Guides and Trips in Montana
Below are popular guides in Montana that you can use to plan your next adventure. You can download guides, including a detailed map, description and points of interest for a small fee to your iPhone or Android.
Trips
This track follows the best route from the platform overlooking Mummy Cooler II to the base of the route Feeding the Cat. There is a small icicle immediately right of Mummy. The other routes in order from left to right are: Crypt Orchid, The Matrix and Cave & Gully, Unnamed (stepped climb that starts just downhill from Feeding the Cat. There are several un-attempted mixed routes to be done immediately right.
This track follows the approach to the Unnamed Wall and the Black Magic Wall in Hyalite Canyon. This is one of the best, and most popular destinations in the canyon. This particular trip reaches the cliff at the "Bingo World" cave then traverses north (right) and ends at the famous route "Black Magic" which is directly above the parking lot and, when formed, easily visible from there.The routes accessible on this hike...
This trip marks the approach to a classic WI 3 graded ice climb called "Twin Falls" in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, MT.It is also the approach for the following climbs: Palace Butte Falls, The Shimmy, Marc Antoney's Wicked Tool, Cleopatra's Needle, Airborne Ranger, 21 Stitches, The Matriarch and Chockstone Gully.NOTE: I recorded this track on the way out from the climb.
This trip follows the traverse from Hangover to Genesis 2 and then down to the top of Genesis 1. It also goes underneath the route Golden Mean (WI3+) which is just left of G2.
This is the usual approach for climbers going straight to the popular WI 3 route Hangover. It starts by following the traditional way to Genesis 1 then turning left (north) along the cliff to Lower Greensleeves (WI 2). Once around the end of the cliff, the trail marked here goes more or less straight up to the Hangover cliffband.
The Dribbles (WI 4) is one of the best and most popular ice climbing routes in Hyalite Canyon and has one of the longer approaches. The views from the route are among the best in the canyon and the route gets lots of sun. This approach is also used for Avalanche Gulch, Responsible Family Men, Silken Slot, Silken Falls, Climb Above Dribbles and a few other climbs.
This trip shows the approach to the left, and most popular, side of Unnamed Wall in Hyalite Canyon. The approach hits the cliff just between the two routes Bingo World (the big icicle over the cave to the right) and The Thrill is Gone just to the left and hidden in a left-facing corner. From here the routes are, from right to left: The Thrill is Gone, Sharp Dressed Man, Itchy and...
This was simply made to mark the approach to top of the Mountaineers Cliff to the right of the popular area G1 in Hyalite Canyon. Walk around the right side of the cliff to the top. From the platform on top of the cliff, you can rappel from trees over the edge to one of 5 different chain anchors that can be used to top-rope on the 30 meter cliff below.
This is the traditional approach to the Mummy Cooler II and Scepter. It entails walking up the main trail to the Amphitheater Corner Climbs, cutting left at the base of those routes then more or less straight up the hillside only to traverse left to the routes. The straight up the hill part can get very slick and tricky. The new approach from G1 is recommended if you are headed straight to...
This trip is a new (2010) way to get to Mummy Cooler II. It is much better and quicker than the original way up from the Amphitheater Corner Climbs since this way is shorter and angles up the slope more gradually. It also provides a quick access back to the popular G1 at the end of the day to get in a few extra laps.
