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Areas in Northwest Region

Alberton Rest Stop 1 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Bad Rock Canyon 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Baker Lake Boulders 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Bass Creek 5 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Bear Creek Canyon 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 5

Big Creek/McCalla Ridge 3 / 10 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Blackleaf Canyon 1 / 9 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 11

Blodgett Canyon 29 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 2 / 34

Buffalo Canyon/Dark Canyon 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Cabinet Mountain Wilderness 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29 / 1 / 7 / 31 / 31

Canyon Creek 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Canyon Peak 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Chaffin Creek 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

Crystal Theater / Babcock Spires 4 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Cyanide Creek (Augusta, Montana) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Elk Meadows 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Elk Rock 1 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Finley Creek 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Glacier National Park 7 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 9

glen domes7 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Heap, The 1 / 7 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Holland Falls 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Kila Crags 0 / 13 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Kootenai Canyon 27 / 53 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 74

Kootenai River 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Little McGregor Massifs 3 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Lolo Pass Area 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Lost Horse 1 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Lost Wall 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Marston / Stryker / Stillwater 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Memorial Falls 11 / 7 / 21 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Mill Creek 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 7

Mill Creek North Rim 5 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 36

Mission Mountains 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 1 / 4 / 4

Missoula 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Monarch Area/Camp Rotary 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Monarch Canyon 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Muddy Creek 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Mulkey Gulch 1 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

North Fork Teton River Canyon 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Ojibway Peak 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 5

Point of Rocks 7 / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Random Events Wall 0 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Rattler Gulch 8 / 41 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 46

Roadside Rock 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Roaring Lion Canyon 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sluice Boxes State Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Stone Hill 33 / 11 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 42

Sun River Canyon 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Sweathouse Creek Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Sweathouse Creek Crags 3 / 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Testament Slabs 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

That Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Tor Rock 5 / 7 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Trapper Creek 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

UM Campus 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Wolf Butte 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

Elevation:	3,374 ft
GPS:	47.778, -114.186 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Zach Wahrer on Nov 4, 2018
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Description

The northwest region of Montana features some of the state's best climbing, near Missoula. Glacier National Park and areas near Great Falls are also in this region.

Getting There

Access is typically from I-90 and Highway 83.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Northwest Region

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

V4 6B 11 ● The Duke Boulder Lost Horse > Clearcut Boulders > John Wayne Boulder
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 22 ● Cripple Crack Trad Stone Hill > Holds Up Bluff North
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 39 ● Classic Crack Trad Kootenai Canyon > Identity Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 38 ● Pleasant Surprise Trad Kootenai Canyon > Second Buttress
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 24 ● Room With A View Sport Stone Hill > Room with a View
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 65 ● Shoshone South Face Trad 5 pitches Blodgett Canyon > Shoshone Spire
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a R 8 ● The Free Lament Trad 3 pitches Blodgett Canyon > Blackfoot Dome
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 15 ● Room with a View (2) Sport Stone Hill > Room with a View
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 53 ● 11th Commandment Sport Kootenai Canyon > First Buttress
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 23 ● My Moms Muscle Shirt Trad 8 pitches Blodgett Canyon > Flathead Buttress
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 27 ● Flying Time Sport Kootenai Canyon > Second Buttress
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 30 ● The Tempest Sport Kootenai Canyon > First Buttress
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 13 ● Dude Trad Kootenai Canyon > Identity Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 26 ● Timebinder Trad 8 pitches Blodgett Canyon > Prow
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 24 ● Venus De Milo Sport Kootenai Canyon > Second Buttress