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Classic Climbs for Mission Gorge

Mountain Project's determination of the most popular, highly-rated routes.

V3 6A 10 ● Tomahawked Boulder Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Little Gray Block (ak…
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 111 ● The Stairs Trad Lunch Rock
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 81 ● Sierra Club Chimney Trad, TR Main Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 64 ● The Trauma Trad, TR Lunch Rock
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 35 ● Cirith Ungol Trad Middle Earth
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 59 ● Radagast Trad Middle Earth
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 21 ● History Book Trad Limbo Area > Top of the Pops Area
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 253 ● The Ramp Trad, TR Lunch Rock
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 313 ● The Tower Sport, TR Limbo Area > Trailside
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 224 ● Turkey Chute Trad, TR Limbo Area > Trailside
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 228 ● Easy Rider Sport, TR Middle Earth
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 82 ● Gandalf Trad, TR Middle Earth
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 28 ● Room With A View (aka Helm's Deep) Trad Middle Earth
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 96 ● Skyline Pinnacle Trad Lunch Rock
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 81 ● Abacab TR Limbo Area > Deviate Wall
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 51 ● Back to Basics Trad, TR Limbo Area > Deviate Wall
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 43 ● Volume II TR Limbo Area > Trailside
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 28 ● Top of the Pops Trad Limbo Area > Top of the Pops Area
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 273 ● As the Crow Flies Sport Limbo Area > Trailside
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 114 ● Skyline Arete Trad, Sport Lunch Rock
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 36 ● Skyline Face Trad, Sport Lunch Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 89 ● Knob Job TR Main Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 177 ● Shadowfax Trad, TR Middle Earth
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 104 ● Dimrill Stair Trad Middle Earth
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 170 ● Sam I Am Sport Middle Earth
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 182 ● Crack of Dust Trad Main Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 140 ● Craig's Crack Trad Limbo Area > Craig's Crack
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 269 ● Mission Control Sport Lunch Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 42 ● Mission Gorge Traverse Trad Main Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 42 ● True Skyline Arete Trad, Sport Lunch Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 85 ● The Owl Trad Main Wall
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 59 ● Dwarrowdelf Trad Middle Earth
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 34 ● Ramp Arete TR Lunch Rock
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 295 ● Suzie's Wild Ride Sport Main Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 55 ● Apostrophe Trad, TR Limbo Area > Aqualunge
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 39 ● The Rift Trad Limbo Area > Trailside
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 73 ● Quack of Ducks Trad Main Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 21 ● Orc Trad Middle Earth
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 22 ● Rock Wrestling/ Smaug Trad Middle Earth
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a V1 5 18 ● Old School Problem 1 Boulder Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Big Orange Block (aka…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 68 ● Gallwas Crack Trad Main Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 35 ● Nutcracker Trad Main Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 53 ● Fingerrip Trad Main Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 19 ● Digitalis TR Limbo Area > Deviate Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 128 ● Hangman's Climb Sport, TR Main Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 81 ● Mariah Trad, TR Main Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 55 ● Caradhras Trad Middle Earth
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 172 ● Karmic Relief Sport Middle Earth
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 66 ● Kathy's Memorial Trad, TR Limbo Area > Deviate Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 70 ● Fool's Gold Sport Middle Earth
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R 33 ● Clear Light Trad, TR Lunch Rock
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 67 ● Afterthought Sport, TR Middle Earth
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 27 ● Shelob's Lair Trad Middle Earth
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 87 ● Monkey Dance Sport, TR Limbo Area > Deviate Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 27 ● Mickey Finn Sport Main Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 6 ● Sympathy Trad Main Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 34 ● Facial Tissue TR Limbo Area > Craig's Crack
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 58 ● Rock On Trad, Sport Main Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 118 ● Khazad-dûm Sport Middle Earth
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 91 ● Empathy Sport Main Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 24 ● Strider Face TR Middle Earth
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 21 ● Straight Out of Sitka TR Middle Earth
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 30 ● ME Overhang Center TR Middle Earth
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 13 ● Lord of the Flies TR Limbo Area > Craig's Crack
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 51 ● Lord of the Rings Sport Middle Earth
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 52 ● Never Intended Sport Main Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 28 ● Middle Finger TR Middle Earth
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 14 ● Rectum Roof Trad Main Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 45 ● Orange Walk Trad, Sport Lunch Rock
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 9 ● Prime Directive Trad, Sport Main Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 40 ● Double Trouble Sport Limbo Area > Trailside
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 104 ● Standard Deviation Sport, TR Limbo Area > Deviate Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 173 ● Orange Sunshine Sport Middle Earth
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 13 ● Cornered TR Main Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 81 ● Mighty Monger Sport Limbo Area > Trailside
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 14 ● Out on a Whim Trad Middle Earth
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 78 ● Escapade Sport, TR Main Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 25 ● Big Kahuna Sport Middle Earth
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 93 ● Glamdring Sport Middle Earth
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 5 ● Moonage Daydream Sport Alley Oop Boulder
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 26 ● Aqualunge Sport Limbo Area > Aqualunge
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 53 ● Andúril Sport, TR Middle Earth
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 24 ● General Dynamics Trad, Sport Main Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 5 ● Left Overture TR Main Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 28 ● Master of Defeet Sport Main Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 5 ● Grandpa's Dihedral TR Middle Earth
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c V3 6A 9 ● Old School Problem 2 AKA South… Boulder Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Big Orange Block (aka…
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 34 ● Black Rider Sport, TR Middle Earth
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 13 ● The Wasp Trad Main Wall
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 9 ● Trapeze Trad Main Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 10 ● Escape From The Underworld Sport Limbo Area > Aqualunge
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 12 ● Quantum Leap Sport Main Wall
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a 14 ● Deviate Behavior Sport Limbo Area > Deviate Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 20 ● Rocking the Dalai Lama Sport Middle Earth
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 18 ● Obverse from the Gap Sport Main Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 13 ● Mission Impossible Sport Main Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 4 ● Yellow Jacket Sport Main Wall
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b V5-6 6C+ 4 ● Big Orange Boulder Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Big Orange Block (aka…
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 7 ● The Thumb Sport Main Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b PG13 4 ● MissBeGettin Trad Main Wall

● Tomahawked

Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Little Gray Block (ak…

V3 6A Boulder

● The Stairs

Lunch Rock

111

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c Trad

● Sierra Club Chimney

Main Wall

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c Trad, TR

● The Trauma

Lunch Rock

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, TR

● Cirith Ungol

Middle Earth

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad

● Radagast

Middle Earth

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad

● History Book

Limbo Area > Top of the Pops Area

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad

● The Ramp

Lunch Rock

253

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, TR

● The Tower

Limbo Area > Trailside

313

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport, TR

● Turkey Chute

Limbo Area > Trailside

224

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, TR

● Easy Rider

Middle Earth

228

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport, TR

● Gandalf

Middle Earth

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, TR

● Room With A View (aka Helm'…

Middle Earth

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad

● Skyline Pinnacle

Lunch Rock

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad

● Abacab

Limbo Area > Deviate Wall

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b TR

● Back to Basics

Limbo Area > Deviate Wall

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, TR

● Volume II

Limbo Area > Trailside

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b TR

● Top of the Pops

Limbo Area > Top of the Pops Area

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad

● As the Crow Flies

Limbo Area > Trailside

273

5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport

● Skyline Arete

Lunch Rock

114

5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Sport

● Skyline Face

Lunch Rock

5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Sport

● Knob Job

Main Wall

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR

● Shadowfax

Middle Earth

177

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR

● Dimrill Stair

Middle Earth

104

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Sam I Am

Middle Earth

170

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● Crack of Dust

Main Wall

182

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Craig's Crack

Limbo Area > Craig's Crack

140

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Mission Control

Lunch Rock

269

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport

● Mission Gorge Traverse

Main Wall

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● True Skyline Arete

Lunch Rock

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, Sport

● The Owl

Main Wall

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Dwarrowdelf

Middle Earth

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad

● Ramp Arete

Lunch Rock

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR

● Suzie's Wild Ride

Main Wall

295

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport

● Apostrophe

Limbo Area > Aqualunge

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR

● The Rift

Limbo Area > Trailside

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Quack of Ducks

Main Wall

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Orc

Middle Earth

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Rock Wrestling/ Smaug

Middle Earth

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad

● Old School Problem 1

Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Big Orange Block (aka…

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a V1 5 Boulder

● Gallwas Crack

Main Wall

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad

● Nutcracker

Main Wall

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad

● Fingerrip

Main Wall

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad

● Digitalis

Limbo Area > Deviate Wall

5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a TR

● Hangman's Climb

Main Wall

128

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport, TR

● Mariah

Main Wall

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR

● Caradhras

Middle Earth

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad

● Karmic Relief

Middle Earth

172

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Kathy's Memorial

Limbo Area > Deviate Wall

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR

● Fool's Gold

Middle Earth

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport

● Clear Light

Lunch Rock

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R Trad, TR

● Afterthought

Middle Earth

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport, TR

● Shelob's Lair

Middle Earth

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Monkey Dance

Limbo Area > Deviate Wall

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport, TR

● Mickey Finn

Main Wall

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Sympathy

Main Wall

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad

● Facial Tissue

Limbo Area > Craig's Crack

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b TR

● Rock On

Main Wall

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, Sport

● Khazad-dûm

Middle Earth

118

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Empathy

Main Wall

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport

● Strider Face

Middle Earth

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b TR

● Straight Out of Sitka

Middle Earth

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b TR

● ME Overhang Center

Middle Earth

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b TR

● Lord of the Flies

Limbo Area > Craig's Crack

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b TR

● Lord of the Rings

Middle Earth

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Never Intended

Main Wall

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Middle Finger

Middle Earth

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b TR

● Rectum Roof

Main Wall

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad

● Orange Walk

Lunch Rock

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, Sport

● Prime Directive

Main Wall

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, Sport

● Double Trouble

Limbo Area > Trailside

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Standard Deviation

Limbo Area > Deviate Wall

104

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport, TR

● Orange Sunshine

Middle Earth

173

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport

● Cornered

Main Wall

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b TR

● Mighty Monger

Limbo Area > Trailside

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport

● Out on a Whim

Middle Earth

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad

● Escapade

Main Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport, TR

● Big Kahuna

Middle Earth

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Glamdring

Middle Earth

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Moonage Daydream

Alley Oop Boulder

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Aqualunge

Limbo Area > Aqualunge

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Andúril

Middle Earth

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport, TR

● General Dynamics

Main Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad, Sport

● Left Overture

Main Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c TR

● Master of Defeet

Main Wall

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

● Grandpa's Dihedral

Middle Earth

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c TR

● Old School Problem 2 AKA S…

Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Big Orange Block (aka…

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c V3 6A Boulder

● Black Rider

Middle Earth

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport, TR

● The Wasp

Main Wall

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad

● Trapeze

Main Wall

5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 Trad

● Escape From The Underworld

Limbo Area > Aqualunge

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport

● Quantum Leap

Main Wall

5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport

● Deviate Behavior

Limbo Area > Deviate Wall

5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a Sport

● Rocking the Dalai Lama

Middle Earth

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Obverse from the Gap

Main Wall

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport

● Mission Impossible

Main Wall

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Yellow Jacket

Main Wall

5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport

● Big Orange

Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Big Orange Block (aka…

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b V5-6 6C+ Boulder

● The Thumb

Main Wall

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport

● MissBeGettin

Main Wall

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b PG13 Trad

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