Staying Home Sucks, home
Sebree, Farris and White Building (Bon Ton Bakery), Main Street and Willson Avenue, Bozeman, MT - 53770449308
Bozeman, the nearest town, 20 km away. Photo: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

What Goes Up

Mountain bike area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Rain before today is not known, Rain 16.3 mm in the last two days, Air 8 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 48 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
16.6 mm
Rain
0.5 mm
Air
2°C

Tue 3 · 76 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
16.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Wed 4 · 75 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.5 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Thu 5 · 75 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 75 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0.3 mm
Air
7°C

Sat 7 · 49 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
5.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
2°C

Sun 8 · 60 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
5.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
10°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 154, fair
  2. Mon 248, fair
  3. Tue 376, good
  4. Wed 475, good
  5. Thu 575, good
  6. Fri 675, good
  7. Sat 749, fair
  8. Sun 860, good
  9. Mon 980, good
  10. Tue 1078, good

The spot in two facts

  • 8 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Best Jul–Aug6 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at What Goes Up
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*54, fairUnknown0.8 mm8 mm4°C
Mon 2Nov*48, fairUnknown16.6 mm0.5 mm2°C
Tue 3Nov*76, goodUnknown16.3 mm0 mm8°C
Wed 4Nov*75, goodUnknown0.5 mm0 mm6°C
Thu 5Nov*75, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm7°C
Fri 6Nov*75, goodUnknown0 mm0.3 mm7°C
Sat 7Nov49, fairSlick5.1 mm0 mm2°C
Sun 8Nov60, goodSlick5.1 mm0 mm10°C
Mon 9Nov*80, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm12°C
Tue 10Nov*78, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm9°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About What Goes Up

8 mountain bike routes mapped. Best from May to Sep. The nearest town to stay in is Bozeman.

  • Routes 8 mountain bike routes mapped.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,240–US$2,280 each

about US$1,240–US$2,280 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to BZN, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$201–US$415
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$301–US$569
Totalabout US$1,240–US$2,280

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Bozeman

Closest

Bozeman

34 min by car · 44 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 44 places to stay in Bozeman · Booking.com

About Bozeman its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 5h 35m

About 5h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BZN, direct, then 40 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.