Climbing Guidebooks for SW Montana

Below is a list of guidebooks for climbing areas in SW Montana. Buy one today, browse, get out, and climb!

Local Guidebook authors have opened up information about climbing in SW Montana to whole new audiences of climbers. Best of all, you'll probably meet many of these authors.

Bozeman Rock Climbs - 3rd Edition

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by Bill Dockins & Tom Kalakay

Written by two veteran Bozeman climbers, Bozeman Rock Climbs is the only comprehensive guide to crags in the Bozeman area.

Rock Climbs of Southwest Montana

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by Kyle Vassilopoulos
Volume 4 : Big Sky Rock Series of Montana Climbing Guides

The most up to date and first full color guide to almost 700 routes

Winter Dance

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Gold Medal Award Winner in Adventure/Recreation, 2004

by Joe Josephson. Foreword by Mark Twight.

Granite Peak

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Granite Peak : 12,799 Feet
A Climbing Guide & 1:24,000 Topo Map to Montana's Highest Point

Volume 1 in our new "High Point Map Series"

Paradise Valley-A Rock Climber's Guide

Paradise Valley Rock Climbs

Contained in this guide is the author's semi-historical account of climbs in Paradise Valley, which range from 15 foot roped boulder problems to 700 foot multi-pitch trad lines.  The routes here-in are a collection of accomplishments which are documented and displayed for your entertainment.  Use this guide to aid on the journey of self-discipline and learning to master the various geological findings with in the Paradise Valley.

Big Sky Ice

Big Sky Ice-Guidebook

Big Sky Ice is the historical guide to western Montana. It includes a broad range of climbs, from Glacier National Park to the Beartooths.

Central Montana Rock

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by Jake Mergenthaler

Volume 2 : Big Sky Rock Series of Montana Climbing Guides Montana climbing legend Bill Dockins claims, "Per capita, the number of routes the Helena climbers are putting up makes the rest of us look like we are sleeping."

Butte's Climbing Guide - 3rd Edition

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Published posthumously, Butte's Climbing Guide is a tribute to the author, the Butte native and Montana climbing legend Dwight Bishop. This is the definitive guide to the rock climbing and bouldering of the famous and unique "Boulder Batholith."

Spread out across the Continental Divide, the areas covered offer a wealth of climbing opportunities with everything from roadside crags, to the best back country spires in the state, to vast and largely untapped bouldering fields.