The Story Behind the "M"

The "M" is 620 feet above the Missoula Valley floor. It is 125' feet long and 100' feet wide. University of Montana forestry students cut the switchbacks into the side of the hill in the early 1900's. The first "M" was assembled out of whitewashed rocks in 1909, and given a fresh coat of paint by freshmen every year, until 1968, when all those rocks were cemented together with concrete.

Photo by Nelson Kenter, kenterphotography.com

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Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Sept 2

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Out to Lunch, Downtown ToNight, Tons of Live Music all over town & more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Aug 26

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Out to Lunch, Downtown ToNight, Tons of Live Music all over town & more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Aug 19

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Out to Lunch, Osprey Baseball, Tons of Live Music all over town & more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Aug 12

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Out to Lunch, Osprey Baseball, Tons of Live Music all over town & more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Aug 5

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Out to Lunch, Osprey Baseball, Tons of Live Music all over town & more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday | Week of July 29

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Out to Lunch, Missoula Farmers' Market, Osprey Baseball, Downtown ToNight & more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday | Week of July 22

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Out to Lunch, Missoula Farmers' Market, Osprey Baseball, Downtown ToNight & more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday | Week of July 17

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: The International Choral Festival, Out to Lunch, Missoula Farmers' Market, Open Mic Night and More!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of July 8

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Missoula Osprey, Downtown ToNight, Out to Lunch, Monday Night Movie, Community Unite and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of June 24

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Missoula Osprey, Monday Night Movie, The Cave Singers and the Hasslers, Community United and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of June 24

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Missoula Osprey, Monday Night Movie, The Cave Singers and the Hasslers, Community United and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of June 17

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Big Sky Film Series at the Top Hat, Comedian Dough Stanhope, The Deadstring Brothers at Stage 112, IRS protest and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of June 10

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Old Time Music Night, Acoustic Wednesday, Tom Catmull and the Clerics, Out to Lunch, Downtown ToNight, and More!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of June 3

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Josh Farmer, Musician Showcase, Out to Lunch, Three Eared Dog, Downtown Tonight & More!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of May 20

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Tom Catmull, Blitzen Trapper and Sera Cahoone, Chug for Charity, Bill Payne of Little Feat with special guest the Hooligans, and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of May 13

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: John Floridis Trio, Tom Catmull, Chug for Charity, Vegetable Oil Truck Demonstration, & more.... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of May 6

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Whipple Tree with Amy Martin & Caroline Keys, Chug for Charity Night, The Trees, Three Earned Dog, and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of April 29

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: International Wildlife Film Festival Galore! with Lunafest, Todd Snider in concert, Book Readings and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of April 22

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Larry Hirshberg, Community Tap Night, Jenn Adams, The Comedy of Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and more.... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of April 15

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Moscow Monday, Monday Night Movie, Community Tap Night, Open Kyak class at Currents, and more!... more

Make it Missoula Monday – Week of April 8

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula this week: Moscow Monday, Monday Night Movie, Community Tap Night, A Place at the Table, & Exploring Missoula's Urban Islands.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week April 1

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. Monday Night Movie at the Top Hat, Spoken Word Poetry Club, GPS Navigation Basics at REI, Kevin Van Dort Blues, & First Friday.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. The Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band with Lake Street Dive, The Big Lebowski, Tom Catmull, Pint Night for the Glacial Lake Missoula Chapter, and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. The Dinner Show at the Top Hat, Chug for Charity (Draught Works) for Casa of Missoula. Open Mic Night & more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, The Acousticals, Malarkey, The Comedy of Brian Regan, Open Mic Night & more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's Bluegrass and Bobcats, Greensky Bluegrass, Ryan Montbleau Band, Open Mic Night & more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's cheese-making at the Good Food Store, a Martin Luther King Day celebration at the Children's Museum & more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week it's the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Live music, Open Mic Night and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week it's the Flavors of Mardi Gras, Missoula Maulers, Leftover Salmon, Valentine's Day with Tom Catmull and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. Russ Nasset, Hump Night Bingo, Kraptastic Karaoke, lots of live music, and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week it's a Run Wild Missoula Beer Run, Cooking Classes at the Good Food Store, lots of live music, and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, Missoula Moves to Amend Rally, Cooking Classes at the Good Food Store, Open Mic and so much more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's cheese-making at the Good Food Store, a Martin Luther King Day celebration at the Children's Museum & more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's the Flavors of India at the Good Food Store, Open Mic at Sean Kelly's, and loads of live, local music!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's the First Friday, Films of Compassion, Kraptastic Karaoke, Dan Debuque, Open Mic and more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's the Draught Works Christmas Steamer, Zappa Plays Zappa, free kids' holiday haircuts, and more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's "Love is a Dog from Nebraska", "Britchy", Musician Showcase, Missoula Marathon Holiday Party & more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's First Friday gallery night, Missoula Area Dubstep Monday, UM Jazz Holiday Swing benefit, and more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's the Thanksgiving Beer Run, the Montana Musicians Showcase, and loads of live blues, jazz, and more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's the Turkey Day 8K and 3K road races, the Community Hockey Cup Benefit, loads of live music & more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's lots of live music, discussions with the Clark Fork Coalition on cleanup of Smurfit-Stone, and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's Music galore! Josh Farmer, Cash for Junkers, Musician showcase at Monk's and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's a pumpkin carving contest at Tamarack, Badlander Halloween Party, Festival of the Dead, and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's Reel Big Fish at the Wilma, Sex & Politics Trivia at Bayern, a double-header film premiere, and more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's Rusted Root at the Top Hat, jazz by Pearl Django & Stellarondo, comedy night at The Palace, and more!... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's Lots of Live Music, Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly's, and a fundraiser for the Loyola Sacred Heart Foundation. ... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's the Festival of the Book, the Reel Rock 7 Film Tour, lunch with Tracy Lopez at the Iron Horse & more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's Lady Griz volleyball, Home Resource's annual building contest, Chug for Charity, and more.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's James McMurtry at the Wilma, Griz Homecoming Yell Night, beer for charity, and lots of live music.... more

Make It Missoula Monday: What’s Happening This Week

Trail 103.3 DJs share what's happening in Missoula. This week, it's Hamlet performed outdoors at Shakespeare in the Park, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Hank 3, and more.... more