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Photos: Somewhere over the Rainbow Connection
By KELSEY EVANS,
2025-11-05Whitefish Legacy Partners celebrated the opening of a new Whitefish Trail section, the Rainbow Connection, between Murray and Rainbow Lakes on Sunday. The additional 1.6 miles of single-track trail connects to the overarching Beaver Lakes area Whitefish Trail system. Previously, trail users would have to loop around on Beaver Lakes and Beaver Lease Roads to connect parts of the trail, but now it can be done all on single-track, with a view. At the top of the Rainbow Connection, there is an overlook bench that offers sweeping views stretching from Murray Lake to Glacier National Park in the distance. The hill that the Rainbow Connection is built on has been logged in recent decades and is fairly clear and expansive. The vision for the trail section has been in the works for many years. From scouting and mapping out the ridgeline, to grant writing, to building a new sign, to local donors contributing bit by bit to bring the trail together, Jedd Sankar-Gorton, Legacy Partners programs director, said that the section is an amazing example of “many people owning a trail.” Angus Matheson, a local trail builder, put in long hours to ensure the trail would be completed on time
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