
The Bozeman Boulders Initiative has finished the construction and development phase. We now have 6 boulders at five locations in Bozeman area parks. We hope that the community and guests will enjoy these climbing structures for years to come.
Bozeman Boulders (B2, as in "B squared") seeks to fund and build realistic climbing boulders in Bozeman Montana parks and open spaces.





On April 15, 2010, the Bozeman Boulder Initiative – a project under the fiscal management of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust – announced that sufficient funds have been raised to fully fund
Bozeman Boulder Initiative Project Manager David Cook said, “This was a real community effort where everyone had some ‘skin in the game.’ The City of Bozeman allocated a Park Improvement Grant to the project, Northern Lights Trading Company donated substantial funding, our Climb On! fundraising event at the Emerson netted over $5,000 and we received generous donations from Big Sky Wind Drinkers and the Southwest Montana Climber’s Coalition. What put us over the top, however, was a $5,000 donation from Dale and Elaine Smith of
As soon as conditions allow, the Bozeman Parks Department will excavate the foundation site at the East Gallatin Recreation Area (sometimes known as “
Whit Magro, a principal in Stronghold Fabrication reports, “Volunteer labor is a key component of our financial model for the construction of these climbing boulders. For the Bozeman Pond boulder, over 500 hours of volunteer labor were donated by members of the climbing community. We’re hoping for a similar outpouring of generosity for boulder #3.”
The goal of the Bozeman Boulder Initiative is to construct recreational climbing boulders, to place them in parks throughout the city and to connect them with a network of trails. At the end of the project, the majority of