Ascent Notes for: Skyline Arête - 5.6 popular Average Rating : 4.08/5

and some good looking rock but its sooo far up there.... team onsight

So much fun. bomber rock, great movement.

Climbed pitch one and rapped down to the ledge for pitch two.
Pitch two hops up two 15 foot steps in to a very well protected chimney. I used my cordelette to tail the rack, shoes and water through the "birth canal" there slim pro there any way. The next two tiers we linked together. the summit is slight on cracks to belay from, but if you hop the 5 foot gap there's a huge boulder that can be slung for a bomber belay spot. Walk off the back side.

This is a great and very fun route. I will just add a little info I would have found helpful. I would do the first two pitches as one, and I would belay at the large ledge after the two 15 foot steps. There are anchors at the back of the ledge that you could use but you would want to extend the belay back to the lip. You can then use these anchors to rap to the beginning of the chimney. The hole at the top of the chimney pitch is quite small. I would suggest limiting your rack and putting any extra gear, including chalk bag, in a sack that the second can carry and pass up through the hole. I am about 155 pounds and I felt almost stuck climbing through. I would consider bringing a second rope or tag line to rappel at this point (down Crystal Caper, which has fixed rappel anchors). The rest of the climb is fun with great views but the down climb is a little ugly. Just before the final ridge, it looks like you can go down to the north (left) and then go up and around this buttress to get around to the south. We carried on along the ridge, which had one more easy pitch (easy but very exposed with loose rock--we used a rope) to get on top of the final outcrop, which has a large cairn. There are fixed rappel anchors on the south side. A single rope (60 m) line gets you to a shelf where you can walk off easily. The down climb is through a burned forest with lots of downed trees and very loose footing. Make sure to stay to your right to avoid missing the start. Enjoy.

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Fun long easy route. Favorite pitch was the chimney with the fucked up squeeze yourself out of a hole move at the end. How does anybody who weighs over a buck seventy climb this route? I hardly got myself through that thing.

Fun exposed route! You really feel like your up there! Weather threatened during whole climb but never panned out.

Sweet little chimney on the second pitch.

seconded the whole route so a friend leaving for grad school in maryland could get one last montana climb for a while

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