Ben Gunn Guidebooks

California : San Francisco Bay Area

	FEATURED: San Francisco Bay Area Rock Jim Thornburg (2026) Potlicker Press Purchase this book The latest edition (2026) of Jim's annually updated book covering many climbing spots in San Francisco's immediate area.
	FEATURED: San Francisco Bay Area Bouldering Jim Thornburg 2023 Purchase this book 2023 edition, 476 pages, the Bay Area’s most up-to-date bouldering guide.
	FEATURED: GOLDEN STATE BOULDERING Kimbrough Moore and Shannon Joslin, Illustrations Leo Popovic, 2022 Purchase this book Golden State Bouldering is a comprehensive guide to the greater Bay Area of California, with information on the outdoor bouldering around San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz. This guide describes 1,600 boulder problems with hundreds of color photos, maps, GPS coordinates, and hand-drawn illustrations. Golden State Bouldering has a philosophical twist, exploring the ways in which climbing can be among the most meaningful parts of our lives. Whether you are new to climbing or an old-school veteran, Moore and Joslin draw on decades of experience to describe the unique magic of Bay Area climbing.
	Bay Area Top Ropes Chris Summit, Chris McNamara and Valentine Cullen (2010) Supertopo Purchase this book Chris's latest Bay Area climbing books are split into bouldering and top ropes; this is the latter, with coauthors.
	Bay Area Bouldering Chris Summit (2007) Supertopo Purchase this book Chris's latest Bay Area climbing books are split into bouldering and top ropes. Areas Covered Fort Ross Frog Woman Cliff Area Goat Rock Mount St. Helena Salt Point State Park Sea Crag Sugarloaf Ridge Twin Coves
	Bay Area Rock Jim Thornburg (2022) Potlicker Press Purchase this book The latest edition (2022) of Jim's annually updated book covering many climbing spots in San Francisco's immediate area. Areas Covered Beaver Street Wall Berkeley Cragmont Park Fort Ross Goat Rock Grizzly Peak Boulders Mickey's Beach Mount Diablo State Park Mount St. Helena Mount Tamalpais Panther Beach Remillard Park Ring Mountain Sea Crag Table Mountain
	Rock Climbing the San Francisco Bay Area Teresa Black (2002) Falcon Press ISBN: 0-7627-1143-4 Purchase this book Teresa Black Areas Covered Beaver Street Wall Berkeley Castle Rock and Sanborn Area Cragmont Park Fort Ross Mickey's Beach Mount Diablo State Park Mount St. Helena Mount Tamalpais Remillard Park Ring Mountain Sea Crag Table Mountain
	Rock Climbing Guide to the Castle Rock Area Bruce Morris (2007) MorComm Press 0-9650234-1-9 Purchase this book A good book on the Skyline and Castle Rock areas, expanded again by Bruce Morris to include content from his earlier, more specialized separate guides. This edition includes both roped climbing and bouldering in the whole South Bay area. Areas Covered Castle Rock and Sanborn Area Skyline Slabs

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