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Pattee Canyon Hill Climb

Name: Pattee Canyon Hill Climb
Start: 2025-10-05T08:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-10-05T17:00:00-06:00
Location: Pattee Canyon Road & Takima Drive

Pattee Canyon Hill Climb in Missoula, Montana — ***ALLEZ!*** Get your skinny wheels ready for Missoula’s legendary annual **Pattee Canyon Hill Climb** starting at **Takima Canyon Drive** going to the top parking lot 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday, October 5, with the sweet spot for prizes at the top 10:00 am to 2:00 pm-ish

October 5, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Free – but drop off a cool or funky small donation at Missoula Bicycle Works before 10/5

We’ve had near “perfect” weather the past three years. We are due for something better this coming Sunday. Be prepared, nerds!

ALLEZ!

During the days of the Western Montana Hill Climb Championships, riders donated a gift to participate in the event. We are bringing that back. So, if you want to participate, drop off a book, pound cake, beer, back scratcher, set of tires, mug, crocheted sweater, Mötley Crüe CD, or what tickles your backside at Missoula Bicycle Works prior to October 5th or leave something at the top of the climb before you ride. Riders will be able to choose from the array of prizes on a first come, first served basis. Please, no large prizes. Folks should be able to put them in their jersey pockets.

Prior to your run up, make sure to adjust your Strava map visibility settings so that your start and end points are visible to all; otherwise, your time may not appear on the leaderboard. Also, do not turn off your device as soon as you pass the tree that is the finish line. Let your device run for at least 30 seconds after you cross the line (ride to the gravel!). This should eliminate some of our timekeeping problems that we’ve had in the past.

Take pics and use the #R1K hashtag in the your Instagram, or post in the event discussion for chances at killer prizes that are 100% real. Think panache, speed, slow, style, beers consumed, hardboiled eggs eaten, worst bike, lantern rouge, whatever the eff we feel like giving prizes for. Missoula’s premier cycling and lifestyle club, Rattlesnake 1000, will be on hand at the finish from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm-ish with a bevy of delights.

Have fun and remember to veer left at the top of the climb!!

Below are the basics:

We will use Strava to collect times over a nine hour period and TRUST YOU to follow The Rulez:

1. The Route: STRAVA LINK

This link is the race course, but we ask that you start from Takima Drive with your front wheel beside the sewer grate near the stop sign, then take a right onto Pattee. This is a small safety thing. Start your ride when there is no uphill traffic, please.

2. No rolling starts. Clip in at the aforementioned spot on Takima and give ‘er heck.

3. No drafting. If we find out about you drafting, it will be hella embarrassing for you and your family, trust me. If you do decide to ride the course with a crew (yes!), please space yourselves about one minute apart.

4. You get one chance. No multiple runs. If you end up riding up again for some reason, we will use your first run time, or just take the right into the parking lot so Strava won’t record the PCHC course segment.

5. Join the Strava club as this is how we will keep track of you and know that you are taking part in the PCHC: STRAVA LINK

Be careful, be smart, and blow your f’n lungs out! It’s gonna be a beauty.