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Southwest Region Climbing

Climbing Area Map

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 / 41 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

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

Big Belt Mountains 7 / 93 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 100

Big Sky Area 11 / 40 / 6 / 133 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 25 / 188

Blue Cloud 10 / 19 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Bozeman Pass 0 / 47 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 47

Bridger Range 13 / 59 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 62 / 69

Castle Mountains 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

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

Coolidge 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 4 / 4

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

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 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Gallatin Canyon 187 / 116 / 15 / 110 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 57 / 403

Gillespie Basin 1 / 5 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

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

Homestake Pass 30 / 10 / 2 / 22 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 60

Humbug Spires 12 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Hyalite Canyon 65 / 38 / 16 / 29 / 80 / 0 / 50 / 8 / 186

Indian Creek 5 / 24 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Lower Pipestone Forest 0 / 0 / 0 / 37 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 37

Madison River Area 28 / 18 / 4 / 92 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 139

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

Mount Helena 0 / 21 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

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

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

Paradise Valley 31 / 105 / 8 / 95 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 16 / 239

Revenue Flats 7 / 17 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

Rumsey Road Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Sheep Mountain 16 / 6 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

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 / 9 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

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

Tobacco Root Mountains 2 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 14

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

Whiskey Gulch 1 / 0 / 0 / 50 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 51

Elevation:	4,781 ft
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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.

WI3+ 90 ● The Elevator Shaft Ice Hyalite Canyon > Unnamed Wall
M4 87 ● The Thrill is Gone Mixed Hyalite Canyon > Unnamed Wall
WI3 89 ● Mummy II Ice Hyalite Canyon > Mummy Area
WI4-5 83 ● Scepter Ice Hyalite Canyon > Mummy Area
WI4 91 ● The Dribbles Trad, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches Hyalite Canyon > Dribbles Area
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 141 ● Skyline Arete Trad 6 pitches Gallatin Canyon > … > Skyline Buttress > Skyline North
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 173 ● Sparerib Trad 2 pitches Gallatin Canyon > E Side > Sparerib Area
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 65 ● The Mutt and Jeff Trad 5 pitches Humbug Spires > Wedge
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 183 ● Standard Route Trad 3 pitches Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 79 ● Thing In Between Trad Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 90 ● Tigger Trad 2 pitches Gallatin Canyon > W Side > Gallatin Tower
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 66 ● Black Line Trad Gallatin Canyon > E Side > Black Line Buttress
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 102 ● Flake Fest Sport Paradise Valley > Allenspur > 7-11 Crag
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 94 ● Theoretically Trad, TR Hyalite Canyon > Practice Rock
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 99 ● Ignition Sport Bear Canyon > Lower Bear Canyon > Prow