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Shelf Road Rock: A Complete Climbing Reference, by Fred Knapp, Rick Thompson, and Rich Aschert

Shelf Road Rock: A Complete Climbing Reference



by Fred Knapp, Rick Thompson, and Rich Aschert, Sharp End Publishing, 2005.
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Finally, a comprehensive guide to Shelf Road with over 900 plus routes, the new guide covers: The Gallery, Sand Gulch, Dead Colt, The Bank, The Dark Side, The Vault Area, Cactus Cliff, Spiney Ridge, The Gym, The North End and the Great Black North.

Areas Covered..
Shelf Road

Rock Climbing Shelf Road



by Mark Van Horn, Falcon Press, 1999. Out of print
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Newly updated guide to a premier Colorado limestone sport crag outside of Canon City. Includes areas recently acquired by the Access Fund. Knapp's guide does include additional areas that Van Horn doesn't, but those areas are currently private property and have access issues. Van Horn's is a good guidebook, considering the thorough topos, pictures, history, directions and .... route descriptions? Well Van Horn is far from verbose with his route descriptions. Get used to the following words: devious, technical, continuous, strenuous, thin, sharp, and sequential. Mathematically Van Horn has found the orthoganol set of route desciption words, the smallest possible set of words to adequately describe the routes. And darn tootin, it works, leaving just enough to the imagination. If you're considering getting a guide to Shelf, then this is a good one.

Areas Covered..
Shelf Road

Cactus Cliff and Spiney Ridge



by Rick Thompson, Sharp End Publishing, 2000.
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This guide to Cactus Ciff and Spiney Ridge is outdated, and has been superceded by the new Shelf Road Rock guidebook by Fred Knapp, Rick Thompson, and Rich Aschert.

Areas Covered..
Shelf Road