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Introducing Butte's Climbing Guide - 3rd Edition -

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Published posthumously; Butte's Climbing Guide is a tribute to the author, a Butte native and Montana climbing legend, Dwight Bishop. This is the definitive guide to 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.



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Long popular with locals from Butte, Missoula, Bozeman and Helena, the Boulder Batholith is scattered near the arteries of Interstate 90 and Interstate 15; offering an easily accessible "stop-over" for road-tripping climbers from Alberta or from across the US headed south to the desert, north to Canada, east to Devil's Tower, or west to the Cascades.


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Introduction Pages , 516 Kb

Dragons Back , 816 Kb

Homestake Pass , 740 Kb

The Wedge / Humbug Spires , 316 Kb

Whiskey Gulch , 987 Kb


As concentrated as it is, if Whiskey was to become famous for one thing, it would be the fact that it contains only a small percentage of the overall problems throughout the Boulder Batholith. The rest are awaiting your first pull.

Whiskey Gulch Bouldering
by Alek Tkach.

Butte's Climbing Guide, 3rd edition features "Whiskey Gulch Bouldering" by Alek Tkach. Long the secret haunt of the hard core Bozeman and Missoula bouldering set, Whiskey has developed into one of America's premier bouldering venues, featuring multiple problems off all grades up to V11 including boulders with short sandy landings to the nastiest highballs you can imagine.




Photo of Dwight Bishop by Kurt Krueger.

Butte's Climbing Guide
by Dwight R. Bishop
1st edition (22 pg.) published 1990.
2nd edition (90 pg.) published 1996.

With over half the described climbs (both sport and traditional gear) rated 5.10 or less, hundreds of boulder problems under V2, 5.13 finger cracks, and untold new routes yet to be developed, this book certainly "has something for everyone."

FROM THE FOREWORD:
"It is the dream of all those involved that future editions of this guide will transcend any concept of individual authorship and become a community owned, and sustained, project.

The routes listed in this book are less than half the climbs and boulder problems completed along the Boulder Batholith. Their exclusion is by design and we all hope you will discover them for yourself."

TITLE:

Butte's Climbing Guide, 3rd edition

Sub-Title:

Featuring Whiskey Gulch Bouldering by Alek Tkach

AUTHOR

Dwight R. Bishop

ISBN 10:

1-933009-01-2

ISBN 13:

978-1933009-018

RETAIL PRICE:

$17.95

SPECIFICATIONS:

192 pages, 5.5" x 7.5", rounded corners, B&W, 167 photos with routes drawn, 19 maps/topos, over 325 sport and gear routes (up to 5.13) and 230 boulder problems (up to V11).

Availability:

Direct from www.firstascentpress.com, any quality outdoor and book store in southwest Montana and other select retailers throughout the country.
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