Why Join?

Access Issues: A large current membership base gives the SMCC clout when dealing with forest service and other goverments officials, as well as with land owners.

Financial Help: Membership dues help defray costs of the SMCC newsletter, advertising, and new anchors.  We especially need help now for the Hyalite appeal process.

Stay informed: Receive e-mails and the bi-annual newsletter alerting you to access issues, trail building days, and other SMCC events.

Involvement: Be a part of our climbing community.  Meet other climbers and have fun!

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THE SMCC MISSION:

To find solutions to access issues pertaining to climbing areas;

To provide a forum for positive communications and relations between climbers, land managers, landowners, and other land users;

Education and outreach to land managers, and the nonclimbing public about matters of concern to the local climbing community;

Informing and educating the climbing community about local climbing issues;

Promoting climbing saftey in Southwest Montana;

Organizing and promoting trail improvement and maintenance, erosion control, and resource conservation projects.

Ways to Join or Renew your Membership:

Individual membership dues are $10/year; corporate membershps dues are $100/year.  Memberships run Sept. 1 through August 31 (of the following year).

1) Download this form:     SMCC Sign-Up Form

Send it with a check (made out to Southwest Montana Climbers Coalition) to:

Southwest Montana Climbers Coalition

PO Box 6762

Bozeman, MT 59771-6762

2) Sign up at SMCC sponsored events.  These include, but are not limited to, the Annual SMCC Gathering/Baldy Blitz (Spring), Tour de Hyalite (Fall), and Bozeman Ice Festival.

3) Pay with a credit card at:   http://www.firstascentpress.com/buy.html

(First Ascent Press donates all the credit card merchant expenses so the entire membership fee goes to the SMCC.)

4) Sign up at Spire Climbing Center, Bozeman.