Colorado Guidebooks

A Rock Climbing Guide To Badger Mountain Area

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Badger Mountain Area is covered in this pamphlet guidebook. It includes crags in the 9,000-10,000' elevation level. Ussen, Feral Petunia, Chicken Rock, Spruce It Up, and West La Salle (Turner Rocks and Duck Rock) are included in this guidebook with 101 routes listed.

Spruce It Up has 7 routes here, all bolted routes.

Feral Petunia has 39 routes here, most all are bolted. Most are 1 pitch lines, but there are some 2 pitch lines covered.

Valley of The Chickens includes 20 routes here, bolted, mixed, and gear routes. There are both single and two pitch routes.

Ussen has 5 routes listed, all bolted routes, mostly 1 pitch.

West LaSalle includes Turner Spike, Turner Blade, and Duck Rock with 18 routes, nearly all of which are bolted, 1 pitch lines.

This sells for $5.95.

The Wild Wild West: Rock Climbing in the Wild West End of Southwestern Colorado

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182 pg. A comprehensive guide to rock climbing in the west end of San Miguel and Montrose counties in southwest Colorado. Some of the book is available here via the online pdf link, but not all of it. "Hello, as you may know, The Wild Wild West and Telluride Rocks are out of print. That said, I plan on making them available in this format for your use--for free. All pages and updates are posted in JPEG--so you can download the pages you want to your phone's photo library for use in the field. I would not count on having cellular service in most places in the Wild West."

Robert's Ridge Climbing Guide

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Power Boulders

Colorado

Bouldering

Jug Dome

Big Thompson Canyon

Rock Climbing Eldorado Canyon

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This guidebook was published in 2000. It has one of the better descriptions for the Wild West/West Bank/Secret Crag areas.

You can contact them at falcon@falcon.com.

Rock Climbing Eldorado Canyon

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This guidebook was published in 2000. It has one of the better descriptions for the Wild West/West Bank/Secret Crag areas.

You can contact them at falcon@falcon.com.

Rock Climbing Eldorado Canyon

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This guidebook was published in 2000. It has one of the better descriptions for the Wild West/West Bank/Secret Crag areas.

You can contact them at falcon@falcon.com.

Rock Climbing Eldorado Canyon

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This guidebook was published in 2000. It has one of the better descriptions for the Wild West/West Bank/Secret Crag areas.

You can contact them at falcon@falcon.com.

Golden Rock Climbs

This guidebook includes detailed descriptions, topo drawings, and many black & white photos for Dude's Throne, Little Dude, and The Grendel. Also, it contains information to the four quarry walls on North Table Mountain (Sea Cliffs, Crater Crag, East Quarry & South Quarry). It is currently the only guidebook containing information to the sports climbs near Dude's Fishing Hole in Golden Gate State Park. It retails for $20.00 and is currently available at Front Range climbing shops including Neptune Mountaineering, Bent Gate Mountaineering, & Wilderness Exchange Unlimited.

Golden Rock Climbs

This guidebook includes detailed descriptions, topo drawings, and many black & white photos for Dude's Throne, Little Dude, and The Grendel. Also, it contains information to the four quarry walls on North Table Mountain (Sea Cliffs, Crater Crag, East Quarry & South Quarry). It is currently the only guidebook containing information to the sports climbs near Dude's Fishing Hole in Golden Gate State Park. It retails for $20.00 and is currently available at Front Range climbing shops including Neptune Mountaineering and R.E.I.

Golden Rock Climbs

This guidebook includes detailed descriptions, topo drawings, and many black & white photos for Dude's Throne, Little Dude, and The Grendel. Also, it contains information to the four quarry walls on North Table Mountain (Sea Cliffs, Crater Crag, East Quarry & South Quarry). It is currently the only guidebook containing information to the sports climbs near Dude's Fishing Hole in Golden Gate State Park. It retails for $20.00 and is currently available at Front Range climbing shops including Neptune Mountaineering, Bent Gate Mountaineering, & Wilderness Exchange Unlimited.

North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall
Dude's Throne

Golden Rock Climbs

"Golden Rock Climbs" published September 2010.
Includes detailed descriptions, topo drawings and many black & white photos. Also contains information to the four quarry walls on North Table Mountain ( Sea Cliffs, Crater Crag, East Quarry & South Quarry). It is also the only guidebook containing information to the sports climbs near Dude's Fishing Hole in Golden Gate State Park. It retails for $20.00 and is currently available at Front Range climbing shops including Neptune Mountaineering, Bent Gate Mountaineering, & Wilderness Exchange Unlimited.

North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall
Dude's Throne

North Table Mountain: Rock Climbs at the Golden Cliffs

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This highly anticipated and long overdue book is Table's first color guide. Virtually every single route is photographed for easy identification and the banner across the top works like a flip book – the yellow box moves across the pages, showing where you are along the cliff line so no more walking up to the base with the confused look on your face going "ok so where are we?". Not only that, but routes are color coded for easy identification – sport routes are yellow, trad are blue, and boulder problems are green, making the book extremely user friendly. The book is fully comprehensive, including 284 routes and a smattering of boulder problems, nearly 100 of which have never been documented before, including the previously undocumented South Quarry area. The authors also climbed every single route to ensure accuracy and to normalize route grades/quality ratings.

Part of all proceeds from the book goes to the Access Fund.

Areas included:
North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall

Golden Rock Climbs

"Golden Rock Climbs" published September 2010.
Includes detailed descriptions, topo drawings and many black & white photos. Also contains information to the four quarry walls on North Table Mountain ( Sea Cliffs, Crater Crag, East Quarry & South Quarry). It is also the only guidebook containing information to the sports climbs near Dude's Fishing Hole in Golden Gate State Park. It retails for $20.00 and is currently available at Front Range climbing shops including Neptune Mountaineering, Bent Gate Mountaineering, & Wilderness Exchange Unlimited.

North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall
Dude's Throne

Climbing Boulder's Flatirons - Second Edition

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You don’t travel to Boulder, Colorado, without visiting the Flatirons. Forming the famed skyline above the city, the Flatirons are home to a plethora of classic lines spanning the grades. From modern sport climbs to classic multi-pitch outings, this is one of the great destination areas. This modern comprehensive color book includes beautiful action photos, overview maps, photo overlays, gear lists, and GPS coordinates. Updated and expanded for Spring 2020, the new Flatirons guide is as up-to-date as possible with the addition of the many new sport routes that have recently been added.

This guide includes areas:

Sacred Cliffs
Gregory Canyon
Chautauqua Park
National Center of Atmospheric Research (Dinosaur Mountain)
Bear Canyon
Cragmoor
South Mesa Trail

ISBN: 9781892540256

Rock Climbing the Flatirons

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The second book in three that will replace Rossiter's classic Boulder Climbs South and North. Again, Rossiter's greatest strength is the sheer number of climbs in the book. However, his tendency to be sparse in descriptions and his abstract drawings make actually finding the route when you get to the rock a challenge.

Million Dollar Highway

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Over 500 pages of mouth-watering climbs from the Montrose, Ouray, Ridgway, and Silverton areas. Full of beautiful full-color images of some of Colorado’s most stunning mountains and climbs.

Flagstaff Bouldering Guide

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This comprehensive Flagstaff Bouldering Guide includes GPS trail data, pins for every problem, topo lines, historical ascent information, and beta videos! Becoming a KAYA PRO member gives access to this guidebook in addition to Clear Creek, Eldorado Canyon, RMNP, Mt. Evans, Joe's Valley, Red Rock, and over 50 more of North America's best areas.

Rocky Mountain National Park Bouldering Guide [DIGITAL]

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This extensive GPS guidebook includes comprehensive data for the Chaos Canyon boulders, Emerald Lake, Wild Basin, Endovalley, Birdland, Moraine Park, Bear Lake Road, and more! It is complete with pins for every boulder, beta videos, topo lines, and descriptions—all available for offline download! KAYA PRO includes access to over 50 other guides, including Clear Creek Canyon, Mt. Evans, Guanella Pass, Lincoln Lake, Eldorado Canyon, Joe's Valley, Red Rock, and many more. Check it out now!

Rocky Mountain National Park: The High Peaks: The Climber's Guide

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Covers rock, ice and mixed alpine routes in the high peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park. Areas covered include: Arrowhead, Cathedral Spires, Cathedral Wall, Chiefshead, the Diamond, Half Mountain, Hallett Peak, Loch Vale, Longs Peak, McHenrys Peak, Moraine Park, Mt. Alice, Mt. Meeker, Notchtop Mountain, Otis Peak, Pagoda Mountain, Pilot Mountain, Powell Peak, Spearhead, Ypsilon Mountain, and more.

The topos aren't as artistic as Rossiter's, but the information is a little more up-to-date.

Rock and Ice Climbing Rocky Mountain National Park: The High Peaks

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A comprehensive guide to the many climbing routes of Rocky Mountain Park. Rossiter has drawn many wonderful topos of the major cliffs and routes, including: The Diamond, Spearhead, Petit Grepon, Hallett Peak and Chief's Head. Includes ice climbs as well as rock climbs.

Clear Creek Canyon Bouldering Guide

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Written by local developer Chris Deuto, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Clear Creek Bouldering guide available. With over 400 problems complete with offline GPS for every climb, trail data, topos, descriptions, and more often than not, beta videos, this guide is the complete tool. Joining KAYA PRO will give you access to all other KAYA Guides, including but not limited to, Mt. Evans, Guanella Pass, Lincoln Lake, Joe's Valley, Red Rocks, Leavenworth, and Squamish.

Clear Creek Canyon, 2nd edition.

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In 2017, a 2nd edition for the Clear Creek Canyon guidebook came out.

Denver Climbing Guide

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Sharp End Publishing has recently released a new Denver Climbing Guide that includes comprehensive coverage of Clear Creek Canyon, North Table Mountain, Coal Creek Canyon (the legal climbs), and Castlewood Canyon. It has many more routes than even the latest book.

Clear Creek Canyon Rock Climbs by Darren Mabe

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Clear Creek Canyon Sport Climber's Guide, 2006 Edition

The latest edition of Mark Rolofson's guide to Clear Creek Canyon is now available. It follows the same format as Rolofson's previous guide to the area, with topos and written descriptions of the routes and a few photographs. Rolofson's topos are not very artistic, but they do give a fairly accurate portrayal of the bolt lines and crux moves.

This guide contains more than 420 routes, with over 200 new sport routes never before documented in any other guide.

The book can be purchased at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder.

Clear Creek Canyon Sport Climber's Guide

A good book for people who want to focus on sport climbing. Rolofson makes it easy to figure out where the routes are, usually. Topos and written route descriptions; a few photos.

Mount Evans Bouldering Guide on KAYA

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Jamie Emerson's guidebook is now digital in KAYA! Navigate the talus fields like never before with high-fidelity, offline GPS navigation. Topos, descriptions, directions, and more often than not, beta videos, are also available for download. Lincoln Lake, Guanella Pass, and Mt. Evans proper are three distinct destinations in-app. KAYA's full catalog of guides is included in a KAYA PRO membership. That means Red Rock, Joe's Valley, Bishop, Leavenworth, Tahoe, and more—all for just $5/month!

Penitente: Rock Climbing in the San Luis Valley

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Finally, an up to date guidebook. Penitente, Rock Garden, Witches, Sidewindeer, Promised Land, Pharcyde, English Valley, + select bouldering (and a few pages on the mountain biking).

Newlin Creek: 2023 SoCO CRAG climbing and bouldering guide

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The locals produced guide to Newlin Creek's boulders and bolts. All proceeds go towards SoCO CRAG's Bolt Maintenance Fund (BMF).

The USAFA Adventure Guide

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This guidebook covers rock climbing, bouldering, ice climbing, mountain biking, skiing, highlining, trail running, and fishing in the section of Pike National Forest bordering the United States Air Force Academy.

FEATURED: The Wood: A Climber's Guide to Castlewood Canyon

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For the first time ever, Castlewood has a comprehensive guidebook with photos! The guide now includes over 1000 climbs on over 30 crags and a majority of the boulders. This is more than 5 times as many routes as the most recent "Denver Climbing Guide." The digital version offers photos and GPS pins for every single climb and a GPS track to every crag. No more wandering around lost, bushwhacking through the scrub oak. Unless that's what you're into...
A print version of this guide is expected to become available in early 2025.

Denver Climbing Guide

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Sharp End Publishing has recently released a new Denver Climbing Guide that includes comprehensive coverage of Clear Creek Canyon, North Table Mountain, Coal Creek Canyon (the legal climbs), and Castlewood Canyon. It has many more routes than even the latest book.

A Rock Climber's Guide to Castlewood Canyon State Park Colorado

The most complete guide to Castlewood Canyon; describes over 300 routes including 100 sport routes.

Available at the Castlewood Canyon Visitors Center or contact:
Tom Hanson
720-220-5736

Telluride Bouldering

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This new guidebook documents more than 900 problems, including 550 new climbs and 6 new areas that have never before been documented. With a range of elevations from 7,000’-11,300’, five different high quality rock types, and an excellent climate, Telluride bouldering offers a diversity of experiences that few areas can match. There are now problems from v0-v14, with several harder projects still awaiting an ascent. Of particular note is the increase in problems on the upper half of the grade spectrum. While the first bouldering guidebook to the area contained only a handful of problems graded v8 or harder, this edition contains over 140 climbs graded v8 and up, including around 70 double digit boulders. The book also documents a newly developed, high elevation crag with a dozen routes from 5.10a to 5.14a/b.

Rifle: A Climber's Guide

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Rifle Mountain Park and Western Colorado Rock Climbs

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Simply put, RIfle Mountain Park is the best limestone sport climbing destination in North America. Confined to a narrow box canyon two miles long, RMP contains an unbelievable concentration of standard setting climbing. Long known for its overhanging enduro-fests, the canyon has seen a revitalization of route development, with the majority of the new routing taking place in the moderate grades of 5.11 and under.

Rifle Mountain Park and Western Colorado Rock Climbs also details over 20 newly developed and never before published crags in Glenwood Canyon, the Frying Pan River Valley, the Crystal River Valley, and around Main Elk Creek near New Castle. With updates of the classic spots like the Fortress of Solitude and the Redstone Boulders, as well as details about the soon-to-be classic crags of the Narrows near Redstone, the Skillet above Basalt, and Lime Creek above Eagle, this guidebook is a must have for any Colorado rock addict.
Rifle Mountain Park and Western Colorado Rock Climbs also showcases the region's climbing with hundreds of color photographs, including stunning action shots from pro shooters like Keith Ladzinski, Celin Serbo, and Tim Kemple, as well as the photos of BJ Sbarra.

Here is a complete list of crags covered within: Rifle Mountain Park, Rifle Arch, Main Elk Crag, the Pup Tent of Solitude, the Fortress of Solitude, the Puoux, Superpuoux, the Homestead and Gray Slabs in Glenwood Canyon, East Canyon, No Name Canyon, the Neighborhood, the Grizzley Creek Wall, Fountain Buttress, the Shoshone Stones, Dead Horse Crag, Surgery Buttress, Seven Castles, the Skillet, Hagerman Pass, Lime Creek, the Narrows, Redstone Boulders, Coal Creek Crag, and the Coal Creek Boulders.

Rifle: Climbers' Guide to Rifle Mt. Park

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The first and still the best guidebook to America's finest limestone area. With excellent topos, written descriptions, and historical information, this is the book of choice.

Colorado's Tenmile-Mosquito Range Mountains: Hikes, Scrambles, Snow and Rock Climbs

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This book is a comprehensive guide for all the peaks over 13,000' in Colorado's Tenmile-Mosquito Mountains. With varying ascents from hikes, scrambles, snow climbs, and technical routes, there are plenty of options for anyone who wishes to seek alpine adventure.

-Comprehensive descriptions for over 150 routes on 27 peaks.
-Color photos and maps
-Difficulty ratings for each climb
-Mileage and elevation gain statistics for each route
-Driving directions for trailheads
-Color topographical maps
-GPS coordinates for summits and parking areas

160 pages. Full color.

Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Range Mountains: Hikes, Scrambles, Snow and Rock Climbs

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This book is a comprehensive guide for all the peaks over 13,000' in the Colorado Sangre de Cristo Mountains. With varying ascents from hikes, scrambles, snow climbs, and technical routes, there are plenty of options for anyone who wishes to seek alpine adventure.

-Comprehensive descriptions for over 280 routes on 83 peaks.
-Color photos and maps
-Difficulty ratings for each climb
-Mileage and elevation gain statistics for each route
-Driving directions for trailheads
-Color topographical maps
-GPS coordinates for summits and parking areas

304 pages. Full color.

FEATURED: Boulder Canyon Guidebook

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This Newest of the new Boulder Canyon guide was written by Jason Haas and Chris Weidner who climbed most of nearly 2,500 routes in the canyon, with an absurd commitment to first hand knowledge. This guide is the most accurate BoCan book on the market currently!

FEATURED: Boulder Canyon Rock Climbs

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The 3rd edition of our guide to Boulder’s most-loved climbing area, Boulder Canyon! With adjacent Dream Canyon, also covered here, it’s an all-season, granite-lover’s paradise. Crags mere minutes from downtown. No entry fees. Sport and traditional climbs 5.4 to 5.14. Multi-pitch routes up to 400 feet long. World-famous boulder problems. Delicate slabs, splitter cracks, burly roofs, overhanging walls. The works! This book gives you all the beta you need for 1800+ routes and variations, with improved route photos, extensive new mapping, and the inspiring photography you expect from Wolverine guides. New crags covered in this edition: Solar Dome, Glacier Dome, the Lookout and Hideout, Wizard Rock, the Loft and High Tower areas, and more.

Boulder Canyon Sport & Adventure Climber's Guide, Vol. I: Lower Narrows to Dream Canyon

The companion to "Volume II: The Upper Canyon" is finally available. It covers sport climbs (and a few trad climbs) in lower Boulder Canyon, from Eagle Rock to the Boulder Falls area. Also included are Lower and Upper Dream Canyon. The volume includes more than 525 climbs, with 160 routes never documented in any other guidebook.

Plotinus Wall in Lower Dream Canyon is documented for the first time in a printed guidebook. Many routes on Midnight Rock in Upper Dream Canyon are also documented for the first time. Not included are predominantly trad crags, such as the Dome, Elephant Buttresses, Brick Wall, and Cob Rock.

This is the typical Rolofson guide, with topos and route descriptions, but very few photos. The topos aren't artistic, but they are good enough and are fairly detailed, showing accurate bolt counts and locations of the crux moves.

Sport climbers wanting to check out newer routes in lower Boulder Canyon, Lower Dream Canyon, and Upper Dream Canyon should definitely buy this book.

Available at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder.

Boulder Canyon Sport & Adventure Climber's Guide

Mark's old guide to Boulder Canyon Sport Climbing. Covers the entire canyon. Topos and written routes descriptions; only one route photo. The topos aren't very artistic, but they are good enough.

This book is out of print. Rolofson's new Boulder Canyon guides have been published as a two-volume set. Volume II, covering upper Boulder Canyon, was published in July 2005. Volume I, covering lower Boulder Canyon, and Lower and Upper Dream Canyon, was published in May, 2006.

Boulder Canyon Sport & Adventure Climber's Guide, Vol. II: The Upper Canyon

Covers sport climbs in the upper half of Boulder Canyon above Boulder Falls, from the Bowling Alley to the Sport Park. A few trad climbs are also included. Topos and written route descriptions; only one photo. Covers new routes on crags at the Sport Park and elsewhere; has more than 500 routes, including 140 routes not documented in any other guidebook.

The topos are not very artistic, but they are good enough. The bolt counts on routes are pretty accurate.

Unfortunately, the book is incomplete, ignoring several crags developed by Richard Rossiter since 1998. Absent from the book are Sleeping Beauty, Solaris, and Wizard Rock, all with excellent sport climbing. MountainProject.com and Rossiter's boulderclimbs.com are your best references to these areas.

Also missing are new sport routes developed in 2005 on Avalon, Trout Rock, Broken Rock, the Overlook, Myth Rock, and others. MountainProject.com is your only reference for these routes.

Available at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder.

1995 Boulder Sport Climber's Guide

Overall a good and relatively extensive guide to sport climbing in many areas around Boulder,
from Golden to Saint Vrain Canyon. The route pictures sometimes give you the feeling that
they're open to interpretation, and as far as sport climbing goes, the guide is becoming outdated.

Rock Climbing Boulder Canyon

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The canonical book of climbs in Boulder Canyon. Rossiter has been climbing in Boulder since approximately 1632, and this huge tome of routes proves it. The only thing lacking is photos - his drawings make it difficult at times to pick out routes on the rock.

FEATURED: Staunton State Park Rock Climbing - Rakkup Guide

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This electronic guide is the most up to date guide to Staunton. You'll find everything from 3 pitch moderate trad routes to overhanging sport and trad test pieces, as well as a growing assortment of well protected moderates. Who knows, maybe you'll even find your own FA! With that being said, all of the proceeds from this guide will be used to develop new routes and maintain existing routes in the park.

https://rakkup.com/guidebooks/staunton-state-park-rock-climbing/

Climbing Pamphlet to Phantom Cañon

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A simple guide to Phantom Cañon, written and published by the primary developer of sport routes in the area.

Denver Climbing Guide

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Sharp End Publishing has recently released a new Denver Climbing Guide that includes comprehensive coverage of Clear Creek Canyon, North Table Mountain, Coal Creek Canyon (the legal climbs), and Castlewood Canyon. It has many more routes than even the latest book.

Golden Rock Climbs

"Golden Rock Climbs" published September 2010.
Includes detailed descriptions, topo drawings and many black & white photos. Also contains information to the four quarry walls on North Table Mountain ( Sea Cliffs, Crater Crag, East Quarry & South Quarry). It is also the only guidebook containing information to the sports climbs near Dude's Fishing Hole in Golden Gate State Park. It retails for $20.00 and is currently available at Front Range climbing shops including Neptune Mountaineering, Bent Gate Mountaineering, & Wilderness Exchange Unlimited.

North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall
Dude's Throne

Denver Climbing Guide

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Sharp End Publishing has recently released a new Denver Climbing Guide that includes comprehensive coverage of Clear Creek Canyon, North Table Mountain, Coal Creek Canyon (the legal climbs), and Castlewood Canyon. It has many more routes than even the latest book.

2016 The Black Guidebook

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The Black. A Comprehensive Climbing Guide to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is available.

At 512 pages, this full color guidebook is packed with dozens of new lines, detailed approach information and pitch by pitch descriptions, pictures of the walls, first ascent stories, historic photos and action shots, ten essays, and hand drawn topos for some of the better routes in the Black.

A huge debt of gratitude goes to Josh Wharton, Jonathan Schaffer, Ed Webster, Topher Donahue, Kent Wheeler, Steve Levin, Jeff Achey, Robert Warren, Jimmy Newberry and so many others who helped make this book happen.

2005 Black Canyon Rock Climbs

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A new guide to the Black that is wonderful. It is a very refreshing guide. Get it!

North Table Mountain, Digital Climbing Guidebook

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"The quintessential urban crag, Golden's own North Table Mountain provides a great place to catch some after work cragging, or a sunny place on a cold winter's day to get outside on the stone. This guide contains up-to-date information on over 300 routes in three separate major areas. Dozens of individual and overview pictures have been assembled in addition to navigation way-points, making navigation a snap in this digital only climbing guide."

Tod Anderson uses "all the proceeds from [his] guidebooks for new routes and maintaining existing routes."

Cost $4.99.

Golden Rock Climbs

"Golden Rock Climbs" published September 2010.

North Table Mountain: Rock Climbs at the Golden Cliffs

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This highly anticipated and long overdue book is Table's first color guide. Virtually every single route is photographed for easy identification and the banner across the top works like a flip book – the yellow box moves across the pages, showing where you are along the cliff line so no more walking up to the base with the confused look on your face going "ok so where are we?". Not only that, but routes are color coded for easy identification – sport routes are yellow, trad are blue, and boulder problems are green, making the book extremely user friendly. The book is fully comprehensive, including 284 routes and a smattering of boulder problems, nearly 100 of which have never been documented before, including the previously undocumented South Quarry area. The authors also climbed every single route to ensure accuracy and to normalize route grades/quality ratings.

Part of all proceeds from the book goes to the Access Fund.

Areas included:
North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall

Golden Cliffs: Colorado

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There isn't much in the way of beta/descriptions, but this guide will tell you what's out there. The
topos can be hard to read, and there are more than a few mistakes - some whole pictures are
completely mislabeled as the wrong area! Nevertheless, if you're planning on spending a bit of
time at Table, this guide will definitely help (even though it may frustrate as well) - "Rock
Climbing Colorado" will not get you very far! When you go there, don't be shy about asking
people to help you with orientation and climb locations - it's a common thing up there." [Ed
Note - This is true. Rock Climbing Colorado made us lead a 5.12 route that looked and
sounded exactly like a 5.7+. Whoops.]

Devil's Head Colorado, Digital Climbing Guide

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"Overlooked or ignored for many years, Devil's Head has become one of Colorado's premier sport climbing destinations. Over 100 crags, spires and walls contain some of the best granite in the western U.S., and the 400+ routes are less than one hour from downtown Denver."

Tod Anderson uses "all the proceeds from [his] guidebooks for new routes and maintaining existing routes."

Cost $10.99.

Rampart Range Rocks

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This guidebook has color photo-topos and hand-drawn topos, great color action shots, history, and solid approach beta. It is a comprehensive, full color guidebook for the entire area.

It should be noted that ALL OF THE PROCEEDS from this book go back to the climbing community primarily in the form of new routes and maintenance of existing ones. About 20-50 new routes are established every year by the Head crew. Support their efforts and expenses with a purchase of Rampart Range Rocks!

Rampart Range Rocks is available at most Front Range mountain shops, like Wilderness Exchange, Bent Gate, and Neptune's.

A Rock Climbing Pamphlet To Cheyenne Canyon

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Eleven Miles to Freedom: The Rock Climber's Guide to Elevenmile Canyon

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Updated guide to Elevenmile Canyon.

Paperback: 146 pages
Publisher: lulu.com (May 28, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1257789333
ISBN-13: 978-1257789337
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches

Classic Rock Climbs No. 03: Mueller State Park and Elevenmile Canyon, Colorado

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A bit dated; there has been a lot of new route development in Elevenmile Canyon since this guide was published. Nevertheless, it gets you to the rocks and describes the older routes with photos, topos, and written descriptions.

FEATURED: Camp Hale Rock Climbing

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This pamphlet has 11 crags and 69 routes from 5.5 to 5.12. 56 are sport routes (down to 5.6), 3 are trad routes (5.8-5.9), and 10 are TRs (all but one are 5.6 or less). Most of the climbing is sport routes under 5.10. There is a toprope wall. Over half of the rocks have less than a 10 minute approach. With fishing, mountain biking, hiking, free and pay campgrounds, this is a great summer climbing area for the whole family.

http://www.climbingpamphlet.com/

It costs $7.95 for the pamphlet.

Back Side Of The Bank

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There is a newly updated mini-guide to the back side of The Bank.

Shelf Road Climbing

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• Full Color
• Professional, stunning action photography by Keith Ladzinski, Stewart Green and Bob D'Antonio
• Essays by Richard Aschert, Colin Lantz, Mark Hesse, Dave Dangle, Stewart Green and others
• Clean, thorough, easy-to-navigate info
• Over 800 total routes described
• Over 130 new routes included

Shelf Road Rock: A Complete Climbing Reference

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Finally, a comprehensive guide to Shelf Road with over 900 plus routes, the new guide covers: The Gallery, Sand Gulch, Dead Colt, The Bank, The Dark Side, The Vault Area, Cactus Cliff, Spiney Ridge, The Gym, The North End and the Great Black North.

Cactus Cliff and Spiney Ridge

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This guide to Cactus Ciff and Spiney Ridge is outdated, and has been superceded by the new Shelf Road Rock guidebook by Fred Knapp, Rick Thompson, and Rich Aschert.

Rock Climbing Shelf Road

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Newly updated guide to a premier Colorado limestone sport crag outside of Canon City. Includes areas recently acquired by the Access Fund. Knapp's guide does include additional areas that Van Horn doesn't, but those areas are currently private property and have access issues. Van Horn's is a good guidebook, considering the thorough topos, pictures, history, directions and .... route descriptions? Well Van Horn is far from verbose with his route descriptions. Get used to the following words: devious, technical, continuous, strenuous, thin, sharp, and sequential. Mathematically Van Horn has found the orthoganol set of route desciption words, the smallest possible set of words to adequately describe the routes. And darn tootin, it works, leaving just enough to the imagination. If you're considering getting a guide to Shelf, then this is a good one.

Includes The Gallery, Sand Gulch, Dead Colt, The Dark Side, The Bank, The Vault, Cactus Cliff, Spiney Ridge, & The Gym.

Poudre Canyon, Rock Climbing Guide

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by Craig Luebben, Bennett Scott & Cameron Cross

Craig Luebben started this project almost 20 years ago when he published a Greyrock climbing guidebook (1991). During his time in Fort Collins, Craig contributed many first ascents to the canyon. With Craig’s support, Ben Scott and Cameron Cross of the NC3 spearheaded the effort to release this book online and free of charge to the climbing community. Tragically, on August 9th, 2009, Craig died in the North Cascades while training for an AMGA guide’s exam. While Craig could not be a part of the final stages of the process, the NC3 released Poudre Canyon Routes Select as a free download last fall.

Why this book is special:

After Craig’s death, his contributions to the climbing community are helping fulfill a dream he himself never realized - seeing his daughter Giulia attend college. 100% of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Craig Luebben Memorial Fund, and will specifically be invested in a CollegeInvest 529 Plan for his daughter. Thanks to a generous donation for the printing costs, every penny you spend on this book will go into that fund.

Price: $32.00

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FEATURED: Eldorado Canyon: A Climbing Guide

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The latest definitive guide.

Eldorado Canyon - with its red rock walls, cascading creek, and dazzling lichen, it is the crown jewel of Colorado climbing. Intricate movement and cerebral climbing draw visitors from around the world. Adventure awaits on the multi-pitch outings and distant crags, while roadside routes greet the afterwork crowd. Few areas offer the ambiance and grand atmosphere of this magical venue.

Rock Climbing Eldorado Canyon

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This is the newest, best guide in print that covers Eldorado Canyon.
EDIT: No longer the newest or best... See Steve Levin's book.

Red Rock Canyon Open Space: A Rock Climber's Guide

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Red Rock Canyon Open Space is Colorado Springs newest park and climbing area. This hidden canyon lined with towering sandstone walls, offers over 90 bolted sport routes on slabs and steep faces. The park offers quiet, serenity, isolation and some of the best climbing adventures in Pikes Peak Country.

Soft Touch III: A Climber's Guide to the Garden of the Gods

Another Garden of the Gods guide. Contains topos, written route descriptions, and a few photos.

Classic Rock Climbs No 4: Garden of the Gods, Colorado

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Completely updated and revised, this guide now offers extensive written descriptions of the routes, complemented by clear maps of the area and photos of all formations. Locals and visitors alike will find this book to be an indispensable resource when planning their next climbing adventure at the Garden of the Gods.

Monitor Rock Select (foldout)

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Guide to Monitor Rock sport climbing and gear protected routes.

Classic Rock Climbs No. 2: Upper Dream Canyon, Colorado

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Covers Upper Dream Canyon. This book is out of date. Rossiter's "Rock Climbing Boulder Canyon" is a better reference to Upper Dream Canyon.

The Pass: A Climber's Guide to Independence Pass and Monitor Rock

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Comprehensive coverage of all Pass climbing, including Gold Butte, Monitor Rock, and Twin Lakes. Full color.

Independence Pass Rock Climbing II

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Independence Pass Rock Climbing II describes all climbing and bouldering areas between Aspen and Twin Lakes Colorado. Included are maps, photos and route descriptions to over 700 climbs and boulder problems.

Independence Pass Rock Climbing

Rock climbing and bouldering guide book for Independence Pass. This book includes over 500 climbs and boulder problems located between Aspen and Twin Lakes Colorado.

Independence Pass West

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A guide filled with locations and descriptions of old classics and the newest hot spots.

Grand Junction Rock: Rock climbs of Unaweep Canyon and adjacent areas

168 pages, A climbing guide to Unaweep canyon granite and some nearby areas. This book has been out of print for quite awhile but there are still some copies out there. Can update when home on a better synopsis and areas covered*

Durango Sandstone

Rock climbing in the Durango area

Southwest Rock

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Telluride Bouldering

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This new guidebook documents more than 900 problems, including 550 new climbs and 6 new areas that have never before been documented. With a range of elevations from 7,000’-11,300’, five different high quality rock types, and an excellent climate, Telluride bouldering offers a diversity of experiences that few areas can match. There are now problems from v0-v14, with several harder projects still awaiting an ascent. Of particular note is the increase in problems on the upper half of the grade spectrum. While the first bouldering guidebook to the area contained only a handful of problems graded v8 or harder, this edition contains over 140 climbs graded v8 and up, including around 70 double digit boulders. The book also documents a newly developed, high elevation crag with a dozen routes from 5.10a to 5.14a/b.

Colorado's Elk Range Mountains: Hikes, Scrambles, Snow and Rock Climbs

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This book is a comprehensive guide for all the peaks over 13,000' in Colorado's Elk Range Mountains. With varying ascents from hikes, scrambles, snow climbs, and technical routes, there are plenty of options for anyone who wishes to seek alpine adventure.

-Comprehensive descriptions for over 200 routes on 51 peaks.
-Color photos and maps
-Difficulty ratings for each climb
-Mileage and elevation gain statistics for each route
-Driving directions for trailheads
-Color topographical maps
-GPS coordinates for summits and parking areas

160 pages. Full color.

FEATURED: Rock Climbing San Luis Valley 3rd ed

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A good resource, one of the few for this area. Comprehensive for the Penitente area.

A Rock Climber's Guide to Manassa

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This is a newly published pamphlet written on an area, Manassa Rocks, not yet covered in the MP.com database that lies southeast of Alamosa, a half hour away and a little more than an hour from Taos.

In this 12 page black & white guide, there are 31 routes on 7 crags described that are primarily bolted sport climbs; however, there are also 6-7 trad lines and a few top ropes. These are a mix of 1 and 2 pitch lines. Some of the 1 pitch lines are longer than 100 feet.

This area sounds like an interesting place to check out.

The current price listed is $5.95.

Rock Climbing the San Luis Valley

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Short, steep, and well-protected is the name of the game on San Luis Valley's high-quality volcanic cliffs. Known for its excellent aretes and stemming corners, the Valley is one of the most popular sport climbing areas in Colorado. Come ready to pull down on pockets, edges, and huecos, as well as sample some superb crack routes.

Now in its third edition, Rock Climbing the San Luis Valley describes more than 300 routes at Penitente Canyon, the Rock Garden, Witches Canyon, Shaw Springs, Sidewinder Canyon, and La Garita Wall. Completely revised, this guidebook contains updated route information and now details the canyons using photo topos and overview maps. Also included is a bouldering section that will guide you to many of the Valley's stellar problems.

FEATURED: Summit Climbing Guide 4th ed

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A comprehensive guide to climbing areas in and around Summit County, CO. Covers many areas both mainstream and obscure. Can also be purchased in person at Summit County Climbing Gym.

FEATURED: Summit Climbing Guide 5th ed

A comprehensive guide to climbing areas in and around Summit County, CO. Covers many areas both mainstream and obscure. Can also be purchased in person at the Summit County Climbing Gym.

FEATURED: 40 Minutes From Leadville Vol 2

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A great resource for the greater Leadville/Arkansas Valley area.

Arkansas Valley Climbing Including Cape Hale

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ARKANSAS VALLEY CLIMBING including CAMP HALE describes the best of central Colorado rock climbs! Areas include Camp Hale, the Chalk Cliffs and Cecil Ville Slab north of Leadville, the Rock Garden south of Granite, the Buena Vista Crags, Holy Water Wall on Cottonwood Pass and Coaldale Colorado.

Summit Climbing Guide

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This is a paperback guidebook that includes this crag and other Summit County climbing areas. It includes 200+ lead, toproping, and bouldering routes from 5.5 to 5.13. This is the 4th edition of the guidebook.

FEATURED: 40 Minutes from Leadville: Notes on Rock Climbs Near Leadville, CO

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There is a new softcover guidebook out which is described as "a celebration of Leadville area rock climbs. It features over 300 climbing routes and 150 boulder problems. Some of the areas include Monitor Rock, the East Side of Hagerman Pass, Popular BV Crags and Boulders, and the Finnback Crags in the Mosquito Range." It is 6 x 9 inches and is 178 pages long. The cost is $40.68.

The Wild Wild West: Rockclimbing in the Wild Wild West end of Southwestern Colorado

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OK, it is time to come clean, The Wild Wild West guidebook, best known for its desert wingate climbs on Carpenter Ridge, Red Rocks, 16Z, Psycho Tower, EE22 Rd. etc., is officially out of print.

If you have a copy, save it in a safe place. There will most likely not be a reprint of this guide. I will, however, in my spare time, work on a guide to these areas for the net. This may take some time to complete, no holding you breath.

The Sunny Side of Voyager

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The Sunny Side of Voyager covers the south-facing routes of this scenic area along Oak Creek south of Canon City in the Wet Mountains. It's a warm and windy area.

Areas covered in this guidebook are: Flintstone Manor, Upper Voyager, Lower Voyager, Runnel Rock, Arrow Spire, Enterprise, The Lower Deck, and Halla Deck. Within are descriptions for 46 routes that range from 1-5 pitches. 39 of these are sport routes, 3 are gear, 2 are top ropes, and 2 are listed as projects.

It is on sale at www.climbingpamphlet.com for $9.95.

South Platte: The Northern Volume

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The South Platte - Northern Volume -- The first of a two part series, the northern volume covers everything from Conifer to Buffalo Creek. This includes the Cathedral Spires, the Castle, Top of the World, Pine, the Malay Archipelago, Devil’s Head and many more areas.

Of the 3,000 routes in the South Platte, 1600 of them are described in this volume, from 30 foot clip-ups to 1300 foot multipitch epics.

Price: $38.95

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As one of the oldest climbing areas in Colorado, the Platte has been steeped in local lore and legend for more than a century. Routes like Center Route (5.9) and Wunsch's Dihedral (5.11b), widely regarded as two of the best multipitch routes in the state, merely represent the tip of the iceberg. With the addition of hundreds of new routes, previously undocumented domes and crags, and better beta for the old classics, areas formerly shrouded in mystery, discussed in hushed conversations and documented on bar napkin topos will become accessible to anyone ready for an adventurous day of climbing. The release of this upcoming color guide chock-full of description photos and pitch-by-pitch route breakdowns will eliminate the navigational debacles and frustrating epics created by sketchy info and hand-drawn topos. Climbers can now stop the pointless bushwacking and start exploring the Platte’s hidden gems.

South Platte: The Rock Climber's Guide

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This updated comprehensive climbers guide to the entire South Platte region includes almost 1,500 routes with completely new topo maps and new route information. Including the following areas: Pine, Cathedral Spires/The Dome, Malay Archipelago, Buffalo Creek, Top of the World, Noddlehead, Rampart Range Road North and South, Wigwam Creek, Helen's Dome, Turkey Rock, Big Rock, and Tarryall.

South Platte Rock

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The South Platte region of Colorado is home to many classic granite crags from multi-pitch spires to choice single pitch splitters. Early Platte pioneer Ken Trout is famous for his excellent topos of this amazing area.

Empire Rising

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Guidebook for Empire from Fixed Pin. These are great books!

Golden Rock Climbs

"Golden Rock Climbs" published September 2010.
Includes detailed descriptions, topo drawings and many black & white photos. Also contains information to the four quarry walls on North Table Mountain ( Sea Cliffs, Crater Crag, East Quarry & South Quarry). It is also the only guidebook containing information to the sports climbs near Dude's Fishing Hole in Golden Gate State Park. It retails for $20.00 and is currently available at Front Range climbing shops including Neptune Mountaineering and R.E.I.

North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall
Dude's Throne

North Table Mountain: Rock Climbs at the Golden Cliffs

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This highly anticipated and long overdue book is Table's first color guide. Virtually every single route is photographed for easy identification and the banner across the top works like a flip book – the yellow box moves across the pages, showing where you are along the cliff line so no more walking up to the base with the confused look on your face going "ok so where are we?". Not only that, but routes are color coded for easy identification – sport routes are yellow, trad are blue, and boulder problems are green, making the book extremely user friendly. The book is fully comprehensive, including 284 routes and a smattering of boulder problems, nearly 100 of which have never been documented before, including the previously undocumented South Quarry area. The authors also climbed every single route to ensure accuracy and to normalize route grades/quality ratings.

Part of all proceeds from the book goes to the Access Fund.

Areas included:
North Table Mountain
The Quarry Wall

Classic Rock Climbs No. 23: Lyons Area, Colorado

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Covers South St. Vrain Canyon, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Buttonrock Dam, Zebra Rock and Pinecliffe. Photo and topo format, no written route descriptions. Includes quality ratings.

Rocky Mountain National Park: Estes Park Valley: The Climber's Guide

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This is the most comprehensive climbing guide to to the low-elevation cliffs surrounding Estes Park, the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, and surrounding National Forest lands. In this guide you'll find topos and detailed descriptions of multi-pitch traditional crags, slabs, sport areas, toprope areas, and boulders.

Areas covered include: Alligator Rock, Big Thompson Canyon, Cedar Park Slab, Combat Rock, Cow Creek Canyon, the Crags, Deer Ridge Buttress, Deville Rocks, Fall River Road Crags, Glen Haven Picnic Area, Ironclads, Jurassic Park, Kinnikinnik Crags, Lumpy Ridge, MacGregor Slab, the Monastery, Palisades, Piz Badille, Prospect Mountain, Sandbeach Rocks, Spur 66 Crags and more.

The topos aren't as artistic as Rossiter's, but this book covers areas not in Rossiter's book, such as the Monastery, Jurassic Park, and the Ironclads.

Rock Climbing Rocky Mountain National Park: The Crag Areas

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A rock climbing guide to 650 routes: Prospect Mountain, Twin Sisters, Lily Mountain, Fern Canyon, Fall River Canyon, Lumpy Ridge, Cow Creek Canyon, and Dry Gulch, Big Thompson Canyon. With detailed maps, topos and written descriptions for the routes in the lowlands of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Not as comprehensive as Gillett's guide (does not cover the Monastery, Jurassic Park, or the Ironclads), but good topos and route descriptions for the areas that are covered.

High Over Boulder

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History filled, and from one of the original Boulder masters, Ament's book is a classic.

Colorado Front Range Bouldering : Boulder Area

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A great book for the Boulder area--great maps and descriptions.

Classic Boulder Climbs

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The best climbs of Boulder, Colorado are included in this select guide. From Eldorado Canyon's multi-pitch classics to the sport climbs of Dinosaur Mountain and Boulder Canyon; from slab-happy cruises in the Flatirons to the city's famed bouldering, this guide covers it all.

Best of Boulder Climbs

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A summary of the better routes in Rossiter's vast database. It has more pictures with routes indicated on them than in hie compilations, which is nice. It covers just about every area around Boulder.

Colorado Front Range Bouldering Vol. 1: Fort Collins Area

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this is a good one, lots of detailed maps. By the way the cover pic. is at Carter Lake.

Rifle Mountain Park and Western Colorado Rock Climbs

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Rifle Mountain Park and Western Colorado Rock Climbs
By Dave Pegg, BJ Sbarra, Jeff Achey, and Nate Adams.
228 pages. Color.

Simply put, Rifle Mountain Park is the best limestone sport climbing destination in North America. Confined to a narrow box canyon two miles long, RMP contains an unbelievable concentration of standard setting climbing. Long known for its overhanging enduro-fests, the canyon has seen a revitalization of route development, with the majority of the new routing taking place in the moderate grades of 5.11 and under.

Rifle Mountain Park and Western Colorado Rock Climbs also details over 20 newly developed and never before published crags in Glenwood Canyon, the Frying Pan River Valley, the Crystal River Valley, and around Main Elk Creek near New Castle. With updates of the classic spots like the Fortress of Solitude and the Redstone Boulders, as well as details about the soon-to-be classic crags of the Narrows near Redstone, the Skillet above Basalt, and Lime Creek above Eagle, this guidebook is a must have for any Colorado rock addict.

Rifle Mountain Park and Western Colorado Rock Climbs also showcases the region's climbing with hundreds of color photographs, including stunning action shots from pro shooters like Keith Ladzinski, Celin Serbo, and Tim Kemple, as well as the photos of BJ Sbarra.

Here is a complete list of crags covered within: Rifle Mountain Park, Rifle Arch, Main Elk Crag, the Pup Tent of Solitude, the Fortress of Solitude, the Puoux, Superpuoux, the Homestead and Gray Slabs in Glenwood Canyon, East Canyon, No Name Canyon, the Neighborhood, the Grizzley Creek Wall, Fountain Buttress, the Shoshone Stones, Dead Horse Crag, Surgery Buttress, Seven Castles, the Skillet, Hagerman Pass, Lime Creek, the Narrows, Redstone Boulders, Coal Creek Crag, and the Coal Creek Boulders.

Colorado Scrambles: A Guide to 50 Select Climbs in Colorado's Mountains

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Colorado Scrambles: A Guide To 50 Select Climbs In Colorado's Mountains (Cmc Classics) (Paperback) by Dave Cooper "Scrambling encompasses the realm between off-trail hiking and technical climbing..."

Book Description
- Fully GPS enabled to identify critical locations on both the approach and the climb
- Contains many little-known but excellent routes as well as the classics
- Full-color guidebook
- The latest in the Colorado Mountain Club's series: CMC Classics

The Colorado Mountains provide endless opportunities for climbers, and now in the latest installment of the Colorado Mountain Club's Classics series, Dave Cooper has compiled this guidebook that offers complete descriptions for some of the best scrambling throughout the state of Colorado. Rather than use the height of a peak or its region, this book explores the quality of the scrambling routes. Written for the experienced mountaineer interested in not only bagging summits, but also in a challenge, rock quality, position and remarkable routes. You'll find scrambles in the San Juan Mountains, Sangre de Cristo Range, the Park Range, the Gore Range, Tenmile Range, The Mosquito Range, the Sawatch Range, the Front Range, and the Elks.

This guidebook contains detailed information on what makes the route unique, how to start the climb, access issues, crux sections and route finding tips. Extensive photographs take the scrambler along the route for clarification, and the book is fully GPS enabled to identify critical locations on both the approach and the climb. Detailed topographic maps make routes easier to locate.

The Ripper: Climbing in Colorado's Wet Mountain

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The Wet Mountains, a hidden gem of Southern Colorado climbing, boast steep sport granite, multi-pitch adventure climbs, ice and historic sandstone bouldering. Included in this new guide are the popular sport crags of the Tanner Dome massif.

Western Sloper--Rifle Mountain Park

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The only up-to-date guide to America's premier sport-climbing destination: Rifle Mountain Park in Western Colorado. Also covers The Fortress of Solitude—home of Flex Luthor and Kryptonite— Puoux and other sport-climbing, bouldering, and traditional climbing areas in Western Colorado.

Colorado Bouldering

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This is the Bible of bouldering in Colorado. From High Country hide-outs to the popular Front Range crags, Benningfield's meticulously researched guide details thousands of boulder problems. A must-have guide for any local or Colorado visitor.

Also available at Sharp End Books.

Colorado Front Range Bouldering Volume 3: Southern Areas

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The legend Bob Horan covers many areas with maps and descriptions.

Front Range Crags

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A solid guide that includes extends north to climbing in Fort Collins and south to Castlewood Canyon State Park. The pictures of the routes are all drawn, and generally reliable. While the guide is comprehensive in terms of route volume, there is no description for the routes or subjective rating.

Rock Climbing Colorado

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This guide likely incorporates the most climbing areas in Colorado of any other guide. The guide also makes routes relatively easy to identify, with good pictures and descriptions. However, each area is given an overview, often leaving out a large portion of routes within a specific area.