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Elevation: 2,771 ft 845 m
GPS: 45.32584, -118.08836
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Shared By: Allen Sanderson on Aug 13, 2007
Admins: Brennan Crellin, Micah Klesick, Nate Ball

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This area is primarily located around the northeastern part of Oregon and centered around LaGrande. It recieves little attention but for the past thirty years there has been a small but active group of climbers in this area doing routes in the local crags and in the Wallowas.

There are now two state wide guides that include routes for Eastern Oregon. One is rather lacking and rather error prone (Falcon) the other is better (Mountaineers) but neither are complete. High Valley, Spring Mountain and several other Northeastern Oregon locations are featured in Tim Olsen's book Northwest Oregon Rock.

Contributors note - I have added place holders for several areas that I have climbed at and will be adding the routes over time. There are other areas that I will let others add in. Because there are many small areas I have placed them all under "Northeastern Oregon" rather than listing them individually and cluttering up the main page.

Oh yeah - Northeastern Oregon does not mean everything east of the Cascades :-).

Formerly contained an area called Elgin Wall, but this has been removed as the property owner does not allow climbing.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Northeast Oregon

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 32
Pod of God
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 38
Spring Fever
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 19
Maid in the Shade
Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 42
Flaked out
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 4
Crowbar
Sport
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 33
Epiphany roof
Sport
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 6
Route 05
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 41
Skinny Hippie
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 5
Triple Threat
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 41
Rally Race
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 38
Mojo Rising
Sport
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 29
Black out
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 4
Arrive Alive
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 8
Fiddle of Gold
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 16
Chubby Hubby
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Pod of God Spring Mountain
 32
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
Spring Fever Spring Mountain
 38
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Maid in the Shade Spring Mountain
 19
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Flaked out Spring Mountain
 42
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
Crowbar Fiddlers Hell > Strings
 4
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Epiphany roof Spring Mountain
 33
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport
Route 05 Fiddlers Hell > Concert Hall
 6
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport
Skinny Hippie Spring Mountain
 41
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Triple Threat Fiddlers Hell > Balcony
 5
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Rally Race Spring Mountain
 41
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Mojo Rising Spring Mountain
 38
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Black out Spring Mountain
 29
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Arrive Alive Fiddlers Hell > Strings
 4
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Fiddle of Gold Fiddlers Hell > Concert Hall
 8
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Chubby Hubby Spring Mountain
 16
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
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