Mountain Project: Forum: Best Tahoe Guidebook

By P.K.
Jul 15, 2010

Does anybody have strong feelings either way on which guidebook is better, the Supertopo or the Falcon guide? I understand the Supertopo book is South Tahoe specific, but is the Falcon guide still more comprehensive for the areas covered in the Supertopo book?

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By J. Albers
From Colorado
Jul 15, 2010

P.K. wrote:

The Falcon guide is definitely more comprehensive. As you say, it covers the whole Tahoe region. The only problem is that it is kinda of a crappy book. If you live here, you might want both. Also, there is a guide specifically for Big Chief (sport) from Maximus press (google it). For the Big Chief area, the Maximus book is by far the nicest. If you are climbing in South Lake, the SuperTopo book is the best. There is also a book called "California Road Trips" from Maximus press. This is for all of northern CA, but it has a nice selection of routes for both north and south Lake Tahoe, but again, it is not comprehensive.

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By caughtinside
From Oakland CA
Jul 15, 2010

What he said.

I'd just add, that the CA road trip guide is pretty inadequate for the area if you plan to stay more than a few days.

If you plan on climbing tahoe a bunch, I'd get the Falcon guide. If you're just passing through, I'd get the SuperTopo, climb the south lake stuff, and make do without a guide on the north shore (not that hard to do, basically just donner summit.)

OR, you could get this: www.alibris.com/search/books/invid/9683967530?cm_mmc=shopcom>>>

The 1987 guide to tahoe, by Christine Jenkewicz-Meytras. It has the best drawings of the crags IMO. The downside is that it is out of date, but it has all the classics, and most of the classic areas. Doesn't have Big Chief, which will be too warm in the afternoons anyway.

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By P.K.
Jul 15, 2010

Thanks for the info, just going for a long weekend so will probably pick up the Supertopo

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