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Mill Creek Rock Climbing

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Areas in Mill Creek

Brain Bucket Wall - Lower 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Brain Bucket Wall - Upper 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Control Crag 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Elliot's Crag Buttress 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ladyfingers Buttress 3 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

LSN Buttress 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Passage Creek Canyon 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Peanuts Wall 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Raspberry Wall 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Roadside Fins 2 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Streaked Wall 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Thunderbolt Buttress 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Warm-Up Wall 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Elevation:	6,200 ft	1,890 m
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Description

Located near Livingston, Mill Creek is host to many single pitch trad and sport lines on roadside granite in a beautiful alpine valley. Approaches are short (Some are less than 10 seconds from the car) and the climbing is fun and safe feeling. In 2007 Mill Creek burned rather disastrously leading to a neat new life feeling in the valley. Due to its location in the mountains it can experience some mountain weather and be considerably different from what Bozeman is experiencing weather wise so bring a jacket.

Getting There

Getting there is relatively easy:

Driving from Bozeman or Livingston - Drive down 89 heading towards Gardiner for ~17 miles and then take a left on Mill Creek Road. Head down Mill Creek Road for 14.3 miles continuing straight until the obvious large granite formations appear on the left side of the road. It should be noted that Mile Markers in this neck of the woods are unreliable for telling distance as they change each time the land crosses different land ownership parcels. It is approximately .25 miles after the Passage Falls Trailhead. See attached map for extra directions if needed.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mill Creek

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

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 52 ● Righteous are the Brave Trad Ladyfingers Buttress
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 71 ● Ladyfingers Trad Ladyfingers Buttress
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4 ● Computer Hacking Skills Sport Passage Creek Canyon
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 11 ● More Desire Than Fire Trad Brain Bucket Wall - L…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 14 ● Cutthroats Don't Wear Plaid Trad, Sport Ladyfingers Buttress
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 9 ● The Move Sport Elliot's Crag Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 30 ● Thunderbolt and Lightfeet Trad Thunderbolt Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 10 ● Anniversary Crack Trad Rdside Fins
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 5 ● Warm Up Route Left Most Anchors TR Warm-Up Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 13 ● Fifty Shades of Green Sport Peanuts Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 26 ● Manly Fingertips Sport Ladyfingers Buttress
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 7 ● French Virgin Trad LSN Buttress
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 5 ● 92 in the Shade Sport Rdside Fins
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 7 ● Nic-Arete Sport Ladyfingers Buttress
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b 6 ● Smoking Monk Sport Warm-Up Wall