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dreday3000
Mar 30, 2010, 5:30 PM
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Going to fly into Portland May 10th for my honeymoon. We're going to rent a car and be in the area for 2 weeks.
Mostly, we're gonna be touring the countryside and doing the wine tasting thing but we're hoping to get 2-3 days of climbing in as well. I'm pretty comfortable in the 12 range and she's a strong 11 climber ( knock off a grade for trad climbing)
Originally thinking about Smith but now i'm thinking it would be be fun to do some multipitch gear lines together.
Not very familiar with the area but should be striking distances to some nice stuff in the Cascades right? Anything in season?
Looking for recommendations for the rocks and/or anything a pair of newly weds might get up to in the general vicinity.
Thanks.
Thanks.
(edited for spelling)
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dreday3000
Mar 30, 2010, 8:12 PM
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Anyone?
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nkane
Mar 30, 2010, 8:47 PM
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Smith rock has multipitch...
Look up Zebra/Zion... Monkey Face... etc.
Also you could check out Wolf Rock if you're feeling adventurous.
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phillygoat
Mar 30, 2010, 9:22 PM
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check out Monkey Face routes! Gear, bolts, multi-pitch. Monkey Space via the West Face Variation is pretty good, with incredible exposure. Too easy? Astro Monkey.
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dreday3000
Mar 31, 2010, 1:51 AM
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Wolf rock looks perfect but found a link somewhere saying its closed Jan - July 31st for raptors. Anything else like that out there?
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jacobbelsher
Mar 31, 2010, 2:36 AM
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not a lot of good multipitch in the oregon cascades. smith is your best bet. check out trout creek as well. also beacon rock is great.
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truckyme
Mar 31, 2010, 6:46 AM
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dreday3000 wrote: Wolf rock looks perfect but found a link somewhere saying its closed Jan - July 31st for raptors. Anything else like that out there?
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dreday3000
Mar 31, 2010, 9:19 PM
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Does mean that parts of Wolf will be open? I'll look into it a little more.
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truckyme
Mar 31, 2010, 9:50 PM
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i'm not sure. i've only been there once and i can't find my orton guide book.
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patmay81
Mar 31, 2010, 10:17 PM
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beacon rock in the columbia gorge has longer routes, and the whole thing is not closed for nesting. might be a good stop on a road trip to smith.
theres a lot of great multipitch gear routes at smith, depending on difficulty and length desired (most of the notables are 5.10 or less)
try zebra to zion, super slab...
Boughton bluffs in portland has great multipitch, although its not exactly destination climbing. if your interested check out the north wall with gandalfs grip, frodo's journey, and my favorite is the traffic court variation.
there's also rocky butte in portland, but that place sucks. its dirty, lots of trash at the base and the traffic noise is horrible.
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iching
Sep 26, 2010, 3:27 PM
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On the Umpqua:
McKinley Rock
has routes that are 3+ (150 ft) pitches in length, bolts.
Acker Rock
Eagles Dare which requires 6 (100ft) rappels and 100ft of class 4 to it's base from near the lookout and then 8 (100 to 190) ft pitches out.
Peregrine Traverse is a 9 (150ft) pitche traverse of .6 and scrambling.
Black Magic and Maltese Falcon are both 3 (150ft) pitches.
bolts
Old Man Spire is 2 ~100ft pitches of trad
Red Mans Tooth and Jurassic Park
both have multi-pitch routes generally 2 (150ft) pitches. bolts, some trad
On the Willamette as mentioned there is Wolf Rock but the Menagerie is often over looked and has some excellent multi-pitch climbing in the upper watershed for competent lead climbers. bolts, some trad
On the Rogue there is Rabbit Ears and Pilot Rock for multi-pitch climbing. bolts, some trad
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