Guide book

I’ll be spending some tome dirtbagging around colorado, whats a good guide book for the area(s)? I dont mind buying multiple guide books, feel free to recommend as many as possible. Thanks! Happy climbing!

The Mountain Project App 10 out of 10 would recommend.  The most accurate and useful "guidebook"

Travis Bieber wrote: The Mountain Project App 10 out of 10 would recommend.  The most accurate and useful "guidebook"

I would say that a real guidebook would be better, almost 100% of the time, if one exists for a given area.

s.price wrote: Amazing. Floyd Eggers said the exact same thing in the Wyoming guide book thread. What are the chances of two guys on opposite sides of the country using the exact same words?

Zero.

s.price wrote: That's what I figured. Guess I should have said different states. Read WA as MA. 

I think what he meant was it was copied and pasted.  You might expect to see these words in my next post. 

If you're going up to Devil's Head i'd recommend the Devil's Head Climbing book by Tod Anderson.  Probably 3 times the amount of routes that are on MP, I'm very happy with my purchase.  I did climb for a few months off MP before I needed the guide tho, there's still a good amount of info on here.  Plus while parking can be a bit tight in the main lot, I almost always have whatever crag I'm at to myself up there.  Also probably the best view you'll get at any crag in the front range.

If you go to Steamboat Springs stop at Backdoor Sports in town, and ask the owner to check out the old handwritten guidebook, he will let you take pictures or probably make copies no problem.  It's a pretty neat little book with some stories in it as well.  But I wouldn't recommend heading all the way up there just to climb haha.

Also if you join the AAC there is a guidebook library in golden that you could borrow some books from during your stay. Could be the cheapest option for the most amount of books (10 at a time), and your money goes to a good cause, and you can sometimes get a free t shirt out of it  (i'm sure you could use it ya dirtbag)

Depends of what/where you're trying to climb. If you're looking for good trad routes within 2 hours of Denver I would recommend Steve Levin's Eldorado Canyon - the photos and the history alone make it a great book, and Jason Haas et al.'s South Platte books. 

I have a rock climbing colorado guide that I would love to sell so it sees some use. It was really helpful when I got into climbing to give me an idea of what areas in the state to check out. I've since honed in on the specific crags I like and have specific guides. The CO guide is in like new condition and never left the house. PM for picture and we can work out a deal.