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I live in enterprise, just climbed at the dihedrals yesterday. Mixed trad/sports routes. You'll need trad pro to get to some of the bolts higher up. They all start trad. Nice climbing, a bit dirty and a bit hard to find. Best bet is to use the info in fred barstadts Eagle Caps guide, last segment in book. Also, my neighbor, David Jensen, an amazing photographer now, pioneered the first ascents of the Benthos Buttress, and named it. The rating system has changed since he played on it (5.9 was HARD back then) so there may be other ratings floating around. He said 6 pitches, crux at the top, could probably do it in less pitches now. Roughly 600 vertical feet. Approach would take good part of a day. We are lookin at a fall attempt on it. It is not bolted, some routes are pretty loose, real alpine stuff. Hope this helps. There is an exceptional climbing area on the idaho side of the Snake River in limestone with 150 plus routes, much bolted, at Big Bar. It is scorching in August, though,with rattlesnakes and poison ivy. 3-4 hours from Joseph on loop road, 1 hour from Halfway, OR