FALL FOR MISSOULA

from Destination Missoula Montana Travel Guide 2022

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 VIEW OF MISSOULA IN FALL. TAYLAR ROBBINS

Even in autumn you can keep your heart rate up with biking and hiking around town. And the golfing season can be surprisingly long, starting as early as March and continuing well into October. From water’s edge to summit, birding and hunting are popular pastimes. Opportunities for exploration aren’t at all limited to those summer days of late twilight. So, gear up and layer up: you’ll have a new perspective in no time.

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BIRDING With infinite locales available in minutes, you can spot your next yellow warbler or great horned owl by lunchtime and be back on the search for a bald eagle before you know it.

GOLFING Gorgeous green spaces meet relaxation at any one of Missoula’s seven golf courses. Most are open to the public and feature mature trees and sweeping fairways underneath Montana’s big sky. Missoula is also home to Montana’s only links course, The Ranch Club. HUNTING Autumn’s shifting colors signal the beginning of a long tradition in Montana. Hunting here is not merely a sport or remotely a chore, but a way of life that carries a history and love of the wild with it.

FOLFING The three major folf courses in or near Missoula—Blue Mountain, Pattee Canyon and Snowbowl—all offer fun and challenging rounds of disc golf in beautiful settings. Missoula Parks and Recreation’s “Folf in the Parks” program invites families to play together at beginner-friendly, temporary courses set up throughout the city.