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Elevation: 600 ft
GPS: 45.56658, -122.21157
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Shared By: Toby Butterfield on Sep 11, 2010
Admins: Nate Ball, Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters
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Middle-earth is the first area you'll come across if you're taking the usual approach into Ozone--and, conveniently, it's home to a variety of excellent warmup routes! There are a few cracks which I can't comment on since I haven't climbed them, and four sport routes rated 5.9, 5.10a, 5.10c and 5.11a.

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Middle-earth is the first collection of long, bolted climbs you'll see as you descend into Ozone from the standard (western) approach trail. The trail will split, with the left fork leading up to a bulge of rock and the right fork leading down to the rest of the crag. The climbs off the left fork comprise Middle-earth.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Middle Earth

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 18
Rude Boy
Trad
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 13
Variety
Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 203
Helm's Deep
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 100
Why Must I Cry
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 55
Mean Street
Sport 2 pitches
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 81
Grab n' Go
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 123
House of Pain
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Rude Boy
 18
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
Variety
 13
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
Helm's Deep
 203
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Why Must I Cry
 100
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Mean Street
 55
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport 2 pitches
Grab n' Go
 81
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
House of Pain
 123
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
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