Ice Climbing
There are a few top notch ice climbing locations within the Bitterroot Valley, as well as others just a short drive away. Unfortunately, ice climbing guiding services are not available in the area.
| Home to some of western Montana`s best rock climbing, Blodgett has decent ice with the Swan Slabs on the south side of the canyon across from the Shoshone Buttress. The slabs offer some low-angle, two-pitch climbing that`s suitable for novices, plus there`s steeper waterfall ice at the top of the slabs. |
| Just south of the Shoshone Buttress on the north wall, also offers opportunity, but requires improved skills. |
| Near Victor, offers pretty quick access and some top-ropable climbs. The ice is on the canyon`s north walls; cross the creek just above the trailhead parking lot and head for cliffbands that spread out to the west. There`s also some slabby ice up the trail a few miles. |
| If you`re up for a three-mile walk, there are numerous flows in the cliffbands at the far end of the lake. |
