Where Is Granite Peak Located In Montana

From the east shore of the lake another trail leads steeply uphill to a notch at the northern end of the barren rock strewn plateau of froze to death mountain.

Where is granite peak located in montana. Located in the northwestern us montana is one of the country s nine mountain states. When the weather opened up in late september jeremy wood and i decided to climb the east ridge of granite peak in the absaroka beartooth wilderness of the custer national forest. There are two trailheads leading to the peak east rosebud and west rosebud. The most common approach to granite peak is from the west rosebud trailhead at the end of a long dusty washboarded road beginning near fishtail mt.

Granite peak lies deep in the beartooth mountains of montana. To access the east rosebud trailhead just off highway 78 drive through roscoe onto the east rosebud lake road. Montana covers an area of 380 800 square km making it the fourth biggest state in the nation. Granite peak is often considered the second most difficult state high point to climb after denali in alaska due to technical climbing poor weather and route finding.

Granite peak is 10 miles 16 km north of the wyoming border and 45 miles 72 km southwest of columbus montana. Located in the beartooth range in the northern rocky mountains granite peak lives up to it s name as a large chunk of granite towering over southern montana. As the highest point in montana it s a peak that s been on the bucket list for a while.