Climate Ride Missoula

Ride Distance

10 miles, with option for shorter ride.

Registration Fee

Free

Suggested Fundraising Commitment $100 (optional)

You decide!

Help support Missoula nonprofits by joining our community bike ride!

Come join us for a local ride and help raise awareness and dollars for Missoula nonprofits doing essential work for our planet!

Missoula environmental nonprofits need your help and community support – please say YES!
A great way to take action for the future of our planet is by registering and fundraising for organizations working in the environmental sector here in Missoula! We’ve organized a fun ride and by signing up now, you can join some great people taking action on climate.

Be sure to select one or two of these great beneficiaries or two when you register:

Climate Ride
Climate Smart Missoula
Families for a Livable Climate
Free Cycles
Soil Cycle

This ride is on September 30th, 2022. Check-in starts at 8:30 AM. The Ride starts at 9 AM. We’ll send you more details about the route after you register. The full ride will be about 10 miles, but there are options to turn back for a shorter ride.
Please plan to arrive ready to ride between 8:30 and 8:50 AM. We expect to be all wrapped up by 1:00 PM. There will be a fun hang with food and prizes starting a little after noon!
There will be limited support on this ride, so please be prepared! Bring water and what you need to fix flats. Helmets are required!

Registration for the Missoula Climate Ride is FREE.

When you register, you will have the opportunity to kick things off with a donation and we encourage you to do so! Also, you are provided a personal fundraising page so that you can spread the word and help raise funds. We suggest trying to raise at least $100. Or, go big, and shoot for $1,000! We encourage you to get to know these Missoula beneficiaries and how your fundraising really has impact in our community and future.
Simply click the ‘Register Now’ button above. On the next few pages, you’ll enter your contact information.
Also, you can form a team and invite your friends to ride with you!
We look forward to seeing you on this great ride. Please email us if you have any questions!
*Please note that registration fees and donations are not refundable.
If you aren’t able to join but would like to help by making a donation, please click the ‘Roster’ tab and select a participant. You can then give to a participant’s fundraising, which will help our team reach our community grant goal. THANK YOU!

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Climate Ride Missoula FAQ

Why does Climate Ride matter?

Our Climate Ride participants have raised millions for climate, conservation, clean energy, and bike advocacy. These funds help drive important nonprofit work to protect the places you love. This is a chance for anyone to join the Climate Ride community for one powerful push for the planet.

Every single dollar counts for these organizations fighting for the health of our planet.

At Climate Ride we are determined to see our grants program and its support for climate and active transportation survive and continue to thrive. Part of that effort includes keeping our community connected, growing, and learning how and where we can be a beacon of hope.

Your outreach and fundraising have profound ripple effects. Taking on this challenge is a statement about your values and your vision for our future. We welcome you!

Who are the beneficiaries?

Climate Ride
Climate Smart Missoula
Families for a Livable Climate
Free Cycles
Soil Cycle

Can I sign up my friends/family/pets?

We totally encourage you to sign up your friends and family! Please share the registration link with anyone. This is about building a community and bringing out the best in all of us.

I just heard about this but can't sign up now. Can I do it another time?

Of course! You can sign up now and do an activity of your choice at any time you like!

Can I use Facebook fundraising?

Yes, when your register you’ll receive a fundraising page. On that page, there are steps to link up to a Facebook fundraiser. It’s important to do this through your page so that the donations are immediately counted to your fundraising total!

Do I need to sign a waiver? What are the terms and conditions?

When you register you must agree to our Release and Waiver of Liability , Assumption of Risk, Indemnity, Authorization and Parental Consent Agreement (if you are participating with a minor, please email us for the minor release of liability). You will agree during your registration.

Do you have any resources (like photos and logos) that I can use?

We sure do! Download the photos in the gallery above, or check out our participant resources page for more!

What do I need to bring on the ride?

This is a self supported ride. While we will have a ride sweep, you’ll want to come prepared to fix minor bike issues yourself including flats. You will need to bring your own bike and helmet.

Please be sure to have at least one liter of water! A day pack or hydration pack for carrying water and the essentials – snacks, sunscreen, camera, rain gear, spare tube/ flat fixing kit, pump, etc – is the only thing you’ll need to carry with you on your bike.

Fundraising or Transferring

All registrations fees and donations are non-refundable for this event.

If you cannot attend the Missoula event and know in advance, you may request to transfer your fundraising to a future Climate Ride event. Donations cannot be transferred to another participant in the year you are registered or future years. Participants may transfer to another event within the same calendar year, or to an event in the next calendar year. Climate Ride requires that participants who transfer fundraise to meet or surpass the new event’s fundraising minimum and pay the full registration fee.

Participants who cancel their registration after the Transfer Deadline, the day of the event, are NOT eligible for a transfer. If you withdraw from the ride before the event day or don’t participate without notifying us, any fundraising you’ve received will go to support programs of Climate Ride.

Where does the ride start and end? What are the routes? Are the roads open to the public?

The ride starts and ends at Free Cycles.

All of the routes are held through roads that are open to the public (there are no roads closures for Climate Ride Missoula). In order to minimize additional drivers on the roads, please do not invite your friends or family to drive the routes.

You will receive route information via email ahead of the ride. Our chosen routes depend on a lot of factors, including what we’re able to obtain permits for, weather complications, difficulty, variety of terrain, and overall experience. Due to this variability, we are often still finalizing routes in the weeks leading up to a ride, and thus cannot share GPS routes for them. As soon as routes have been confirmed — usually a week or two before the ride — we will share that info with all participants via email.

More Questions?

More Questions?
Email us at [email protected]!

Prizes

Raise $100

Climate Ride Bandana: Raise $100 for a snazzy, limited edition Climate Ride bandana! Very versatile. Bring it with you everywhere to remember your good times.

Raise $500

Climate Ride Nomadix Towel: Raise $500 and score this amazing towel for all your adventures!

Raise $2,000

Climate Ride Patagonia Backpack: Raise $2,000 for this event and you'll be rewarded with this practical and versatile lightweight backpack. Perfect for your next ride!

What our participants have to say

CASBA has benefitted greatly from our partnership with Climate Ride; thank you for all you’ve done for us, and so many others. For our organization, it’s funded getting various forms of straw building into the building code, and the Green Fondo funded our initiative to make it easier to insure buildings featuring straw for insulation.

Bio-based materials are lowering the embodied carbon of our buildings, and with their widespread use buildings can be the Earth’s sixth carbon sink. As we like to say: ‘Build Shelter – Not Too Big – Mostly Plants!’

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— David Arkin

Completing my cross-country cycle trip, from Boston to LA, as part of a Climate Ride independent challenge, really shaped my ride in meaningful way. I had been wanting to do a cross-country ride for personal reasons, but being able to fundraise for causes that I care deeply about during my ride gave me, what felt like an elevated purpose during my journey. The Climate Ride team was also so helpful in supportive, and not only in a fundraising sense, but also a “let’s go, you got this” sense as well. As someone who has never fundraised anywhere close to as much money as I did over the course of my cross-country trip, Climate Ride gave me so many helpful tips and hints in order to fundraise effectively. It can be hard keeping up a fundraiser while actively being on a cycle tour, and their support was instrumental in helping me to continue to raise funds throughout my trip. I also felt like I got to know some of their staff after back and forth phone calls before and during my trip, which was great. My independent challenge was life-changing for me, and I look forward to joining a Climate Ride event in the future!

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— Bill Flagg, Independent Challenge (Boston to LA)

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