In the early 1980s, when Alan Watts was busy revolutionizing rock climbing, he was lonely at Smith Rock State Park. “There were no people at Smith Rock,” Watts recalled of his days spent establishing ...

What makes the perfect route? Is it the setting, technical difficulty, rock quality, style, variety, or maybe just how you were feeling that day? Through our 100% subjective polling process, we asked ...

Out in the Oregon high desert, wind from the snow-capped Three Sisters Range blows down over the quiet, artsy mountain town of Sisters and the snaking bends of the Crooked River to kiss the golden ...

Hikers can once again access popular hiking trails and rock climbing areas at Smith Rock State Park, with work complete on a new footbridge in the popular central Oregon outdoors destination. The ...

Explore the beauty of Smith Rock State Park in Oregon, USA, home to a 168m (550ft) volcanic rock formation with over 2,000 climbing routes. This iconic rock climbing destination is set in 259 ha (641 ...

SMITH ROCK STATE PARK, Ore. — Smith Rock's new pedestrian bridge across the Crooked River has opened, allowing visitors to once again access popular trails and climbing areas - while also ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

After Joel Tranby, a 21-year-old Bend man, fell to his death while climbing North Sister earlier this month, climbers familiar with the area said the mountain can be difficult to climb and far more ...

TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Smith Rock climber was bitten, apparently by a rattlesnake, at the state park Friday afternoon, prompting a quick rescue effort and flight to St. Charles Bend for ...