The Best Rock Climbing Routes in Oregon

Sacajawea Peak boasts the highest elevation in the Wallowa Mountains, at 9,838 feet above sea level. Nearby Matterhorn Peak was once thought to be higher, but it has since been remeasured at 9,826 feet....

Chief Joseph Mountain looms large over Wallowa Lake, striking a prominent profile against the skyline. While there isn't a developed trail that leads all the way to the top of the mountain, the impressive summit beckons climbers to take their chances on a rough, somewhat challenging ascent....

Middle Sister is the shortest of the Three Sisters at 10,046 feet, but it's still a more technical climb than South Sister, the tallest of the three. The route mapped here approaches via the Pole Creek Trail and Camp Lake Trail....

Of all the Oregon volcanoes, Mount Thielsen appears as one of the most imposing in form. Its summit is a singular crooked spire jutting dramatically upward, making it the tallest thing around in this region of the Cascades....

Mount Washington is a highly eroded volcano of the Central Cascades with an impressive summit. Most of the mountain has been ground away, leaving just its central plug craning toward the sky....

The North Sister is the most difficult of the Three Sisters to climb. While South Sister is the tallest, North Sister is the most technical, with some class 4 scrambling required on poor rock and loose dirt....

Broken Top is a volcanic mountain in the Three Sisters Wilderness. It sits in the shadow of the Three Sisters themselves, not as tall but still impressive with it’s craggy slopes and jagged summit....

This is the route that makes Mount Hood the world’s second-most-climbed glaciated mountain after Mount Fuji. It’s climbed in all seasons but especially in late spring and early summer, when thousands of people go for the Oregon state highpoint....

10,495-foot Mount Jefferson ranks below Mount Hood as the second-tallest peak in the state of Oregon. "With over 5,777 feet of prominence, Jefferson is one of the 57 ultra-prominent peaks of the contiguous United States and is only one of four peaks on this list from Oregon,” writes Fred Spicker on [SummitPost....