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Beehive Basin Climbing

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Areas in Beehive Basin

Beehive Peak 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 9 / 9

Honey Bee Wall 2 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 3

Prow, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

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Elevation:	10,742 ft	3,274 m
GPS:	45.3081, -111.3912 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Beehive Mountain is located in the southern portion of the Spanish peaks Wilderness Area of the Gallatin National forest, a little over an hour south of Bozeman, and just North of Big Sky Ski Resort. It is a pristine Alpine environment but has one of the shortest approaches in the state for such climbing. There are quite a few routes on the southeast face, all multipitch trad routes from 5.6-5.11 on high quality granite gneiss.
Descent can be done in either of the two couloirs that flank the southeast face. There are rappel slings at both, which make things faster, but descent is possible without a rope. Consider backing up the slings with your own.

Getting There

From Bozeman take 191 south toward Big Sky. Turn west at the Big Sky Road and go into the Mountain Village(9.5 miles). Continue past the Village for another 1.5 miles and turn right on Beehive Basin Road, which is well marked. Follow signs for the trailhead, another 1.8 miles. It is a 4 mile hike to the basin, which provides nice camping(Wilderness) and another 1.5 miles to the summit.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Beehive Basin

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

M4+ Mod. Snow 4 ● All in Moderation Trad, Mixed, Snow, Alpine 3 pitches Beehive Peak
Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c Steep Snow PG13 4 ● 4th of July Couloir Trad, Snow, Alpine Beehive Peak
5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c R 14 ● Beehive Traverse Trad, Alpine Beehive Peak
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 7 ● Worker Bee Trad, Alpine 2 pitches Beehive Peak
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 27 ● New World Route Trad, Alpine 3 pitches Beehive Peak
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 22 ● Original Route, aka Javaman Trad, Alpine 5 pitches Beehive Peak