Peakbagging Montana List of 53 PeaksShowing Tim Worth's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (41 out of 53, or 77.36%)Rank | Peak | Elev-Ft | Range (Level 5) | Prom-Ft | Ascent Date |
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1. | Tweedy Mountain | 11,154 | Pioneer Mountains | 3794 | 2002 | 1. | West Goat Peak | 10,793 | Anaconda Range | 3953 | 2002 | 3. | Mount Wood | 12,660 | Beartooth Mountains | 2860 | 2003 | 3. | Crazy Peak | 11,209 | Crazy Mountains | 5709 | 2003 | 3. | Mount Cleveland | 10,466 | Lewis Range | 5226 | 2003 | 3. | Table Mountain | 10,223 | Highland Mountains | 4422 | 2003 | 3. | Mount Powell | 10,168 | Flint Creek Range | 3728 | 2003 | 3. | Mount Edith | 9480 | Big Belt Mountains | 4080 | 2003 | 3. | Crow Peak | 9414 | Elkhorn Mountains | 3805 | 2003 | 3. | Big Baldy Mountain | 9177 | Little Belt Mountains | 3557 | 2003 | 3. | Greathouse Peak | 8681 | Big Snowy Mountains | 4061 | 2003 | 3. | Old Baldy | 8680 | Big Snowy Mountains | 1360 | 2003 | 13. | Trapper Peak | 10,157 | Central Bitteroot Range | 3570 | 2004 | 13. | Mount Stimson | 10,142 | Lewis Range | 4382 | 2004 | 13. | Rocky Mountain | 9392 | Rocky Mountain Front | 3232 | 2004 | 13. | Quartz Benchmark | 7770 | Northern Bitterroot Range | 1890 | 2004 | 17. | Castle Mountain | 12,612 | Beartooth Mountains | 2652 | 2005 | 18. | Hilgard Peak | 11,316 | Madison Range | 4063 | 2007 | 18. | Mount Jefferson | 10,203 | Centennial Mountains | 3363 | 2007 | 20. | Highwood Baldy | 7670 | Highwood Mountains | 3290 | 2008-07-09 | 21. | West Butte | 6983 | Western International Border Area Plains | 3633 | 2008-07-10 | 22. | McDonald Peak | 9820 | Mission Range | 5640 | 2008-07-12 | 23. | Snowshoe Peak | 8738 | Cabinet Mountains | 5418 | 2008-07-14 | 24. | Ch-paa-qn Peak | 7996 | Ninemile-Reservation Divides | 3996 | 2008-07-17 | 25. | Red Mountain | 9411 | Flathead Range | 3801 | 2008-07-19 | 26. | Sacagawea Peak | 9650 | Bridger Range | 3930 | 2016 | 26. | Big Pryor Mountain | 8786 | Pryor Mountains | 4286 | 2016 | 28. | Eighteenmile Peak | 11,125 | Beaverhead Mountains | 1635 | 2017 | 28. | Garfield Mountain | 10,961 | Beaverhead Mountains | 3281 | 2017 | 28. | South Sheep Mountain | 10,606 | Lionshead-Henrys Lake Ranges | 3666 | 2017 | 28. | Sunset Peak | 10,581 | Snowcrest Range | 3741 | 2017 | 28. | Holland Peak | 9356 | Swan Range | 3996 | 2017 | 28. | Haystack Mountain | 8819 | Bolder Batholith | 2419 | 2017 | 28. | Great Northern Mountain | 8705 | Flathead Range | 2505 | 2017 | 28. | Butte Cabin Ridge | 8468 | John Long Mountains | 2548 | 2017 | 28. | Black Mountain | 8330 | Garnet Range | 2530 | 2017 | 28. | Nasukoin Mountain | 8086 | Whitefish-MacDonald Range | 3046 | 2017 | 28. | Northwest Peak | 7705 | United States Purcell Mountains | 4424 | 2017 | 28. | Baldy Mountain | 7464 | Thompson-Baldy Area | 4064 | 2017 | 28. | McGuire Mountain | 6991 | Salish Mountains | 3071 | 2017 | 28. | O'Brien Mountain | 6772 | United States Purcell Mountains | 3132 | 2017 | | Granite Peak | 12,799 | Beartooth Mountains | 4759 | | | Mount Cowen | 11,212 | Northern Absaroka Range | 2652 | | | Electric Peak | 10,969 | Gallatin Range | 3389 | | | Homer Youngs Peak | 10,621 | Beaverhead Mountains | 3181 | | | Hollowtop Mountain | 10,604 | Tobacco Root Mountains | 3884 | | | Kintla Peak | 10,101 | Livingston Range | 4401 | | | Ruby Benchmark | 9391 | Ruby Range | 2431 | | | McLeod Peak | 8620 | Rattlesnake Mountains | 3740 | | | Elk Peak | 8566 | Castle Mountains | 2768 | | | Bearpaw Baldy | 6916 | Western International Border Area Plains | 4226 | | | Antoine Butte | 5720 | Western International Border Area Plains | 2670 | | | West Chalk Butte | 4200 | Southeast Montana Plains | 220 | |
Front Runners List: Click here to see list completion progress by climbers that log their climbs using Peakbagger.com. Multiple Ascents Grid: Click here for a grid showing all of Tim Worth's ascents of peaks on this list (including up to 10 rounds of repeats). Compare Climbers: Click here to compare ascents of up to 5 climbers working on this list. List DescriptionCedron Jones is perhaps the most prolific peakbagger in the history of Montana, with over 1000 ascents of peaks in the state to his credit over many decades of exploring its huge variety of mountains. In 2011 he wrote a new guidebook, Peakbagging Montana, with climbing information for 53 of the most prominent, interesting, and representative peaks in Montana, based on his intimate knowledge of the subject.
This list, while not based on any objective criteria, has several virtues. It does not contain as many relatively flat peaks and "liners" as the Montana county high point list, it has fewer peaks than the daunting 143 on the 2000-foot prominence list for the state, and it has more geographic diversity than the 11,000-foot peak list, which is inordinately focused on the Beartooths.
There are still many stiff challenges on this list, and only skilled scramblers comfortable on Montana's notoriously crumbly rock will be able to complete it. Under ideal weather and route conditions, no peak on this list will require a rope for peakbaggers comfortable with class 3 terrain with occasional bits of class 4. Still, many peaks require multi-day expeditions and solid wilderness skills. The peaks in Glacier National Park and the Beartooths in particular can be difficult.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Cedron Jones and Chris Cauble of Riverbend Publishing for putting together the list and the Peakbagging Montana book.
Links Riverbend Publishing - Peakbagging Montana
Selected Guidebook(s) for this List Peakbagging Montana (Jones)
Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.
Map Showing Location of Peaks = Peaks climbed by Tim Worth = Unclimbed peaks Click on a peak to see its name and a clickable link.(Map only shows peaks ranked by clean prominence)
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