Backcountry Skiing: Grand Traverse Crested Butte to Aspen, CO

Backcountry Skiing: Grand Traverse Crested Butte to Aspen, CO

by | Mar 8, 2022

Grand Traverse: Crested Butte to Aspen, CO
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
Beacon Guidebooks:
Colorado: Buffalo | Crested Butte | Loveland | Silverton | Uphill Skiing & Light Tours of Colorado
Washington: Baker | Crystal | Hurricane Ridge | Snoqualmie

The official map (but not necessarily the official route) of the Elk Mountain Grand Traverse, an extraordinary Colorado ski route! The Grand Traverse is a point-to-point ski race from Crested Butte to Aspen put on by Crested Butte Nordic, that takes place late March/early April each year. Racers travel 40 miles across the Elk Mountain range, climbing over 6,800 vertical feet.

Buy digital plus map and the price includes $4.00 for shipping, a screaming deal! When you buy a bundle, you can use your digital rakkup guidebook immediately.

Oman: Bouldering Guidebook

Oman: Bouldering Guidebook

by | Jan 6, 2022

Oman: Bouldering by Jamie Moss & Gary Goldfinger Climbing in Oman Facebook Muscat Sport Climbing Guidebook | Sharaf Al Alameyn Sport Climbing Guidebook | Oman: Deep Water Soloing Guidebook

Boulders are everywhere in Oman. Every range of hills is criss-crossed by dry river canyons – wadis – and every wadi is littered with blocks of all sizes. Not all of them are good for climbing on though – some are too weathered, some are smooth and hold-less, and some are just too plain big. In this guide we’ve done the hard work for you – hand-picking over 400 of the best problems from around 100 of the best blocks in more than 20 venues around the country.
There are a couple of world-class bouldering venues in Oman – Damian’s Boulders in the Musandam Peninsula and Umq Bir aka ‘Valley of Giants’ to the south of Muscat. These are covered in full detail. Most of the described bouldering is in the Musandam and Muscat areas, although the guide also includes some brand new developments from Salalah in the far south. A wide range of problems are available (V0-V12), although most of the development has been in the low to mid grades so far.

Great Falls of the Potomac Climbing Guidebook

Great Falls of the Potomac Climbing Guidebook

by | Aug 11, 2021

Great Falls of the Potomac by Potomac Appalachian Trail Club – Mountaineering Section Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Website

Located in the beautiful Potomac River Gorge, Great Falls provides a wide variety of climbing right along side the Potomac river. The cliffs are roughly 60 feet high made of hard, solid rock. The area is sunny and has lots of visitors, climbers and hikers alike.

This guide provides maps, descriptions, and ratings of technical climbing routes along the Potomac River; covering the Virginia shoreline. The paper edition contains Maryland shoreline climbs, which will be included in future editions of this Rakkup guide, as well as masterpoint locations for each sector. The Rakkup edition includes over 200 routes and updated images.

Should you have any comments, suggestions, or general inquiries regarding this guidebook, please reach out to the PATC-MS club directly at secretary@patcms.org.

Québec: Saint-Léon-de-Standon Rock Climbing Guidebook

Québec: Saint-Léon-de-Standon Rock Climbing Guidebook

by | Jul 2, 2021

Saint-Léon-de-Standon
by Nicolas Rodrigue
Club d’escalade et de montagne des Appalaches (CEMA)

Le guide d’escalade Saint Léon de Standon contient une trentaine de voie de 5.5 à 5.12 + sur un rocher volcanique unique plein des belles prises. L’escalade est majoritairement de type sportif avec quelques voie trad classique. Ce guide complet vous donne toutes les informations pour profitez de ce site orienté nord et frais en été. D’autre projet bloc et voie sont en développement par le CEMA. Ce topo prendra de l’expansion au fil des années. Saint Léon deviendra un must comme destination estivale.

Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing Guidebook

Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing Guidebook

by | Mar 12, 2021

Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing
by Tony Calderone
Little Cottonwood Climbing | Big Cottonwood Climbing | Wasatch Front Bouldering | Wasatch Wilderness Climbing

Salt Lake Valley climbers have some of the most easily accessible rock climbs of any metropolitan area in the entire country. Big Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon and three wilderness areas immediately east of Salt Lake Valley have over 2,400 developed rock climbing routes that are described in other guidebooks in this series.

This is a guide to rock climbing in the hills and smaller canyons along the central Wasatch Bench, immediately east of Salt Lake Valley. The 175 routes described herein are typically short and have short approaches. Most can easily be climbed after work and before the sun sets. And most of these areas are conducive to bringing along small children and/or dogs.