Climbing Glacier National Park

Rock-folk,

I used to live to Whitefish and spent a ton of time in Glacier. There are HUGE walls (north face of Siyeh is the first that comes to mind).

Has anyone done much climbing there? I know the rock is not the best, but there is potential for super long moderates. Maybe get out the knifeblades???

Stoked to hear any stories and start to build the Glacier routes page!

-Dan

Hey Dan,
I worked in Glacier several years back. So much rock but most of it is terrible for technical climbing. There are a few spots though. One is right below the waterfall/bridge area of Many Glacier hotel. There is even anchors on a boulder on top. Another spot is a wall behind Rising Sun lodge. There are a few routes on Mt. Wilbur with a pitch or two of technical climbing on somewhat solid rock. I heard a few stories about climbing the face of Siyeh and Mt. Gould; I could not imagine trying to pick my way up thousands of feet of choss. There are a few other decent spots including a few pitches on Grinnel Point I vaguely remember.