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Backcountry Skiing: Stevens Pass and Washington’s East Side Guidebook

by todd | Mar 16, 2021

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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Hatcher Pass Rock Climbing Guidebook

by todd | Nov 2, 2020

Hatcher Pass Rock Climbing
by Kelsey Gray
Koh Tao Rock Climbing

The best (and only) extensive guidebook for Hatcher Pass, Alaska. This new guidebook was published in paperback in 2021. The app includes over 400 climbs within one of the best climbing areas in Alaska.

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Million Dollar Highway Colorado Rock Climbing Guidebook

by todd | Sep 23, 2020

CLIMBS OF THE MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY Ridgway, Ouray and Silverton, Colorado
by Jason Nelson
Visual Adventures | Suffer Candy Volume 1 | Suffer Candy Volume 2

This guide covers the majority of rock climbing to be found in Montrose, Ridgway, Ouray and Silverton, Colorado. Most of the routes are sport climbs, but there is a little bit of everything and there is a wide variety of rock types to choose from. Route lengths are between 30′ and rise up to about 1,400′. We got sun. We got shade. Pretty much the only thing we don’t have is splitter granite. The scenery is top-notch, and the season never ends.
Current Routes included are:
Montrose: Dry Creek
Ridgway: Colby’s Corner, Dike Wall
Ouray: Rotary Park, Pool Wall, Overlook, Jimmy Cliff, Techno Crag, Wicked Crag, The Hall of Justice, Roadside Attraction and Ice Park Crags.
Silverton: Master’s Wall, Snowden Peak
Routes soon to be added:
Ouray: Red Mountain Pass Crags including, Sandias, Other Canyon Creek Crags
Silverton: Eureka, Stripe, RV Wall, Ice Lake Crag.

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Backcountry Skiing: Olympic National Park-Hurricane Ridge Washington Guidebook

by todd | Mar 21, 2020

For almost 8,000 years native people have lived around the Olympic Mountains. The Duwamish of the Salish sea call them ‘Sun-a-do’, and the ancestors of the Klallam have been living, hunting and gathering in the high mountains since time immemorial.The Spanish sailed along the coast in 1774 and named the highest peak, Cerro Nevado de Santa Rosalia. In 1788, the British Explorer Roger Meares renamed the highest peak, Mt Olympus because it looked like the ‘abode of the gods.’ and just like that the Olympic Mountains became part of the European map.The 1890s saw climbers begin ascending the summits of Mt. Olympus, with the main summit finally being climbed in 1907. Deer Park became Washington’s premier ski area in the mid 1930s. The Hurricane Ridge road was built in the early 50s and the ski area moved from Deer Park, establishing a new winter recreation center for the Olympic National Park. Ski touring began along the roads of Deer Park and Hurricane Ridge and shifted to the Bailey Range and the higher peaks in the 1990s.

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Mexico: La Concepción Rock Climbing Guidebook

by todd | Mar 9, 2020

La Concepción; Mexico’s Premier Rhyolite Crack Climbing
by Simeon Heimowitz
Southern Exposure Professional Guide Service

This guidebook is the only fully comprehensive resource for La Concepción; Mexico’s premiere destination for Rhyolite crack climbing. In addition to the up to date route information on all the “must do” five star classics this guide also highlights lesser known high quality routes within this stunning river valley. This rakkup guide is the only up to date resource available for climbers visiting this world class climbing area. A total of 15 walls and 133 climbs are included in this stand alone resource. La Concepción is a stunning Rhyolite canyon located a short distance from Aculco de Espinoza; a truly beautiful town located high in the mountains of Central Mexico. At 8,000 feet in elevation and 1,300 miles North of the Equator the climbing season is continuous at La Concepción throughout the year. If crack climbing is your passion be prepared to fall in love with this hidden gem of a climbing area.

: Explore La Concepcion climbing via an interactive trail map.

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