (bonus!) the last half is all downhill!
You can bring your favorite 4-legged, cold-nosed friend along for the run! Just please remember that dogs need to be leashed to participate! We look forward to seeing you!

Fun Run - Lindley Pavilion (and Leonard's Pizza Party!)
2025-07-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Lindley Park, Lindley Park, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
Leonard’s Pizza Party!
Join us on the trails around Lindley park. Enjoy the shade of the trees and playground equipment for the kids after the run.
After the runs, join us for pizza to celebrate Leonard Baluski’s birthday! Pizza and drinks will be provided.

Fun Run - Outlaw Brewing
2025-06-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Outlaw Brewing, 2876 N 27th Ave, Bozeman, MT, 59718, United States
Outlaw Brewing in the Cattail Creek area.
Please park in the Winco parking lot as to not use up the limited parking at Outlaw

Fun Run - The Lakes
2025-06-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Adam Bronken Soccer Complex, S Cottonwood Rd & Classical Way, Bozeman, 59715
Are you looking for a flat and relaxing run in town among the cattails and red-winged blackbirds? Come join us on the gravel trails on the west side of town. Still fragmented, but these are part of the expanding Main Street to the Mountains trail system.

Fun Run - Tour de Critters
2025-06-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Tour de Critters, 18399-18301 Absaroka Dr., Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
The Tour de Critters is one of the most popular Wind Drinker funs runs, year after year! Run on land owned by Franklin Coles, a former BSWD President, the courses are tough, hilly trail runs high above the valley floor, with extensive views near Bozeman Pass. This event was once known as the ‘Tour de Wolves’, as the Howlers Inn bed and breakfast, just down the hill from Franklin’s place, has a few rescue wolves in an enclosure. When the wolves left temporarily, the ‘Wolves’ part of the run name was changed to ‘Critters’ – but now some wolves are back. Watch, and listen, for them!

To reach the start, get on I-90 East and drive to the Jackson Creek Road exit. Take Jackson Creek Road north (passing under the Interstate) Drive about 3 miles, and turn right onto Bridger Hollow Road (look for the Howlers Inn sign). Drive past the Inn, up the hill, and turn left at Absaroka Drive. Run assistants will help direct you to parking.

Tuckerman Park Fun Run
2025-06-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Tuckerman Park, 7979 Goldenstein Ln, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
The fun run will start at 6:30pm at Tuckerman Park parking lot, a small space on the N side of Goldenstein between Morning Sun Drive and Gardner Park Dr (7979 Goldenstein Lane). Try to carpool if possible but you may find some overflow parking in the local neighborhoods.

Andy Blank MSU Track and Trails Run
2025-05-28 18:30 - 20:00 | MSU Track & Field Sport Complex, 2000-2022 Stadium Dr., Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
Come run trails from the Montana State football stadium, using the trails south of Museum of the Rockies!
To reach the start, head to Kagy and South 7th, and take South 7th south, between the stadium and Museum of the Rockies. Turn right and head through the parking lot (MSU Lot 25, open parking after 6 PM) to the area between the stadium and the track. Runs will start at the Bobcat Track Plaza on the west side of the track complex.

Fun Run - Bozeman Creek (Sourdough Canyon TH)
2025-05-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Bozeman Creek TH, 7198 Sourdough Canyon Rd, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
Come for one of our most unique and popular runs! This is a “no watch” run – no watches or other timing devices allowed! You will run up the ever-popular Sourdough (Bozeman) Creek trail, and turn around whenever you think you need to, in order to get back to the start at your selected time – there will be options to choose the 15-minute, 30-minute, or 45-minute option. Whoever comes closest to their selected time, wins (there will be one winner for each of the 15, 30, and 45 minute “races”)!
This is also a designated Dog Run, so feel free to bring your 4-legged-friend along! Please be sure, however, to keep your pet on a leash, and clean up after your dog. Those running with a pet are asked to wait 2 minutes after the start before hitting the trail, so that excited pups don’t interfere with the biggest group of runners!
To reach the trailhead, head south on South 19th Avenue. At Nash, turn L, and drive to the Sourdough Canyon Road (follow brown sign to the trailhead). Carpoolers can get a ride from Stockman Bank on S. 19th.

BSWD Race - Baldy Blitz
2025-05-17 09:00 - 12:00 | College M Trailhead and Picnic Area, 4256 MT-86, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
Traditional low-key, high-snow, suffer-fest! What’s not to love? Read more

Fun Run - Highland Glen
2025-05-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Highland Blvd & Ellis St., 710 Highland Blvd, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
One of our summer favorites! Come run the trails of Highland Glen, just east of Deaconess Hospital! Good hills with scenic views through pastures and woods!
Meet on SE corner of Highland and Ellis Streets!

Fun Run - Manhattan Schools
2025-04-30 18:30 - 20:00 | manhattan schools, 416 North Broadway Street, Manhattan, MT, 59741, United States
We’re branching out, with an event further out in the Gallatin Valley. We’ll meet at Altenbrand Park, in front of Manhattan Elementary School, and run out on the bike path along Dry Creek Road.
This run will keep you out of the mud and is flat and fast, a great early start to the race season!

Fun Run - Triple Tree
2024-08-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Triple Tree TH, 5974-6204 Sourdough Rd, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
One of our members’ favorites! This trail wanders a hilly course through open fields with good views of the valley, through wooded areas teeming with wildlife, and into forests on the northern fringe of the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. Be prepared for significant amounts of climbing on this one!
To reach the trailhead, take Sourdough Road south just past the turn-off into the Triple Tree housing complex. Please try to carpool, as the parking lot at the trailhead overflows regularly!
Course Maps:

Short (1.3 miles)
Medium (2.7 miles)
Long (5.34 miles)

Fun Run - South Side Trails with BBQ
2024-06-05 18:30 - 21:00 | Kurt’s House, 15 E FIELDVIEW CIR, Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
Run along the Sourdough Trail in South Bozeman, as well as many connector trails around the Graf Street neighborhoods, including Tuckerman Park and Grafs Park.
From downtown, take Willson past Kagy, as it becomes South 3rd Avenue. Just before the 3-way stop, turn left onto Graf Street. Turn left off Graf onto E. Fieldview Circle (this will be the northern intersection of Graf and Fieldview Circle).
Following the run, there will be a cookout hosted at Kurt Buchl’s house (15 E. Fieldview). We will provide burgers and brats, and some drinks. If you can, bring along a side or dessert to share, and BYOB.

Fun Run - Hyalite Road Closure
2024-05-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Hyalite Canyon Road – First Gate
Take advantage of a car-free road for an early May excursion up the Hyalite Canyon Road!

Winter Fun Run: Handicap Run
2024-03-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Bridger Brewing, 1609 S 11th Ave (Town & Country Complex Across From Brick Breeden Fieldhouse), Bozeman, MT, 59715, United States
If you run our Froze Nose Run in February, see if you can improve enough at our March run to win! Even if you don’t run in February, join us for this March event!
Our February “Froze Nose” and March “Handicap” run are paired events. They are run on the same course, one month apart. The idea is to challenge yourself to improve your time between these two dates. Based on your run time in the Froze Nose, you will receive a time ‘handicap’ that will determine your start time for the March run – for example, if Runner 1 finishes 2 minutes ahead of Runner 2 at the Froze Nose, Runner 1 will start 2 minutes after Runner 2 at the Handicap Run; if both run the same time in March that they did in February, they would finish the March run at the same time. Thus, those who “win” in March will be the runners who improved their times the most, not necessarily the fastest runners in the field!
Those who did not fun in February will receive a ‘standard’ start time in the March event.
The start times for the 2024 run will be posted after the Froze Nose Run in February.

Courses: we will be starting in front of the Town & Country building, on South 11th Avenue. Sign-ups for the run will be in front of Bridger Brewing (in the lobby, if the weather is bad).
We will offer 1-, 3-, and 5-mile courses. See the course maps below.
Short :
Medium :
Long :
