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Elevation: 10,742 ft 3,274 m
GPS: 45.3081, -111.3912
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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.

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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.
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
 12
● 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
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● 4th of July Couloir Beehive Peak
 4
Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c Steep Snow PG13 Trad, Snow, Alpine
● Beehive Traverse Beehive Peak
 12
5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c R Trad, Alpine
● Worker Bee Beehive Peak
 7
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Alpine 2 pitches
● New World Route Beehive Peak
 27
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, Alpine 3 pitches
● Original Route, aka Javaman Beehive Peak
 22
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
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Pano of the basin in winter
Pano of the basin in winter
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Great views of Big Sky ski area and the surrounding Northern Madison range from Beehive Basin.
Great views of Big Sky ski area and the surroun…
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Skiers in the 4th of July Couloir
Skiers in the 4th of July Couloir
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The southeast face of Beehive Mountain, as seen from Beehive Basin.
The southeast face of Beehive Mountain, as seen…
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Summit of the Beehive with a storm rolling in over Lone Peak (Big Sky Resort). Shortly after this things started buzzing from all the energy in the air... it was a scary descent.
Summit of the Beehive with a storm rolling in o…
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The summit ridge.
The summit ridge.
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southeast face. the shadowy dihedral is worker bee (5.8) and the next two visible cracks to the left are the starts to the new world route (5.8). see the new SW Montana guidebooks for more beta. awesome alpine gneiss with a chill and scenic approach. cant be beat
southeast face. the shadowy dihedral is worker…
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