Exploring Middle-earth: High Pass Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for Turbine, Inc. writes: Once the most-used pass in the North, the High Pass has long stood as a residence for goblins and giants. Fans of the The Hobbit will recognize this as the pass where Thorin and Company were forced to take shelter from stone-throwing giants outside Goblin-town. Exploring Middle-earth: High Pass