Climbing near Portland, Oregon

[GregLTaylor]

I started climbing last year, and have a climbing buddy that can lead up to 5.9 sport.

I am looking for some places around the Portland area that are sport climbs, or top rope abilities without lead climbing.

Can anyone help?

[ivan]

ozone sounds like the place for you - it's got it's own guidebook n' everything

[LostCamKenny]

broughton bluff is a great place wher you can hike around to the top and set up a top rope... same with rocky butte. both are described in tim olson's book, "portland rock climbs."

[kevbone]

ozone sounds like the place for you - it's got it's own guidebook n' everything

 

Good luck finding one.

 

 

[LostCamKenny]

ozone sounds like the place for you - it's got it's own guidebook n' everything

 

Good luck finding one.

 

i think climb max had a few copies last time i was in - i could be mistaken, but for some reason i think i remember it that way. i have been wrong once before...

[crimper]

brougton has the easiest toproping access (you can safely clip a few of the anchors without having to be on a rope or having to rap in to the anchor).

 

at ozone you would need to rap in from a tree first - you can't just traverse or safely downclimb to any of those anchors - and that's a sketchy enterprise when you don't even know where the anchors below you are, or whether you will find an anchor, or what route goes to any anchor that you might find.

 

www.mountainproject.com has like 15-20 ozone routes posted, and i think a few are all sport. check it out. maybe your 5-9 partner can fall, hang and french free up a few 10s! here's a bolted 5-8:

 

http://www.mountainproject.com/v/washington/ozone/new_school_area__mordor/106439545

 

 

[ivan]

ozone sounds like the place for you - it's got it's own guidebook n' everything

 

Good luck finding one.

 

not enough demand for a reprint?

[Cobra_Commander]

not enough demand for a reprint?

 

They are busy writing the Beacon Rock peregrine shitshow addendum.

[denalidave]

not enough demand for a reprint?

 

They are busy writing the Beacon Rock peregrine shitshow addendum.

:lmao:So true...

[GregLTaylor]

Thanks for all the help, sounds like a trip to climbmax is in the making for some good literature!

[JosephH]

They are busy writing the Beacon Rock peregrine shitshow addendum.

Yep, but they'd get that writing done a lot faster if they could actually come up with some ideas or arguments around the closure which are a bit more succinct than "wwwaaaagghhh".

[billcoe]

Are you suggesting this as a cover for the next edition?

 

Make 2 versions - the 2nd one is for Madrone?

[JosephH]

I think we should reserve the eastern most parking spot for that baby - looks like you could post complaints straight to youtube from the parking lot.