Slick Rock offers very long and fought out technical rock climbing located within the Payette National Forest and in an alpine setting. There's 8-10 pitches, routes vary from 5.6 to 5.10+ with some run-outs. It's about a 15 minute hike from the dirt road, and you'll immediately cross a creek on a log jam. Rock type: Granite (diorite intrusions).

Located outside of Bozeman just off Hwy 191 along Storm Castle Road, The Good,The Bad, The Ugly Wall is located along the west end of the popular Scorched Earth Crag. Routes here are steep and better than they often appear to new climbers in the area. The Scorched Crag can be accessed year round with Fall, Spring and Winter being the ideal months to climb here.

As part of the Bozeman Pass climbing area crags, Uff Da Wall formation is located just west of the popular “Fat Man Wall” and consists of two faces. The east face is the Uff Da Wall and the west face is known as “Recess Wall”. Approach the Uff Da Formation from the designated parking area on Chestnut Road off of I-90. After reaching the crags from the parking area continue on the main trail passing the cutoff trail for Fat Man Wall on the right, continue hiking for another sixty feet and look to your left. Follow a faint trail to the wall. Although not the most popular wall in the area, the routes here offer challenging climbs and are never crowded.

Powerline Buttress is the largest formation along the Bozeman Pass climbing area. Located west of Fat Man, Uff Da and Recess Wall, approach the buttress by hiking along the main trail before linking up with what is known as “west trail”. Continue hiking west wrapping around the bottom of the Uff Da Formation and then onto the base of Powerline Buttress. Although the rock here can be a bit dirty, routes will continue to clean up on the well sustained climbs as years go on. Enjoy the longer climbs and faces here compared to the surrounding crags.

Located up canyon from Warm-up Wall and Thunderbolt Buttress, Brain Bucket Wall has a few separate crag formations up the gully. Park at one of the small pullout areas alongside the road and hike a short distance up the gully to find the crags/wall. There is a upper and lower section to the walls.

A popular wall within the Mill Creek Canyon crags, the Lady Fingers Buttress has what is thought to be by many local climbers, as the best moderate cracks in the canyon. The buttress can be accessed by driving up Mill Creek Canyon Road and is located just up canyon from “Peanuts Wall”. Park along the roadside and walk just a few seconds to the wall.

The second largest “fin” formation on the east side of the canyon above the river, Spare Rib Buttress has some of the best climbing in the canyon as well as one of the best climbs in the entire state of Montana. Most routes here are along the exposed prow, with the two cracks splitting the face being the most popular.Approach from the 35 MPH bridge and follow the trail under the bridge to a nice single track trail alongside the river. Link up with the Blackline-Sparerib trail to begin up the steep switchbacks to the Skyline Buttress. You will pass Blackline Buttress and Ashes of Stone Crag one your hike up before reaching the Skyline formation. From Skyline continue north along the main trail to reach the base of Spare Rib.

The King is part of the Spire Rock crag, which is one of the more popular areas near Butte Montana and is the largest of the three outcroppings. Routes listed here are on the west face which offer some of the best routes at Spire Rock. Park along Delmoe Lake Road and hike to the west face which is visible through the trees.

Located above the beautiful Lake Koocanusa and part of the popular Stone Hill crags, The Black Wall sits just off of highway 37 on the east side. The Black Wall is also the tallest of the east side buttresses, characterized by a black chimney that splits the right side of the wall. Park along one of the many pullout areas off the highway and walk a short distance to the wall.

Located along the beautiful Lake Koocanusa and part of the popular Stone Hill crags, Upper Poolside Gully/Room With a View sits just off of highway 37. Routes here offer great views of the lake (as the name implies) and a great blocky overhang feature. These two attributes combined with an easy, almost non existent approach, is what has made this crag a popular classic.