Explore Big Sky: Old railroad takes new form, Bike trail to be built on former Union Pacific Railroad bed

“In 1883, just over a decade after the establishment of Yellowstone National Park, a group of mustache-sporting cyclists became the first to pedal through Yellowstone. The brigade traveled by train from Laramie, Wyoming along the Union Pacific Railroad, offloading 85 miles from the park before embarking on an intrepid and sometimes arduous adventure.

Today, with the Union Pacific Railroad long since retired and the commercialization of the national park, locals of West Yellowstone sought to create an experience that would parallel the exploits of the railway’s past travelers, like those of the dapper cyclists that made history atop their bike saddles. “

Read the full article in the latest issue of Explore Big Sky at: http://www.explorebigsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/June19_EBS_sm.pdf?