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Elevation: 6,300 ft 1,920 m
GPS: 45.446, -118.126
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Description Suggest change

A dark black cliff band of Andesite, with aesthetic kelly green lichen splotches and stripes. Quality 20-30m sport and trad routes exist along the entire band.

This area faces SW and is generally very sunny/hot in the summer between 11am-6pm.

This cliff band is on the NE side of the canyon of Fiddlers Hell, shown on this Forest Service topo: data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/ra…

Getting There Suggest change

From La Grande:
> North on Fox Hill Road
> At fork in road, turn right (NE) on Crampton Road
> Left (N-NW)after 4.3 miles
> Park in small pullout after 1.2 miles
> Trail on SW side of road, take downhill to crag
> At ATV trail, walk 10-15 feet left to regain trail downhill to crag, which will begin to switchback down to crag

At the crag, you will encounter the sub-areas in the following order (also left-to-right):
- Entrada
- Strings
- Center Stand
- Concert Hall
- The Balcony

34 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Fiddlers Hell

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 5
● Route 02
Sport
Concert Hall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 5
● Route 03
Sport
Entrada
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 4
● Crowbar
Sport
Strings
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 5
● Route 11
Sport
Strings
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 5
● Route 12
Sport
Strings
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 7
● Route 05
Sport
Concert Hall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 5
● Triple Threat
Sport
Balcony
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 6
● Route 01
Sport
Entrada
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 5
● Route 02
Sport
Balcony
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 4
● Arrive Alive
Sport
Strings
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 8
● Fiddle of Gold
Sport
Concert Hall
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Route 02 Concert Hall
 5
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
● Route 03 Entrada
 5
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
● Crowbar Strings
 4
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Route 11 Strings
 5
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Route 12 Strings
 5
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport
● Route 05 Concert Hall
 7
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport
● Triple Threat Balcony
 5
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Route 01 Entrada
 6
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Route 02 Balcony
 5
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
● Arrive Alive Strings
 4
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● Fiddle of Gold Concert Hall
 8
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
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STRINGS sub-area<br> 01 [[Route 01 (5.11)]]109342579<br> 02 [[Arrive Alive (5.11)]]109342665<br> 03 [[Route 03 (5.12)]]109342693<br> 04 [[Crowbar (5.10)]]109342822<br> 05 [[Route 05 (5.10)]]109366499<br> 06 [[Route 06 (5.11)]]109366517<br> 07 [[White Lime (5.11)]]109366726<br> 08 [[Route 08 (5.10)]]109366752<br> 09 [[Route 09 (5.12)]]109366783<br> 10 [[Route 10 (5.10)]]109366792<br> 11 [[Route 11 (5.10)]]109367174<br> 12 [[Route 12 (5.10)]]109366996
STRINGS sub-area 01 Route 01 (5.11) 02 Arrive…
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