corvallisclimb Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 does any one have a list of most of the rock climbing guides related to oregon and where they can be found. i've heard of ones about the willamette valley but never seen anything. Quote
Winter Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 Climbing SW Oregon Smith Climbing Guide Portland Rock Those are the current ones. There's also an on-line guide for Spring Mountain and a bunch of other smaller guides I don't know about. There's also the old Dodge books - Oregon Rock. Quote
Gaper_Jeffy Posted June 26, 2004 Posted June 26, 2004 Just make sure you purchase the very popular 2nd edition of the Smith Climbing Guide before it sells out, rumor is it may already be! Quote
cj001f Posted June 26, 2004 Posted June 26, 2004 On the Eclectic Front there's also the Rocky Butte Guide Quote
KingsMM Posted June 27, 2004 Posted June 27, 2004 (edited) Well lets see... None of these are for willamte valley but here goes PRCII Portland Bouldering Guide Oregon Rock (smiff and stein's pillar) Climbing SW Oregon (goes as far north as wolf rock and Skinner Butte Collums) Rock N Road (has some remote crags listings but not much as far as directions) Smith Guide Dodge's Climbing Guide to Oregon (has some nice adventure climbing) I am trying to put up a website for Northern Willamtte Vally and Coast Range But it's still work in progress check it out at www.climb.rock.com or www.geocities.com/kingsmtman There is an Underground Menagerie guide By Jim Anglin Rockclimbing.com has some good Beta Not a guide book but there is climbing down by Lakeview that I know about. That's all I have found so far. -kip Edited June 27, 2004 by KingsMM Quote
corvallisclimb Posted June 27, 2004 Author Posted June 27, 2004 thanks guys, Dodges was the one i was thinking of and could not remember. any of you know where to get ahold of that? ill check amazon but thats about my only idea. Quote
wayne Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 its been out of print for decades, you can put a hold on one in Powells, they turn up there about once a year or so. I have been lucky enough to find 2 old ones and 2 new . good luck Quote
shapp Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 Add to the list Bouldering guide to anthony lakes (pretty laim and total inacurate) Spring Mountain online guide by Kevin Pogue (great spot to climb) You will not find anything in the dodge guide of interest that isn't covered in newer guides, but if you must, check it out an major university library in WA or OR. There is a hiking guide to the Eagle Caps that breifly mentions the dihedrals upstream from Wallowa Lake, it has some lame topos that are totaly inacurate. All of the good climbing that I know of up in the coburg hills that is actually in the willamette valley is on private land except for the collumns. Quote
KingsMM Posted June 29, 2004 Posted June 29, 2004 Has anyone here climbed up in those hills? Seems like there is some BLM land up there. Quote
shapp Posted June 29, 2004 Posted June 29, 2004 I have climbed there and got busted a long long time ago. I have checked into the ownership, you can too on the web at the County website, and at least the access if not all of the land that all the good crags are on is private land. The climbing is pretty good, but don't risk getting busted. I don't think that there is any BLM land any where near the crags. The crags I am talking about are off of McKenzie View Drive. Quote
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