by todd | Nov 9, 2021
Backcountry Skiing: Cameron Pass, Colorado
by Rodney Ley
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
Beacon Guidebooks:
California: Tahoe Light Tours Colorado: Berthoud Pass | Buffalo | CO Light Tours | Crested Butte | Loveland | Marble | RMNP | Silverton Oregon: Hood Washington: Baker | Crystal | ONP | Snoqualmie | Stevens
Cameron Pass provides a unique Colorado backcountry skiing experience. Remote and undeveloped, “Cam Pass” also receives a generous amount of snow each winter; good skiing often extends into May. Colorado State Hwy.14, a well-maintained all-weather road over the pass, provides access from east and west. Although Cameron Pass does not cross the Continental Divide, it is the only year-round highway north of Berthoud Pass accessing the western slope. Just 65 miles from Fort Collins and 90 miles from Steamboat Springs, Cameron Pass is a straightforward day trip from many areas in Colorado. During the winter, facilities such as lodging, gas stations, and restaurants are scarce. Cell service on Cameron Pass is spotty to non-existent: only on higher ridges with good line of sight is cell service possible. The Moose Visitor Center, located 9 miles west of Cameron Pass, remains open year-round, providing restrooms and visitor services. At the time of publication, no wifi or cell service exists at this location. Administratively, the area is managed by Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest east of Cameron Pass and by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) on the west side of the pass. Parking and access on the west side of the pass require a CPW Parks Permit. Currently, the National Forest does not require a daily use fee for the eastern side. The author and publisher acknowledge that the land described in this atlas is the ancestral home of the Hinono’eiteen (Arapaho) and Núutsi-u (Ute) peoples, who lived on these lands for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.
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by todd | 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.
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by todd | Jul 2, 2021
Saint-Léon-de-Standon
by Nicolas Rodrigue & Club d’escalade et de montagne des Appalaches (CEMA)
Québec: Grand Morne | Montmagny-L’Islet
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.
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by todd | Mar 16, 2021
Backcountry Skiing: Washington’s East Side Stevens to Snoqualmie
by Matt Schonwald
Northwest Avalanche Center
Beacon Guidebooks:
California: Tahoe Light Tours Colorado: Berthoud | Buffalo | Cameron | CO Light Tours | Crested Butte | Loveland | Marble | RMNP | Silverton New Mexico: Taos Oregon: Hood Washington: Baker | Crystal | ONP | Snoqualmie
In 1897, John Stevens found the passage for the Great Northern Railroad across a 4,000’ pass in the Cascades. Since then, Stevens Pass place in history is thick with decades of travel, avalanches, ski areas, and so much more. Stevens Pass is one of the essential gateways to the extraordinary backcountry possibilities that exist between I-90, US Highway 97, and US Highway 2.
Over 300 tours, accessible via ski areas, roadside pullouts, and long snowmobile approaches make this region’s diverse opportunities seem infinite. The East Side also provides a drier, colder snowpack—bringing blower pow (and persistent slabs) to the Cascades.
The author and publisher acknowledge that the lands described in this atlas are the ancestral home of the Pisquouse and Si’apkat, members of the Yakama Nation. The Pisquouse (Yakama name: Winátshapam), or Wenatchi, lived in the area that spans present-day Leavenworth to Wenatchee. Wenatchee is a Sahaptian word for “river water which comes from canyons” or “robe of the rainbow.” The first inhabitants of the Kittitas Valley were the Psch-wan-wap-pams (stony ground people), also known as the Kittitas, Si’apkat, or Upper Yakama. They lived along the upper Yakima River (today called Cle Elum), which was a traditional gathering place for tribes east of the Cascades.
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by todd | 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.
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