Vancouver Island Guidebooks

Vancouver Island Select Climbers' Guide

Updated yearly and available at fine sporting stores in Victoria.

Greater Victoria Bouldering

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A guide book that covers several places in the greater Victoria area south of Malahat.

2021 Vancouver Island South Select Climber's Guide

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Vancouver Island south guidebook. Small, paper book, ~30 pages.

South island climbing guide

south island climbing guide. available occasionally can be found at MEC VPO and from private sellers.

Crest Creek Rock Climbs

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Crest Creek Rock Climbs is a guidebook to around 250 free and 50 aid climbs at Crest Creek Crags, Strathcona Provincial Park, BC.

This hotly anticipated guidebook to one of Vancouver Island's best crag climbing areas is informative, visually stunning, seasoned with sardonic humour and features side-bars, memoirs & artwork from key local contributors.

The Heathens and Wild Isle have collaborated to craft an entertaining guide that introduces us to the unique characters who have made Crest Creek a special place to climb and the routes that have drawn Island climbers and global visitors for some 30 years.

Comox Valley Climbs

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A sub-100 pages guidebook for the Comox Lake and the surrounding area. Includes drawn route diagrams, maps, and labelled photos.

Quadra Island Rock Climbs

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The latest addition to the west coast climbing scene the granitic outcrops and sea cliffs on Quadra Island offer some excellent climbing in one of the most scenic settings in the world. Snow-capped mountains line the horizon both east with the shimmering blue water of the Salish Sea and the emerald green rainforest completing the scene.

Quadra Island Rock Climbs describes over 200 climbing routes at Chinese Mountains, Morte Lake and on Breton Island. Access maps, photo topos and detailed route descriptions provide all the information needed to explore the crags of this island jewel.

Island Alpine Select

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Alpine Select: Climbs in Southwest British Columbia & Northern Washington

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As the title lays out, this is a book of select alpine climbs mainly in BC, but also a few in Washington. The book is interesting for being divided into a section covering all of the approaches and another covering all of the climbs. McLane writes to a high standard and this book is no exception.

There are some fairly accessible day climbs in here as well as some monsters. Would you believe that there's a 37 pitch rock route only a few hours from Vancouver?

Scrambles in Southwest British Columbia

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A well put together guide to scrambling routes on many BC peaks.

Central BC Rock

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Now a little out-of-date, but still the essential reference for the BC interior areas such as Yak Peak, Kelowna, and all the smaller crags that deserve attention but don't quite have the same draw as Skaha.