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Areas in Southwest Region

Anaconda Range 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Barretts 5 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Bear Canyon 0 / 44 / 3 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 48

Belgrade 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Big Bear Canyon (the BBC) 0 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Big Belt Mountains 11 / 137 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 149

Big Sky Area 21 / 56 / 9 / 141 / 4 / 0 / 3 / 34 / 222

Blue Cloud 10 / 21 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

Bozeman Pass 0 / 58 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 58

Bozeman Pond Boulder 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2

Bridger Range 16 / 65 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 68 / 81

Castle Mountains 1 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Chestnut Mountain Crag 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Coolidge 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 5 / 5

Crazy Mountains 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

East Ridge (Butte) 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Elkhorn Creek 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Emigrant Gulch 3 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4

Frog Rock 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Gallatin Canyon 200 / 123 / 15 / 141 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 86 / 453

Gillespie Basin 6 / 5 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Gorge Lakes 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Homestake Pass 48 / 12 / 2 / 60 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 118

Humbug Spires 13 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Hyalite Canyon 87 / 60 / 23 / 43 / 113 / 1 / 102 / 14 / 260

Indian Creek 5 / 31 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 37

Lower Pipestone Forest 0 / 0 / 1 / 46 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 46

Madison River Area 53 / 22 / 16 / 124 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 200

Maiden Rocks 0 / 60 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 60

McCartney Mountain 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Mount Helena 0 / 29 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Needle Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

New Rock (Butte) 7 / 2 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Northern Pacific Park Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Paradise Valley 36 / 108 / 9 / 158 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 70 / 311

Revenue Flats 9 / 18 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Rumsey Road Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sheep Mountain 25 / 25 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 51

Shingle Butte 4 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 6

Spanish Creek Trailhead 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Spire Rock 33 / 12 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 47

Stooges, The 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Sypes Canyon 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Tobacco Root Mountains 4 / 0 / 0 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26 / 26

Upper Pipestone Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Vineyard, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Whiskey Gulch 1 / 0 / 0 / 66 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 67

Whitetail Grove 0 / 0 / 0 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Yellowstone Hall Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

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Description

The southwestern region of Montana holds lots of climbing, encompassing towns such as Helena, Butte, and Bozeman. If you are into boulders, sport routes, single-pitch trad, or long routes in the mountains, there is something here for you.

Please report any rusted, spinning, damaged, worn, or otherwise unsafe hardware you find within this region to the SMCC: Report a Bad Bolt, Hanger, or Anchor. If you have the means, please consider donating, so they can continue their hard work.

The Helena Climbers Coalition also has a bad bolt / anchor tool for crags in the Helena Area (Big Belts, Blue Cloud, Indian Creek, Sheep Mountain, etc.). If you would like to contribute to fixed anchor maintenance in that area and/or become a HCC member, check out this page.

Getting There

Usually accessed from I-90 and I-15. See specific areas for more information.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Southwest Region

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

M4 131 ● The Thrill is Gone Mixed Hyalite Canyon > Unnamed Wall
WI5 100 ● Cleopatra's Needle Ice 3 pitches Hyalite Canyon > Twin Falls Area
WI3+ 149 ● Mummy II Ice Hyalite Canyon > Mummy Area
WI5- 128 ● Scepter Ice Hyalite Canyon > Mummy Area
WI4 159 ● The Dribbles Trad, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches Hyalite Canyon > Dribbles Area
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 212 ● Skyline Arete Trad 6 pitches Gallatin Canyon > … > Skyline Buttress > Skyline North
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 245 ● Sparerib Trad 2 pitches Gallatin Canyon > E Side > Sparerib Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 102 ● The Mutt and Jeff Trad 5 pitches Humbug Spires > Wedge
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 245 ● Standard Route Trad 3 pitches Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 85 ● Diesel Driver Trad Gallatin Canyon > E Side > Black Line Buttress
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 129 ● Tigger Trad 2 pitches Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 142 ● Flake Fest Sport Paradise Valley > Allenspur > 7-11 Crag
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 130 ● Theoretically Trad, TR Hyalite Canyon > Practice Rock
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 144 ● Ignition Sport Bear Canyon > Lower Bear Canyon > Prow
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 96 ● Bowling for Buicks Sport Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower

● The Thrill is Gone

Hyalite Canyon > Unnamed Wall

131

M4 Mixed

● Cleopatra's Needle

Hyalite Canyon > Twin Falls Area

100

WI5 Ice 3 pitches

● Mummy II

Hyalite Canyon > Mummy Area

149

WI3+ Ice

● Scepter

Hyalite Canyon > Mummy Area

128

WI5- Ice

● The Dribbles

Hyalite Canyon > Dribbles Area

159

WI4 Trad, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches

● Skyline Arete

Gallatin Canyon > … > Skyline Buttress > Skyline North

212

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 6 pitches

● Sparerib

Gallatin Canyon > E Side > Sparerib Area

245

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 2 pitches

● The Mutt and Jeff

Humbug Spires > Wedge

102

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 5 pitches

● Standard Route

Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower

245

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches

● Diesel Driver

Gallatin Canyon > E Side > Black Line Buttress

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Tigger

Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower

129

5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches

● Flake Fest

Paradise Valley > Allenspur > 7-11 Crag

142

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Theoretically

Hyalite Canyon > Practice Rock

130

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, TR

● Ignition

Bear Canyon > Lower Bear Canyon > Prow

144

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Bowling for Buicks

Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

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