Canadian Guidebook
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This summer I am (planning on) taking a road trip through Canada, leaving from Seattle and going to Manitoba. On the way I am hoping to climb in Squamish, Skaha, and Banff, possibly some other places. Does anyone know of a good guidebook that encompasses all these places? |
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Bow valley rock for banff |
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Old book. Sorry. You will want Banff Rock |
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Kevin Mclane has a book out called Canadian Rock. It encompasses all those areas and has select lines in each one. It is by no means a substitute guide for the respective local guides to the area as it can't have every route in it otherwise it would be 1000 pages, but it does a good job at identifying the classics and giving people a good idea where to go. |
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Anything out there for eastern Canada rock? |
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Check out this publisher, they carry most of the relevant guidebooks for Western Canada |
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rpc wrote:Anything out there for eastern Canada rock?Not that I'm aware of. There are, however, plenty of local and regional guidebooks. Eastern Canada is huge! MEC offers a pretty good selection of those local and regional guidebooks. mec.ca/shop/climbing-guideb… |
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Dom - thanks! A few local guides look interesting & I have not seen them before. |
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Thanks everyone, helps a lot! |
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+1 for Canadian Rock select |
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I'm sure you've already figured this out on your own, but for Squamish, THE book is Squamish Select, by Mark Bourdon. I haven't been out to Skaha yet, but Skaha Rock looks like the best bet as far as a guidebook for that specific area. I haven't used the Canadian Rock book, so I can't comment on it. |
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I heard there's a really nice new guidebook coming out for Quebec. Unfortunately, it's in French. But it should be a significant improvement from the other options on the table. I think it's from the same people who did the ice guide and that is stunning and fairly comprehensive. |
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ml242 wrote:I heard there's a really nice new guidebook coming out for Quebec.For the whole Province? Where did you hear this? Is there anything online that references this? Just curious. Thanks. ml242 wrote: Unfortunately, it's in French.Probably not your intention but wow, you make it sound like the French language is somehow inferior. |
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That's the info I got at la cordee on st catherine a month ago. |