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High Pass - AUJ

Thorin and Company crossing the pass, as depicted in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The High Pass, also named Cirith Forn en Andrath (S. "Northern Pass of the Long-climb"), was an important pass over the Misty Mountains.

On its western end was the refuge of Rivendell, and from there the Great East Road climbed into the mountains until it reached the mountain under which lay Goblin-town,[1][2] and from thence down eastward into the Vales of Anduin.

History[]

First Age[]

The High Pass was first created before the First Age by Oromë the Vala, in order to allow for a crossing of the mountains by the Eldar. Later in the First Age the High Pass was found by the Dwarves, who connected their roads (the Great East Road and the Men-i-Naugrim through Mirkwood) with it.

Second Age[]

In the later days of the Second Age, the High Pass was used by the armies of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men led by Gil-galad and Elendil when they marched through it on their way to confront the armies of Sauron in Mordor.[3]

Third Age[]

During the early Third Age, the pass was frequently treaded by traveling Dwarves, who often came into contact with the Harfoot-Hobbits farther south in the Vales of Anduin. The breed of Hobbits named the Fallohides lived in northern forests adjacent to the High Pass, and this is the way they migrated into Eriador to flee the spreading shadow of Mirkwood. In the later Third Age, the High Pass became dangerous again because of the Orcs increasing in the mountains. Only with the advent of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, which nearly eliminated these Orcs, did the pass become safe again. Afterwards, the pass was considered safe for about one-hundred and forty years until TA 2940, just before the Quest of Erebor when goblins of Goblin-town had delved an entrance to their underground tunnels on the pass. Thorin and Company were captured there in TA 2941 when they intended to pass through the mountains on their way to the Lonely Mountain.[4]

After the Battle of Five Armies, the pass was once again free from danger and was maintained by the Beornings, and for many years afterwards it became important for trade between Eriador and Rhovanion. During the War of the Ring, the Fellowship of the Ring bypassed the High Pass because the eastern side of the Misty Mountains had become too dangerous due to a winter snow storm. It was also the most obvious route they could have taken from Rivendell.

Portrayal in adaptations[]

The Misty Mountains Goblins

Goblins heading to the High Pass to attack the Elves in The Battle for Middle-earth II

The High Pass is portrayed in a number of adaptations, including The Battle for Middle-earth II as the site of a conflict between goblins and Elves.

It also appears in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in much the same capacity as in the book, though Gandalf does not join Thorin and Company for the crossing.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Hoë Slaagsyfer
Albanian Kalojë Të lartë
Amharic ሊቀ ማለፊያ
Arabic ارتفاع تمرير
Armenian բարձր անցնել
Azerbaijani Yüksək keçid
Basque Goi pasatzea
Belarusian Cyrillic высокіх частот
Bengali উচ্চ পাস
Bosnian Visoka Proći
Bulgarian Cyrillic Високо пропусклив
Cambodian ដំណាក់ខ្ពស់
Catalan Pas Elevat
Chinese 高 山口
Croatian Visoke Proći
Czech Vysoká Průchod
Danish Det Høje Pas
Dutch Hoog Passeren
Esperanto Alta Enirpermesilo
Estonian Kõrge Liigu
Filipino Mataas Pumasa
Finnish Korkea Kulkea
French Haut Col
Galician Alto Pase
Georgian მაღალი უღელტეხილი
German Hoher Pass
Greek Υψηλή Πέρασμα
Gujarati ઉચ્ચ પાસ
Haiti Creole Segondè Pase
Hawaiian Kiʻekiʻe Hele ?
Hebrew ה מעבר הגבוה
Hindi उच्च दर्रा
Hungarian Északi Magas Hágó
Icelandic Hár Fjallaskarð
Igbo Elu Ngafe
Indonesian Tinggi Iewat
Irish Gaelic Pas Ard
Italian Alto Passo
Japanese ハイパス
Javanese Dhuwur Pass
Kannada ಹೈ ಪಾಸ್
Kazakh Жоғары Асу (Cyrillic) Joğarı Asw (Latin)
Korean 하이 패스
Kurdish Bilind Nasname (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic бийик ашуу
Laotian ຜ່ານສູງ
Latin pervium Mons
Latvian Augstas Caurlaide
Lithuanian Aukštoji perėja
Luxembourgish Héich Zéit
Macedonian Cyrillic високи тонови
Malagasy Avo Mandalo
Malaysian Lulus Tinggi
Malayalam ഹൈ പാസ്
Maltese Għoli Jgħaddu
Manx Harrym Ard ?
Maori Teitei ara
Mongolian Cyrillic Өндөр уулын ам
Navajo Wo-tah Dziłgiizh
Nepalese उच्च भन्ज्याड़
Norwegian Høypasset
Pashto د لوړ کوتل
Persian رمز بالا
Polish Wysoka Przełęcz
Portuguese Passa Alta
Punjabi ਹਾਈ ਪਾਸ
Romanian Mare Trece
Romansh Passar Ault
Scottish Gaelic Àrd Bhealaich
Serbian (Cyrillic) Високи превој
Serbian (Latin) Visoki prevoj
Shona Yakakwirira Zvichipfuura
Sindhi هاء لڪ
Sinhalese ඉහළ සාමාර්ථයක්
Slovak Horná Priepusť
Slovenian Visoka Podaja
Spanish Paso Alto
Swedish Högpass
Tajik Cyrillic ағбаи баланди
Tamil உயர் பாதை
Telugu అధిక ప్రవాహం
Thai สูงทางเดิน
Turkish Yüksek Geçiş
Turkmen Ýokary Gezmelemek ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic висока Пас
Urdu اعلی درہ
Uzbek Ҳигҳ Пасс (Uzbek Cyrillic) Yuqori O'tkazgan (Latin)
Vietnamese Vượt qua cao
Welsh Uchel Pasio
Yoruba Ga Kọja
Yiddish הויך פאָרן
Zulu Kudlule Okusezingeni
Places of Middle-earth and Arda

Middle-earth Locations:

Provinces/Regions:

Arnor | Dunland | Ettenmoors | Forochel | Forodwaith | Gondor | Harad | Ithilien | Khand | Lindon | Minhiriath | Mordor | Rhovanion | Rhûn | Rivendell | Rohan | The Shire

Forests & Mountains:

Amon Dîn | Amon Hen | Amon Lhaw | Caradhras | Emyn Muil | Erebor | Fangorn Forest | High Pass | Iron Hills | Lórien | Mirkwood | Mount Doom | Mount Gundabad | Old Forest | Orod-na-Thôn | Tower Hills | Weathertop Hill

City/Fortifications:

Angband | Barad-dûr | Bree | Caras Galadhon | Dol Guldur | Fornost Erain | Hornburg | Isengard | Minas Morgul | Minas Tirith | Last Homely House | Tower of Amon Sûl | Tower of Orthanc | Osgiliath | Umbar | Utumno

Miscellaneous:

Argonath | Astulat | Buckland | Cair Andros | Dagorlad | Dead Marshes | Enedwaith | Fords of Isen | Gap of Rohan | Grey Havens

The rest of Arda:

Aman | Burnt Land of the Sun | Dark Land | Empty Lands | Neldoreth | New lands | Númenor | Tol Eressëa

References[]

  1. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Wilderland"
  2. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Misty Mountains"
  3. Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"
  4. The Hobbit, Chapter IV: "Over Hill and Under Hill"
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