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Elevation: 3,500 ft
GPS: 43.9571, -121.0161
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Shared By: mebbing on Oct 16, 2011
Admins: Kevin Piarulli, Micah Klesick, Nate Ball

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The Oregon Badlands Wilderness offers a unique experience of isolated, secluded volcanic basalt climbing in a high desert wilderness setting. Much of the exposed basalt cliffs are the interiors of cracked volcanic pressure ridges, called tumuli, or open labyrinth-like cracks in the ground. The Oregon Badlands Wilderness offers the classic high desert environment, for all that might be loved and loathed for climbing based on the season — dry, sandy, flat expanses of sagebrush and ancient western juniper woodlands atop Columbia River Basalts.

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Head East out of Bend on US Highway 20 for about 17 miles. There are two signed turn-offs on your left for the Oregon Badlands Wilderness. The first is for the Flatiron Rock Trail - best for climbing at Flatiron Rock and Castle. The second signed turnoff is for Badlands Rock Trail — best for the climbing at Badlands Rock, Castle, The Drive In and The South Wall. The trails are very flat and wide, but consist of tiring soft sand.

• 2.8 miles along the Badlands Rock Trail to Badlands Rock.

• 3.7 miles along the Badlands Rock Trail to The Drive In and The South Wall.

• It is 2.6 miles along the Flatiron Rock Trail to Flatiron Rock.

• Castle is in the middle of the 1.1 miles Castle Trail that goes between Badlands Rock and Flatiron Rock.

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