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Areas in Northwest Region

4200 Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Alberton Rest Stop 2 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Bad Rock Canyon 0 / 3 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

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

Bigfork Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Blackleaf Canyon 1 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Blodgett Canyon 31 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 2 / 36

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

Cabinet Mountain Wilderness 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 45 / 1 / 12 / 49 / 49

Canyon Creek 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

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

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

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

Dihedral Rock 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 3

Elk Meadows 3 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

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

Firewalls 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Gash Creek 6 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Giant Springs State Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Glacier National Park 14 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 29 / 29

Glen Domes 11 / 3 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Glen Lake Domes 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Hamilton Area Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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

Kila Crags 0 / 15 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Kootenai Canyon 6 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Kootenai River Ice 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Libby Area - Kootenai River Crags 0 / 18 / 6 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Little McGregor Massifs 5 / 7 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Lolo Area 37 / 31 / 22 / 10 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 73

Lost Horse 19 / 1 / 1 / 51 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 72

Lost Wall 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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

Mill Creek 13 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 45 / 45

Mission Mountains 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 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

Mount Sentinel 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 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 Flathead River Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

North Fork Teton River Canyon 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

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

Point of Rocks 21 / 58 / 12 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 86

Rattler Gulch 3 / 46 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 47

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

Sleeping Child Drytooling 8 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 8

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

Stone Hill 160 / 164 / 20 / 58 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 382

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 / 6 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

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

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

Tuckstop Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Welcome Creek Trailhead 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Whitefish Mountain Resort 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

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

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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.

V1 5 19 ● Hangover Boulder Lost Horse > … > Pullout Boulders > Classic Hangover
V4 6B 25 ● The Duke Boulder Lost Horse > Clearcut Boulders > John Wayne Boulder
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 38 ● Cripple Crack Trad Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 04 - Hold Up Bluffs N…
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 126 ● Shoshone South Face Trad 5 pitches Blodgett Canyon > Shoshone Spire
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 55 ● Room With A View Sport Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 02 - Room with a View
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 31 ● Room With a View, Too Sport Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 02 - Room with a View
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 18 ● Charles Wallace the Party Rabbit Sport, Alpine 2 pitches Ojibway Peak
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 13 ● Night Flyer Trad, TR Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 06 - Hold Up Bluffs S…
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R 13 ● Sawed Off Heads Variation Trad, Alpine 9 pitches Mill Creek > Great Awakening Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 43 ● My Mom's Muscle Shirt Trad 8 pitches Blodgett Canyon > Flathead Buttress
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R 14 ● The Awakening Wall Trad, Alpine 10 pitches Mill Creek > Great Awakening Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 17 ● Crack Daddy Trad Lost Horse > Main Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 44 ● Timebinder Trad 8 pitches Blodgett Canyon > Prow
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 16 ● Crazy Horse Trad Lost Horse > Main Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 25 ● The Cannon Sport Rattler Gulch > Divers Wall

● Hangover

Lost Horse > … > Pullout Boulders > Classic Hangover

V1 5 Boulder

● The Duke

Lost Horse > Clearcut Boulders > John Wayne Boulder

V4 6B Boulder

● Cripple Crack

Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 04 - Hold Up Bluffs N…

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad

● Shoshone South Face

Blodgett Canyon > Shoshone Spire

126

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

● Room With A View

Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 02 - Room with a View

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport

● Room With a View, Too

Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 02 - Room with a View

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Charles Wallace the Party R…

Ojibway Peak

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport, Alpine 2 pitches

● Night Flyer

Stone Hill > … 1 > Hold Up - Rdside > 06 - Hold Up Bluffs S…

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, TR

● Sawed Off Heads Variation

Mill Creek > Great Awakening Wall

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R Trad, Alpine 9 pitches

● My Mom's Muscle Shirt

Blodgett Canyon > Flathead Buttress

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 8 pitches

● The Awakening Wall

Mill Creek > Great Awakening Wall

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R Trad, Alpine 10 pitches

● Crack Daddy

Lost Horse > Main Wall

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad

● Timebinder

Blodgett Canyon > Prow

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad 8 pitches

● Crazy Horse

Lost Horse > Main Wall

5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad

● The Cannon

Rattler Gulch > Divers Wall

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

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