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Columbia Gorge Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Columbia Gorge

AlpenGlow (aka Upper Kueffler Road Boulders) 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Battleground Lake State Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Beacon Rock 109 / 19 / 13 / 17 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 144

Bridge of the Gods Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Bypass, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Empire Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 85 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 86

Farside / Dropzone 67 / 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 73

Hamilton Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Larch Mountain Bouldering (WA) 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Moulton Falls 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

OH8 15 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Ozone 63 / 47 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 110

Rock Creek Cliff (aka Clif's Cliff) 10 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Stratosphere 7 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Tower Rock 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 3

Twilight Zone, The 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Wankers Columns 9 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Windy Slab 5 / 5 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Elevation:	2,301 ft
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Description

The Columbia Gorge holds some of the best climbing for Portland residents besides the ubiquitous Smith Rock. Beacon Rock, the second-largest monolith in the world, is a huge basalt lump with a long history of hard trad climbing. Many other basalt outcroppings lie near the river. Ozone, OH8 and Farside / Dropzone provide accessible sport and trad single pitch climbing to Portland. There is also extensive developed basalt and granite bouldering hidden in the hills. The rock can leave something to be desired but the setting is always beautiful.

Getting There

The region is much closer to the Portland OR metropolis region than the population centers in WA, so most approaches will probably start from there.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Columbia Gorge

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 190 ● South East Corner Trad 6 pitches Beacon Rock > S Face
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 181 ● Helm's Deep Sport Ozone > (2) Middle Earth
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 128 ● Kung Fu Sport Ozone > (4) Gold Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 94 ● Young Warriors Trad 5 pitches Beacon Rock > S Face
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 140 ● Step Child Sport Ozone > {10} Mordor
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 82 ● Party At The Moon Tower Sport Ozone > (3) Snake Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 109 ● Kamikaze Sport Ozone > (5) Old Tree Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 178 ● Carrots for Everyone Sport Ozone > (5) Old Tree Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 108 ● May Day Sport Ozone > (5) Old Tree Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 91 ● Rauch Factor Trad Ozone > (6) Shield Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 60 ● Dod's Dastardly Jam Trad 3 pitches Beacon Rock > S Face
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 122 ● High Plains Drifter Sport Ozone > (6) Shield Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 109 ● House of Pain Sport Ozone > (2) Middle Earth
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 90 ● Chainmail Sport Ozone > (6) Shield Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 66 ● Masterpiece Theatre Sport Ozone > (4) Gold Wall