recommended guidebooks? (ontopic, please)

[Gary_Yngve]

Does anyone have any recommended climbing (not cragging)guidebooks for the following areas:

 

Tetons

Wind Rivers

Desert SW

RMNP

 

coffee-table style? (nice pics)

encyclopedic or selects? (e.g. Beckey vs Nelson/Kearney)

age? (if it hasn't been updated in 10 years, will it be updated soon? does it matter?)

[MisterMo]

For some historical perspective and wonderful reading dig out the 1970 Ascent . It had a guide to Four Corners climbs, a history of desert climbing, and a piece on desert climbing by Chuck Pratt...perhaps the finest of the few things he wrote.

 

Good stuff there, though long out of date as a guidebook. I drag it out at least once a year & read it again.

[mountainmatt]

Some good stuff in here:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964369850

 

Depending what you want to do, you can also look into the 50 classics book for the petite grepon, etc.

[cj001f]

Have you heard of searching the motherfucking interweb?

[catbirdseat]

He's asking here because he holds all of your personal opinions in such high esteem, except for maybe cj001f.

[goatboy]

Gary,

 

I have a bunch of Desert SW guidebooks and would be happy to let you browse them to see which ones you'd like to purchase for your trip...just PM.

[cj001f]

He's asking here because he holds all of your personal opinions in such high esteem, except for maybe cj001f.

my personal opinion is you molest wild arachnids.

 

Pervert.

[olyclimber]

[Gary_Yngve]

Thanks for all the helpful comments.

 

I don't have a specific roadtrip planned per se (my last one was Da Bugs and my next one will probably be Hyalite), but it's always good to have some pornographic literature around.

 

I'm surprised that the Tetons guide that everyone uses is like 10-15 years old and there hasn't been a newer one.

[layton]

I'm surprised that the Tetons guide that everyone uses is like 10-15 years old and there hasn't been a newer one.

 

You'll LOVE the Wind Rivers Guidebook then!

[marcus]

You'll LOVE the Wind Rivers Guidebook then!

 

It specialises in blurry photos taken from miles away with few actual route names, topos or useful beta - including essential descent info - all done in the name of 'preserving the spirit of adventue'.

 

Kesey's "Climbing and Hiking Wind River Mountains" gets a big

[archenemy]

Thanks for all the helpful comments.

 

I don't have a specific roadtrip planned per se (my last one was Da Bugs and my next one will probably be Hyalite), but it's always good to have some pornographic literature around.

 

I'm surprised that the Tetons guide that everyone uses is like 10-15 years old and there hasn't been a newer one.

I can give you all the beta you could ever want for Hylite--rock and ice. It'll cost you some booze though.

Oh, I have good guide books for MT as well.

[cj001f]

Kesey's "Climbing and Hiking Wind River Mountains" gets a big

What does that earn the Bonney guide?

[olyclimber]

Ken Kesey?

[layton]

You'll LOVE the Wind Rivers Guidebook then!

 

It specialises in blurry photos taken from miles away with few actual route names, topos or useful beta - including essential descent info - all done in the name of 'preserving the spirit of adventue'.

 

Kesey's "Climbing and Hiking Wind River Mountains" gets a big

 

It'd like Rolf Larson writting a guidebook for Leavenworth

 

I'd like to see BobbyPeru and BWRTS write a guidebook for the eastside crags..."Dude broseph! Tugs on that route, spliffity zim sham shaham! Fo shizz y'alls foo gots 2 check the aftershow at the digs....dems be crunchy notes yo! "

[sill]

For RMNP the Gillet book is the most current, but the topos arn't that great, the pictures are kind blurry too

[matt_warfield]

The Mountain Project website, while sparse for many areas, has a pretty good summary of RMNP alpine rock routes since its origins were in the very active Climbing Boulder site.

[ScaredSilly]

Tetons - Jackson & Ortenbuger latest edition is about 5 years old. There is also a mini/mini guide that is fine for the trade routes.

 

Wind Rivers - The Kelsey guide is really the only thing - helps keep the adventure level high.

 

Desert SW - Unless you want the 4 Vol Bjornstad set or are lucky enough to find the first ed single vol from Brjonstad. Rock climbing Utah by Green is your best best. There is also a new book for S Utah and the Arizona Strip along with one for Indian Creek.

 

coffee-table style?

Canyon Country Climbs - Wiggins & Cassidy

Layton Kor's book - hard to find and really $$

[fgw]

"first ed single vol from Brjonstad"

 

GREAT book with beautiful photos (b&w) and includes much stuff that is illegal to climb now. Almost worth the $200 it now goes for...

 

C. Burns Select's is another option for a comprehensive single volume guidebook with some inaccuracies (Green's is probably better even if it has fewer desert tower routes). Indian Cr. guidebook (above) has some pretty pictures.