Smith Rock State Park
Rock Formation · Terrebonne, Oregon
A curve of the Crooked River cutting through welded tuff and basalt in the high desert north of Redmond, with sheer walls rising 550 feet from the water. It is generally considered the birthplace of modern American sport climbing - the bolted routes put up here in the 1980s changed the sport in the United States - and there are now well over a thousand routes on the rock. For non-climbers it is a canyon with a river running through it, golden eagles overhead and one very steep trail.
Northeast Crooked River Drive, Terrebonne, Oregon, 97760, United States
Open daily, dawn to dusk, year round, with an Oregon State Parks day-use parking permit or annual pass required. The walk-in bivouac campground is open all year and is used mainly by climbers. ⚠ SEASONAL RAPTOR CLOSURES REMOVE CLIMBING ROUTES from roughly January to August while golden eagles and prairie falcons nest on the walls - the closure list changes annually, is posted at the park and is enforced. The car park fills by mid-morning at weekends in season. ⚠ IN SUMMER THE CANYON IS DANGEROUSLY HOT AND THERE IS NO SHADE; the climb out is where people get into difficulty.
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