Start on chute. Clip bolt, undercling and straddle the giant protrusion after placing in crack underneath. Solid #8 hex placement. Continue up obvious line clipping bolts, placing stoppers. Meander left, placing small cam or stopper in vertical crack on left and finishing through two bolts on the pinnacle.

Things That Rhyme With Bilbo

Frodo's Fright

Guardian Face

Guardian

Goldberry Lane

This route isn't exactly on Ered Lithui, but rather an unnamed formation just to the south.  Hike up to the hill at the start of Middle Earth.  Instead of taking the trail up to the Hrum Hroom area, descend back towards the Outlets slightly until it is possible to contour the rocks heading west.  This route is on the face just to the right of the Guardian, which is the obvious dihedral that is to the right when contouring the downhill side. 

  Climb the face to the right of the dihedral.  Follow the 4 bolts to the fixed anchors.  Rappel with one rope.

Climb up to and clip the first bolt on Things that Rhyme with Bilbo.  This is just below the large pointed protrusion.  Instead of pulling the overhang above the bolt, traverse easily up and left for 20-30' to the second bolt.  Some gear can be placed between the first and second bolt if desired.  Easy climbing leads past bolt 3 and 4 to a small roof where some finger sized cams can be used.  The fifth bolt is an old buttonhead located 10' above the small roof.  From here the climbing increases in difficulty and it is a 30' runout to the top.  Time to put on your big boy pants for this section since the rock quality is somewhat suspect.  However the good news is that this route can easily be TR'd after climbing TTRWB.  TR'ing is probably the wisest way to do this climb as the risk involved in leading it may not be worth the reward.

The Guardian isn't exactly on Ered Lithui, but rather an unnamed formation just to the south.  Hike up to the hill at the start of Middle Earth.  Instead of taking the trail up to the Hrum Hroom area, descend back towards the Outlets slightly until it is possible to contour the rocks heading west.  The Guardian is the obvious dihedral that is to the right when contouring the downhill side. 

  Climb the right-facing dihedral through a very thin crack.  Some pitons protect the climb, plus small gear.  Fixed anchors at the top for a one rope rappel.

This route is right across the way from Hrum Hroom (on Fanghorn Hills).  Look for a steep, crystalline, bolted face with 5 bolts in it.  This line of bolts is just to the right of a detached block and to the left of a fist size crack.  Climb through the face to a fixed anchor.  Also, if I remember right, it might be possible to get to the top by scrambling up a back way.  I am not sure on this, however.

This is the rock formation right across from Fanghorn Hills (and the popular Hrum Hroom and Quickbeam).  This formation holds a steep and fun bolted face route, Goldberry Lane.

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Routes in Ered Lithui