Torch Run For Special Olympics Montana Comes To Gallatin County Saturday

Hundreds of Montana Law Enforcement Officers will carry the Flame of Hope 2,000 miles to the State Summer Games Opening Ceremonies in Billings.  The arrival of the Torch Run on Tuesday May 13th, 2014 and the Final Leg and lighting of the cauldron on Wednesday May 14th, 2014 will officially begin the games.

The Torch Run has made stops in numerous towns throughout the state including Scobey, Medicine Lake, Kalispell, Billings, Glasgow, Malta, Butte, Boulder, Anaconda, Cut Bank, Havre and Lewistown.  The torch will be arriving in Bozeman on Saturday May 10th, 2014.

Several law enforcement agencies are participating in the run into Bozeman including the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office, Gallatin County Detention Center, Bozeman PD, Belgrade PD, Three Forks PD, Montana Highway Patrol.

Join and cheer on the runners and bicyclists this year as the Torch Run enters Gallatin County on Saturday May 10th, 2014.

Timeline for the torch’s travel through Gallatin County:

8:00 am – 8:30 am – Run through Three Forks (Starts at David Delaittre’s memorial through Main street to the Interstate)

8:40 am – 9:30 am – Bike from Three Forks to Manhattan (on the Interstate)

9:40 am – 9:50 am – Run through Manhattan (Starts at Thriftway loops through town)

10:00 am – 10:40 am – Bike from Manhattan to Belgrade (on the Interstate)

10:50 am – 11:10 am – Run through Belgrade (Starts at Lee and Dad’s and loops through town)

11:20 am – 12:40 pm – Run from Belgrade to Bozeman

12:50 pm – 1:30 pm – Run through Bozeman (N. 19th Ave City Brew, south on 19th, east on Main to Lindley Park)

1:40 pm – 3:00 pm – Bike from Bozeman to the top of the Bozeman Pass (via the Interstate)

**All times are approximate**