by todd | Sep 2, 2015
Ferguson Canyon Rock Climbing
by Tony Calderone
Little Cottonwood Climbing | Big Cottonwood Climbing | Wasatch Front Bouldering | Wasatch Wilderness Climbing | Wasatch Bench Climbing
Ferguson Canyon is located between Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood Canyons, near Salt Lake City, Utah. The canyon is known for its welcoming atmosphere. Nearly all the routes are shaded all day long. In contrast to most local climbing areas, dogs are allowed here. Most of the routes are short, averaging 50 feet in length. And the nearby stream provides a swamp-cooling effect. With 160 routes to choose from, you will enjoy climbing here with the excellent beta provided by long-time local guide, Tony Calderone.
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Explore Ferguson Canyon like it was meant to be explored via our interactive trail map.
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rakkup guides you car to crag then shows you a picture when you arrive. Awesome.
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Tap on a climb name, see where it’s located on the image. Tap on a climb bubble in the image, discover what climb it is. So nice…
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Over 160 and growing Ferguson climbs at your fingertips.
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Too much to handle? Sort all those climbs to only the grades you want to see. Too hot? No prob, filter by in shade only.
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Tired of bad beta? Use local guide, Tony Calderone’s beta to send your next proj!
Print + digital bundle pricing includes $6.00 for shipping.
by todd | Jan 20, 2015
Little Cottonwood Rock Climbing
by Tony Calderone
Wasatch Front Bouldering | Big Cottonwood Climbing | Ferguson Canyon | Wasatch Wilderness Climbing | Wasatch Bench Climbing
Twenty minutes from downtown Salt Lake City lies the largest concentration of rock climbs in Utah. The true gem of Wasatch rock climbing. Little Cottonwood Canyon Rock Climbing!
The Author
With 24,000 feet of LCC first ascents, 1,000 quarter inch bolts replaced, and 20 years as his primary climbing area, Tony stands among few with such intimate knowledge of this canyon. Nobody has ever had as much experience climbing here before publishing a guidebook. Tony’s personal guidance is based on over 30 years of climbing throughout the country and personal experience on over 70% of these routes.
The Environment
Temperatures vary widely as routes can be found at every elevation between 5,000 and 9,000 feet. The variety of wall orientations to the sun also mean you can see people ice climbing on one side of the canyon while comfortably rock climbing in a T-shirt on the other side.
The Climbing
You won’t be doing the same move over and over again here. Low angle, high angle, overhangs, pockets, slabs and giant chimneys. Finger, hand and off-width cracks. Even the protection varies. Lube up the sliding nuts and 4” cams. Your micronuts and tube chocks will be shiny no more. This granite will eat them all up.
The App includes close-up, pitch-by-pitch photos of over 300 multi-pitch routes as long as 1,500 feet. Over 1,100 routes in total, from 5.3 to 5.13. Check your ego at the trailhead. Little Cottonwood difficulty grades have a deserved reputation for being “full value”.
Plans to quickly bump your way up through the numbers will promptly be thwarted. But an apprenticeship here will hone every skill at every level. Hand jamming, stemming, smearing, edging, manteling, lay-backing and high-stepping.
Mastery of classic, so-called “beginner” routes will earn you the solid status of a true all-around rock climber.
Schoolroom (5.6) will prepare you for every size crack. Perhaps (5.7) will beat your lay-backing skills into submission. Crescent Crack (5.7) will teach you respect for chimneys. The lost art of nut placement will be within your grasp after a no cam redpoint of Pentapitch (5.8). The S-Direct (5.9) will test your mettle and give you pause to call yourself a 5.9 climber. Anyone who has climbed The Dorsal Fin (5.10+) comes away with a different perspective on the accomplishments of climbers throughout the ages.
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Explore Little Cottonwood rock climbing like it was meant to be explored via our interactive trail map.
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rakkup guides you turn by turn to your climb then shows you a picture when you arrive. Awesome.
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Tap on a climb name, see where it’s located on the image. Tap on a climb bubble in the image, discover what climb it is. So nice…
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1132 Little Cottonwood climbs at your fingertips.
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Too much to handle? Sort all those climbs to only the grades you want to see. Too hot? No prob, filter by in shade only.
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Tired of bad beta? Use local guide, Tony ’s beta to send your next proj!
Print + digital bundle pricing includes $6.00 for shipping.
by todd | Oct 24, 2014
Joshua Tree Rock Climbs
Wolverine Publishing
by Robert Miramontes
Welcome to one of Earth’s great playgrounds of stone—Joshua Tree National Park. World renowned for its bold and pure trad climbing, its monumental volume and variety of easy and moderate routes, and the other-worldly ambiance of its landscape. This digital rock-climbing guide presents the entire park, describing 3000 of the finest climbs, including several of the better bouldering circuits. The entire trail map to Joshua tree has been meticulously mapped to enable rakkup’s turn-by-turn directions from car to crag. Imagine never getting lost at Joshua Tree again. Is that even possible? It is with Robert’s Joshua Tree rakkup guidebook. The Joshua Tree trail map by itself is worth this price, let alone 3000 route descriptions with beautiful color topo images.
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Imagine never being lost at Joshua Tree again. Robert’s Joshua Tree trail map will blow you away. You have to experience this trail map to understand how groundbreaking this is.
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Navigate to over 3000 climbs, like Robert Miramontes was showing you the way to every crag at Joshua Tree.
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Tap on a climb to see where it’s located in the image, or tap on a route bubble in the image to see what climb it is.
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Explore Joshua Tree Rock Climbs from a hierarchical list that can be filtered and searched.
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Filter the 3000+ climbing route list or trail map by grade, climb type, quality and sun/shade times. How cool is this?
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Tired of bad beta? Use local expert, Robert Miramontes beta to send your next Joshua Tree climbing project.
Digital + print edition pricing includes $6.00 for shipping.
by todd | Aug 27, 2014
Grayson Highlands Bouldering
Brayackmedia Publishing
by Aaron Parlier
Grayson Highlands Bouldering Blog
Grayson Highlands Bouldering Facebook
Grayson Highlands State Park (GHSP) is the uncontested crown jewel of Virginia in terms of scenery, hiking, and nearly all facets of outdoor recreation. Grayson is the best bouldering area in the Southeast. Don’t believe us? Learn why here. In GHSP there are problems ranging from easy going to V-insane. This digital guide for Android, iPhone & iPad devices has 349 of the the best problems and Aaron will be adding more problems in updates.
Print + digital bundle pricing includes $6.00 for shipping. The print guidebook sold with the “Digital + Print edition” bundle is the 2013 edition.
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Explore Grayson like it was meant to be explored via our interactive trail map.
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Then just like Aaron Parlier was showing you how to get to his latest secret problem, rakkup guides you turn by turn to your boulder then shows you a picture when you arrive. Awesome.
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Beautiful hand drawn topos. Tap on a problem name, see where it’s located on the topo. Tap on a problem bubble in the topo, discover what problem it is. So nice…
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Over 400 of the best problems at Grayson right at your finger tips.
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Too much to handle? Sort all those problems to only the grades you want to see. Too hot? No prob, filter by in shade only.
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Tired of bad beta? Use local expert, Aaron Parlier’s beta to send your next proj!
by todd | Aug 27, 2014
Rockin’ on the Rock: A Guide to Mt. Erie Climbing
by Dallas Kloke with Jim Thompson & Aaron Bryant
Mt. Erie is a diverse destination for rock climbers in Northwest Washington. From beginning top ropes, to multi-pitch trad and 5.13 sport routes, Mt. Erie has it all. This digital guide for Android & iOS devices features the best climbs on Mt. Erie. All author royalties go to the Dallas Kloke Foundation.
Buy both versions of the guidebook (print and digital) for only $40.99! That price includes $6.00 for shipping, meaning that you get the book for only $20 more! A good deal on a beautiful guidebook!
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Think you can find your way around Mt. Erie without getting lost? Have you seen this trail map?
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With rakkup it’s like having a local guide take you right to the base without getting lost.
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Beautiful and accurate hand drawn topos. Tapping on a route bubble, identifies the climb. Tapping on a route name, identifies which topo line you want.
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Filter your route list or trail map by grade, climb type, quality and sun/shade times. How cool is this?
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Tired of bad beta? Our Mt. Erie beta is from Dallas Kloke, the Mt. Erie legend and pioneer that put up most of these routes.
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Still not enough? Well, get stoked to send the coolest routes at Erie with tons of awesome action shots!
by todd | Mar 17, 2014
Souther Nevada Bouldering Select
Snell Press
by Tom Moulin
Southern Nevada & Red Rocks, long known for outstanding sport and trad climbing, boasts an impressive array of world-class boulder problems at all difficulty levels. Set amidst beautiful surroundings, the boulders offer everything from steep gymnastic problems and long pumpy traverses to under-vertical balance affairs and the crimpy lines that Red Rocks is famous for. No longer confined to the Kraft Boulders, climbers now have a wealth of problems to choose from in the Calico Hills and vast canyons of Red Rocks. This digital guidebook with car to crag navigation to every boulder is a select guidebook to the best southern nevada red rocks bouldering with 468 problems.
Print + digital bundle pricing includes $7.00 for shipping. The print version in the bundle is the 2nd edition.
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Explore Southern Nevada Bouldering like it was meant to be explored via our interactive trail map.
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Like a local who’s been there and done that, rakkup guides you turn by turn to your problem.
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Tap on a problem to see where it’s located in the image, or tap on a bubble in the image to see what problem it is.
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Explore Southern Nevada Bouldering from a hierarchical list that can be filtered.
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Filter your problem list or trail map by grade, quality and sun/shade times. How cool is this?
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Tired of bad beta? Use local expert Tom Moulin’s beta to get to and send your next Southern Nevada Bouldering project.
by todd | Mar 17, 2014
Rock Climbs of Acadia
by Grant Simmons
Rock Climbs of Acadia Facebook
Grant’s Rock Climbs of Acadia website
One of the East Coast’s premier summer destinations. Acadia National Park offers high quality granite climbing in a spectacular setting. It is a Downeast island paradise replete with classic routes both on the coast and inland. Rock Climbs of Acadia, more up to date than the print guidebook, covers over 280 climbs in all the classic climbing areas, plus many of the island’s more obscure haunts.
Learn why Acadia Rock Climbing is truly an island paradise here. Check out Grant’s Rock Climbs of Acadia site here.
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Explore Acadia rock climbing like it was meant to be explored, via our interactive trail map.
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Navigate to all Acadia climbs and walls like Grant was personally guiding you.
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Tap on a climb to see where it’s located in the image, or tap on a route bubble in the image to see what climb it is.
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Explore Acadia Rock Climbs from a hierarchical list that can be filtered and searched.
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Filter the Acadia climbing route list or trail map by grade, climb type, quality and sun/shade times. How cool is this?
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Tired of bad beta? Use local expert, Grant Simmons beta to send your next Acadia climbing project.
by todd | Mar 17, 2014
Devil’s Head Colorado Digital Climbing Guide
by Tod Anderson
Devil’s Head Facebook
Overlooked or ignored for many years, Devil’s Head rock climbing 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 there are now over 1000 climbs at Devil’s Head and Tod is updating this guidebook with new routes regularly.
Devil’s Head features great views and a feeling of remoteness, despite being only an hour from downtown Denver. Most crags require some walking to access, but the hikes are generally over moderate terrain and elevation gains are reasonable. It’s easy to find sun or shade as needed, depending on the daily temperatures. Each crag has its own unique character and a wide variety of types of climbing are found at the always expanding collection of crags at Devil’s Head.
Both free and pay camping are available in the vicinity and some sites even feature walk from camp climbing access. Pay camping exists at the main trailhead in a small campground that has about 15 sites. Those often fill up on weekends, so early weekend arrival is advised. Free dispersed camping is allowed along Rampart Range Road and in Jackson Creek valley. The best sites are located past the turnoff to the main trailhead and beyond Mile Marker 10.
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Explore Devil’s Head rock climbing like it was meant to be explored, via our interactive trail map.
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Navigate to all Devil’s Head climbs and walls like Tod was personally guiding you.
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Tap on a climb to see where it’s located in the image, or tap on a route bubble in the image to see what climb it is.
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Explore Devil’s Head rock climbs & walls from a hierarchical list that can be filtered and searched.
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Filter the Devil’s Head climbing route list or trail map by grade, climb type, quality and sun/shade times. How cool is this?
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Tired of bad beta? Use local expert, Tod Anderson’s beta to send your next Devil’s Head climbing project.
Print + digital bundle pricing includes $7.00 for shipping.
by todd | Mar 17, 2014
New River Rock Volume 2
Wolverine Publishing
by Mike Williams Mike’s Iron Clad Beta Blog
Long overshadowed by the more famous New River Gorge just a few miles to the south, the Meadow River, Summersville Lake, and Gauley River harbor an equally diverse selection of some of America’s best rock climbs. This digital guidebook (more up to date than print) documents over 1100 sport and traditional routes in these beautiful sandstone areas. Entertaining route descriptions, full color photos, complete trail map enabling turn-by-turn navigation to the crag and up-to-date beta are all found in the first ever digital guidebook dedicated to the world class climbing of the Meadow River, Summersville Lake, and Gauley River.
Print + digital bundle pricing includes $6.00 for shipping.
Don’t forget to check New River Rock Vol. 1 for more coverage of this amazing area!
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Explore Gauley, Meadow and Summersville like they are meant to be explored via our interactive trail map.
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Then just like Mike Williams was showing you how to get to his latest secret project, rakkup guides you car to crag then shows you a picture when you arrive. Awesome.
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Tap on a climb name, see where it’s located on the image. Tap on a climb bubble in the image, discover what climb it is. So nice…
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Over 1000 Gauley, Meadow & Summersville climbs at your fingertips
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Too much to handle? Sort all those climbs to only the grades you want to see. Too hot? No prob, filter by in shade only.
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Tired of bad beta? Use local expert, Mike William’s beta to send your next proj!
by todd | Mar 17, 2014
New River Rock Vol. 1
Wolverine Publishing
by Mike Williams Mike’s Iron Clad Beta Blog
The New River Gorge National River encompasses a 53-mile corridor of scenic waterway through West Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains and is home to one of America’s best and biggest rock-climbing areas. The variety of routes is unparalleled with everything from traditionally protected splitter cracks and technical face climbs to overhanging sport routes. This digital guidebook (more up to date than print) documents more than 1900 climbing routes found along the immaculate sandstone walls of this beautiful gorge. Entertaining route descriptions, full color photos, complete trail map enabling turn-by-turn navigation to the crag and up-to-date beta are all found in the best New River digital guide ever created.
Print + digital bundle pricing includes $6.00 for shipping.
Don’t forget to check New River Rock Vol. 2 for more coverage of this amazing area!
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Explore the New River Gorge like it was meant to be explored via our interactive trail map.
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Then just like Mike Williams was showing you how to get to his latest secret project, rakkup guides you car to crag then shows you a picture when you arrive. Awesome.
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Tap on a climb name, see where it’s located on the image. Tap on a climb bubble in the image, discover what climb it is. So nice…
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Over 1800 New River Gorge climbs at your fingertips.
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Too much to handle? Sort all those climbs to only the grades you want to see. Too hot? No prob, filter by in shade only.
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Tired of bad beta? Use local expert, Mike William’s beta to send your next proj!
