Description
The Stairs of Cirith Ungol were a pair of steep stairs cut into the Mountains of Shadow on the borders of Mordor . They led upward and away from Minas Morgul , the city that guarded the main pass through the mountains, to reach Cirith Ungol , a higher and lesser pass guarded by the Tower of Cirith Ungol . The first of the stairs was the steepest, the Straight Stair , which led up to a narrow passage that seemed to go on for miles. After that came the second set of stairs, the Winding Stair , which led up to the tunnel through Shelob's Lair and then on to Cirith Ungol itself. They formed...