Central Wasatch Guidebooks

The Standard Guide to Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing

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Full color photos of over 200 routes. Rack information. Pitch distances. Satellite approach photos. 4" x 6". 184 pages. At 6" x 4" x .3" it packs a lot of information into a small and light package. No advertising. No action photos. No elitist attitude. Classic, Demure, Earthy, Durable, Comprehensive, Factual, Accurate, Functional, Practical. Fits in your back pocket. Photos are bigger than many in huge guides. Sport routes are blue. Traditional routes are red. Water and tear resistant polyurethane cover and binding. Matte paper is easier to write on with pencil, pen, felt tip, etc. Made in USA. $14.98 Find it at The Gear Room.

Areas Covered: City Creek Canyon, Emigration Canyon, Parleys Canyon, Grandeur Hills, Millcreek Canyon, Olympus Hills, Powder Ridge, Deaf Smith Canyon, Rocky Mouth Canyon, Hidden Valley Park (Big Willow), Orson Smith Park (The Balcony) and Draper Red Rock.

The Standard Guide to Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing

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The scope of this book is rock climbing in the foothills of the Central Wasatch Mountains. Areas include: City Creek Canyon, Emigration Canyon, Parleys Canyon, Grandeur Hills, Millcreek Canyon, Olympus Hills, Powder Ridge, Deaf Smith Canyon, Rocky Mouth Canyon, Hidden Valley Park, Orson Smith Park and Draper Red Rock. These are your neighborhood crags. This guide compliments the author's multi-volume compilation of guidebooks to the rock climbing routes east of Salt Lake Valley.

The Standard Guid to Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing

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The scope of this book is rock climbing in the foothills of the Central Wasatch Mountains. Areas include: City Creek Canyon, Emigration Canyon, Parleys Canyon, Grandeur Hills, Millcreek Canyon, Olympus Hills, Powder Ridge, Deaf Smith Canyon, Rocky Mouth Canyon, Hidden Valley Park, Orson Smith Park and Draper Red Rock. These are your neighborhood crags. This guide compliments the author's multi-volume compilation of guidebooks to the rock climbing routes east of Salt Lake Valley.

The Standard Guide to Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing

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The scope of this book is rock climbing in the foothills of the Central Wasatch Mountains. Areas include: City Creek Canyon, Emigration Canyon, Parleys Canyon, Grandeur Hills, Millcreek Canyon, Olympus Hills, Powder Ridge, Deaf Smith Canyon, Rocky Mouth Canyon, Hidden Valley Park, Orson Smith Park and Draper Red Rock. These are your neighborhood crags. This guide compliments the author's multi-volume compilation of guidebooks to the rock climbing routes east of Salt Lake Valley.

The Standard Guide to Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing

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The scope of this book is rock climbing in the foothills of the Central Wasatch Mountains. Areas include: City Creek Canyon, Emigration Canyon, Parleys Canyon, Grandeur Hills, Millcreek Canyon, Olympus Hills, Powder Ridge, Deaf Smith Canyon, Rocky Mouth Canyon, Hidden Valley Park, Orson Smith Park and Draper Red Rock. These are your neighborhood crags. This guide compliments the author's multi-volume compilation of guidebooks to the rock climbing routes east of Salt Lake Valley. Full color photos of over 200 routes. Rack information. Pitch distances. Satellite approach photos. 4" x 6". 184 pages. At 6" x 4" x .3" it packs a lot of information into a small and light package. No advertising. No action photos. No elitist attitude. Classic, Demure, Earthy, Durable, Comprehensive, Factual, Accurate, Functional, Practical. Fits in your back pocket. Photos are bigger than many in huge guides. Sport routes are blue. Traditional routes are red. Water and tear resistant polyurethane cover and binding. Matte paper is easier to write on with pencil, pen, felt tip, etc. Made in USA. $14.98 Find it at The Gear Room.

The Standard Guide to Wasatch Bench Rock Climbing

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The only guide ever written that has photo-topos of rock climbs in Parleys Canyon.

The Standard Guide to Big Cottonwood Canyon Rock Climbing, 2nd Edition

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Over 800 rock climbing routes in Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon are shown on full-color photos. Layout is consistent throughout to find your route fast. Routes are clearly color-coded, differentiating sport and traditional style routes. Many routes can't be found in any other source. Standard-setting approach maps include USGS-stye colored terrain with contour lines and elevation. Satellite photographs. Customized rack information for every route. No advertising. No gratuitous artwork. 6"x 4"x 1", less than 1 pound, and a laminated cover... this is a true field guide. Made in the U.S.A.

Ferguson Canyon Rock Climbing

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Salt Lake locals know Ferguson Canyon has a niche following in the area's well-deserved reputation for quality crags. The climbing is on granite, but is uniquely different than the glacier-polished slabs of nearby Little Cottonwood. Typically steep cracks and seams are often horizontal, and large crystal holds are common. The canyon is a favorite with dog owners who are not allowed to bring their pups into the Cottonwood Canyons. Trying to escape the heat? Another reason climbers like Ferguson. Nearly all the routes are shaded for most of the day. And the swamp cooling effect of the nearby stream is an ever-present pleasure when temps soar. Climbing here is a pleasurable outing, rather than an adventurous commitment. Some of the best routes in the canyon include: Monogamy (5.7), Crystal Healing (5.8+), Imperial (5.9), Extreme Unction (5.10-), Delirium Tremens (5.11-), and Fuego (5.12a). Vertical finger and hand cracks may show up for a move or two, but they are, strangely, the exception. Chimneys abound. Routes didn't start going up here until the 1980s. Many of the originals were free-soloed or led using micro-nuts in flaring seams. The early pioneers included Les Ellison, Brian Smoot, and Drew Bedford. The 1990s saw slightly better protected routes going up with hand-drilled bolt placement by Hank Armantrout. The turn of the century brought a radically different approach from Greg Martinez. His routes provide the majority of sport climbing in the canyon. Long-time local guide, Tony Calderone, provides excellent, up-to-date information on the most comprehensive compilation of 160 Ferguson Canyon rock climbing routes.

Little Cottonwood Rock Climbing

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This comprehensive guide includes close-up, pitch-by-pitch photos of 1000 routes... all in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Other areas are covered in separate guidebooks, leaving this guide more compact. At 6" x 4" x 1.3" it packs a lot of information into a small and light package. No advertising. No action photos. No elitist attitude. Classic, Demure, Earthy, Durable, Comprehensive, Factual, Accurate, Functional, Practical. Fits in your back pocket. Photos are bigger than many in huge guides. Sport routes are blue. Traditional routes are red. Easy to remember. Durable construction details include a water and tear resistant polyurethane cover and binding and 87# matte paper. Matte paper is easier to write on with pencil, pen, felt tip, etc. Made in USA. $29.98 Find it at: The Gear Room or REI.

A Granite Guide

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A Granite Guide - Ferguson to Lone Peak. 2016

Covering the Wasatch Front from Ferguson Canyon to Lone Peak and containing more than 1677 routes, A Granite Guide is the most comprehensive guide to Salt Lake’s granite canyons available. From single pitch classics to multipitch alpine adventures, A Granite Guide is your source for climbing above Salt Lake City, Utah. A Granite Guide also covers Salt Lake's rich climbing history with a 10 page historical section, and 10 essays from prominent Salt Lake climbers. A Granite Guide features a sewn binding for extra durability.

Canyons Covered: Ferguson Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Bells Canyon, Big Willow Canyon, Lone Peak Cirque

Logan Canyon Climbs

Just about the only guide to Logan out there as far as I know.

Classic Rock Climbs No. 11: Wasatch Range Utah

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Features the best of Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons and American Fork Canyon. Pretty limited in scope but good if you just want something small.

Rock Climbing Utah's Wasatch Range (Falcon Guide)

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Huge and excellent climbing resources for the Wasatch Range. Does not include American Fork but covers everything from City Creek Canyon down past Little Cottonwood. A must have.

Beehive Ice

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Beehive Ice: A Guide to Utah's Ice and Mixed Climbs
Nathan Smith, Andrew Burr

464 full color pages containing more than 775 ice and mixed routes, Beehive Ice is the most comprehensive guide to Utah’s frozen winter playground.

From single pitch pillars, gullies and drytool caves to 500-1000’ flows of continuous ice lines all across the state. Utah’s diverse geography and climate contain an amazing array of climbing.

Beehive Ice also covers Utah's rich ice climbing history with a 10 page historical section, 10 essays from prominent Utah climbers.

Areas Covered:

NORTHERN UTAH
SALT LAKE VALLEY
UTAH VALLEY
NEBO RANGE
SAN PITCH MOUNTAINS
DUCHESNE
SPANISH FORK CANYON
CASTLE COUNTRY
CENTRAL UTAH
MOAB AREA
SOUTHERN UTAH

A Bouldering Guide to Utah

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The definitive guide to Utah bouldering includes Little Cottonwood, Joe's Valley, Ibex, Triassic, Moab, Huntington, Price, Wasatch Front, Maple, Cedar City, Big Rocks, St. George, and the High Uintas. Photo overlays, overview maps, and inspirational action pics make this the bouldering guide of choice.

Utah Bouldering

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A comprehensive guidebook to Utah's best bouldering areas by Chris Grijalva, Noah Bigwood, Dave Pegg. Covers Little Cottonwood Canyon, Joe's Valley, Ibex, Big Bend, Ogden. Awesome action photographs and thousands of problems.

Rock Climbing Utah

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Covers the major climbing areas in the state; a good starting reference.