Chimney Butte Climbing

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Routes in Chimney Butte

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	Chump of Chimney Butte, The T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Dishpile T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Doodlebugger (AKA Standard Route) TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Duke of Chimney Butte, The T,TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c X
	Flaky McFlakerson TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Monkey Board T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Right Crack T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Well Sniffer TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Worm TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Wrong Crack TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Elevation:	2,606 ft	794 m
GPS:	47.92742, -102.84008 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: Details

As of September 2020, the US Forest Service has requested that all climbing activity ceases in the Blue Buttes region (this includes Chimney Butte). The US Forest Service acknowledges that the Blue Buttes hold spiritual significance to the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara). A dialogue has begun to work on getting access back. However, please refrain from climbing here until further notice.

Description

For the lost, stranded, or otherwise misplaced ones of the Bakken oil fields, this is a small sanctuary. It's on public grasslands, but the land is also leased by nearby ranchers. Please be mindful of this. The rock is a very poor quality siltstone, and large boulders and flakes can detach easily. Some care has been given to clean loose debris off several of these short pitches, but things can change. The T stakes were pounded in sometime during the spring of 2015, but accelerated corrosion is not uncommon in the vicinity of oil production sites.

Getting There

Go on HWY 23 until you reach County Road 12, which is a gravel road going south. County road 12 is east of Keene. You'll be able to see both Chimney Butte and Table Butte from the road.