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Welcome to the Oregon section of MountainProject.com! Home to dozens of crags, the Cascade mountains, and the world-famous Smith Rock, Oregon has enough variety to keep any climber happy.


Climbing gyms in Oregon 

Portland metro area:
The Circuit
Stoneworks
Portland Rock Gym
Club Sport

Eugene:
The Crux

Bend:
InClimb

Medford:
Rogue Rock Gym


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Oregon:
The North Face   WI3+ Mod. Snow R     Trad, Ice, Snow, Alpine, 3 pitches, 5300 feet, Grade IV   Mt. Hood
Spiderman   5.7     Trad, 3 pitches, 180 feet, Grade II   Smith Rock : Spiderman Buttress
Pioneer Route   5.7 C0     Trad, Sport, Aid, 3 pitches, 250 feet, Grade III   Smith Rock : Monkey Face
5 Gallon Buckets   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Smith Rock : Morning Glory Wall
Moonshine Dihedral   5.9     Trad, 2 pitches, 90 feet   Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
Karate Crack   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
Cruel Sister   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   West Side : Catwalk Cliff
Zebra/ Zion   5.10b     Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet, Grade III   Smith Rock : Morning Glory Wall
Nine Gallon Buckets   5.10c     Sport, 2 pitches, 90 feet   Smith Rock : Morning Glory Wall
Pure Palm   5.11a     Sport, 80 feet   West Side : Wildfire Wall
Wartley's Revenge   5.11a/b     Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet, Grade II   Smith Rock : The Christian Brothers
Monkey Space   5.11b     Sport, 2 pitches, 100 feet, Grade III   Smith Rock : Monkey Face
Vomit Launch   5.11b     Sport, 1 pitch   Smith Rock : Cocaine Gully
Sunshine Dihedral   5.11d PG13     Trad, 2 pitches   Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
Freebase   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Smith Rock : Cocaine Gully
Dreamin'   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Smith Rock : The Christian Brothers
Latest Rage   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet   Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
Heinous Cling   5.12c     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
Chain Reaction   5.12c     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
To Bolt Or Not To Be   5.14a     Sport, 1 pitch, 135 feet   Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
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Featured Route For Oregon
Brian making the end look nice and casual.

Chain Reaction 5.12c  OR : Smith Rock : The Dihedrals
You can't miss this arete, just left of Darkness At Noon and Heinous Cling. One of the most fun and photogenic routes at Smith (and maybe the whole U.S.). Four bolts lead up the arete, with funky pinching, scumming, crimping and pocket pulling to get through the technical crux between the second and third bolts. The redpoint crux is the sports action throw over the roof at the top, though....[more]   Browse More Classics in OR


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South Sister.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

South Sister.
Photo by Blitzo.


     THE CATHEDRAL at RATTLESNAKE<br />The route is Arabesque(.10a steep!). Draws to the left are on The Groove(.12a small pockets).  Left again is Ikenseaor Crack(.11d). Perhaps meant to be said "I can soar" because the crux dyno out of the crack into a chimney/stem is a bit run. Top roping it, the fall looked uniquely horrifying but clean. The welded tuff is sharper than Smith yet worthy. Almost one hundred sport routes.  Rattlesnake is four air miles west of Trail, Oregon, between Crater Lake and Medford.  The book Rock Climbing Southwest Oregon by Greg Orton has great directions.

BETA PHOTO: THE CATHEDRAL at RATTLESNAKE
The route is Ara...


Crater Lake.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Crater Lake.
Photo by Blitzo.


Crater Lake, Oregon.<br />Photo by Blitzo.

Crater Lake, Oregon.
Photo by Blitzo.


somewhere in Oregon CRACKHEADS like this come a dime a dozen....

somewhere in Oregon CRACKHEADS like this come a di...

Callahans

Callahans

Smith Rock

Smith Rock

I can't remember where this was, but it's somewhere inbetween Crater Lake and Portland.  Amazing rock structure.  2001?

I can't remember where this was, but it's somewher...

Crater Lake, I think in 2001.  Amazing place.  Wizard Island in the center.  Everyone should go on the boat tour of this place given the chance.

Crater Lake, I think in 2001. Amazing place. Wiz...


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By JamieB
Jun 23, 2009

If you're in or around Portland, OR, come on out this Thursday, June 25th. Keith Daellenbach will be discussing the Madrone Wall Preservation Committee's 12-year fight to create a public park at Portland's premier rock climbing area, which is currently closed to access.

Learn how YOU can help save this civic treasure and create a new Clackamas County park.

See the Committee's details here:
http://www.savemadrone.org/

Keith will do a Q&A after the formal presentation, and FREE door prizes will be raffled too. Come by the Mountain Hardwear store at 722 SW Taylor Street – the talk starts at 6 pm.

More details are here:

http://www.mountainhardwear.com/Events.aspx

Full disclosure: I work with Mountain Hardwear, but thought you guys would be interested to hear about this event.

By Peter Franzen
Administrator
From: Portland, OR
Jun 23, 2009

Thanks for the heads-up on that Jamie!