2025 Tour the Montour: Registration Open
The 23rd Annual Gateway Engineers Tour the Montour Cycling Event, hosted by AHN Montour Sports Complex, is set for Saturday, September 13, 2025. Registration is now open for the family-friendly, non-competitive bike event.
New this year: The post-ride lunch will take place at AHN Montour Sports Complex, making the ride start and finish at one convenient location. We are finalizing details for the FUNction at the Junction — a community celebration with music, kids’ activities, snacks, and FUN —happening at the Sports Complex after the ride! Details to be announced soon. Plan to join us to support the Montour Trail’s premier fund-raising event.
Summer Newsletter
The May-June 2025 issue of the Montour Trail-Letter is now available!
Pittsburgh’s Top Hiking Trail — Again!
For the seventh consecutive year, the Montour Trail has been selected by the readers of Pittsburgh magazine as the top hiking/biking trail in its Best of the ‘Burgh for 2025. Check out the Entertainment and Leisure winners online here.
Get Your Own Montour Trail Jersey
The Montour Trail official jersey allows you to pedal in style while supporting your favorite bike path. Order from AeroTechdesigns.com.
In the News
Read about recent press coverage of Montour Trail.
Welcome the Disabled Community to the Trail
Montour Trail Council welcomes users of all abilities to the Trail. If you want to learn more about this effort in Southwest PA, you can volunteer to create a welcoming and memorable experience for everyone. Contact Rebecca MacTaggart for details.
YOGA ON THE TRAIL REDUX
Join us on Saturday, July 19, at 9 AM at the Galati Trailhead (near Cecil) on the Montour Trail for an outdoors mixed-level yoga class. The yoga session is a fundraiser for the Westland Friends; all proceeds will benefit upkeep of the Trail.This Outstanding Rail-Trail is in Your Back Yard!
The Montour Trail is a multi-use, non-motorized recreational pathway around Pittsburgh, the country’s longest suburban rail-trail. It is privately owned and operated. The main line extends ~47 miles; branch routes increase length to 60+ miles. The relatively flat half-loop stretches from Coraopolis (along the Ohio River) to Clairton (on the Monongahela River). A northwest branch connects directly to Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Montour connects to other rails-to-trails in western Pennsylvania and beyond: the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the C&O Canal Towpath, a completed trail system that stretches 300+ miles from Pittsburgh to Washington, DC.; the Panhandle Trail — a converted railroad line that stretches from Weirton, West Virginia, to Carnegie. And this local resource is part of U.S. Bicycle Route 50, which runs east-west and, when completed, will span the country.
Currently, 46 miles of the Montour Trail are continuous with several short gaps in the southeast section.
The Trail is easy to get to by car, as there are access areas and trailheads every few miles along the route. Pittsburgh’s rapid transit system runs near some of these, and it is bike friendly. The Trail is ADA accessible as well.
In Memory of Gil McGurl
MTC volunteers noted the passing of long-time colleague and friend Gil McGurl on January 11, 2025. Late last year, the organization honored him with a lifetime achievement award for more than 20 years of service to the Trail.
Gil served as our “elder statesman,” doling out well-considered and thoughtful opinions backed-up with overarching analysis. He was always a conscientious champion of trail-building and maintenance projects. He could see beyond the issue at hand and consider a broad view of how it would benefit the overall trail.
His volunteer stint included participation in the Engineering & Construction, Finance and Real Estate committees; trail construction project management; and Council vice president at a time of substantial trail expansion. Gil’s non-trail interests included bike riding, golfing, family, and church.
For more information, click here for obituary.