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A fun route through the Scratch Gravel hills for intermediate and experienced mountain bikers. Near Helena Valley West Centra, MT
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Canyon Ferry Lake after a storm, from the Hellgate...

Description 

Central Montana climbing. Not too long a trip from either Missoula or Bozeman. Offers both sunny early/late season climbing and shady summer climbing. Various areas with different options.


Getting There 

Along I-15, between Butte and Great Falls, MT.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Canyon Ferry:
Weird Science   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Hellgate Gulch : Winter Wall
Devil's Highway (13a)   5.13a     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Hellgate Gulch : Winter Wall
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Drowning in Flame: June 2011

Drowning in Flame 5.11a  MT : Canyon Ferry : ... : Bukowski Buttress
Slightly contrived; definitely thin. Starts on a ramp and progresses to a thin face that looks like all the other thin faces in the area. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in MT


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By Ryan Morse
May 15, 2013

If you can still find Jake Mergenthaler's "Central Montana Rock" book in print it's definitely worth having, particularly for getting to some of the more obscure areas.

By Ty Morrison-Heath
From: Bozeman, MT
May 22, 2013

As of 5-22-13 we still have several copies of Central Montana Rock at Spire Climbing Center in Bozeman.