The quintessential climbs of the Cascade Range, all in one comprehensive new volume
Banff Mountain Book Award finalist
Classic Cascade Climbs features more than 100 climbing routes across 70-plus peaks--from renowned alpine routes to challenging trad climbs, as well as a handful of sport, ice, and crag options. To determine if it was a “classic” each route was judged on the following criteria: overall quality, popularity, accessibility, style, and historical importance. Climbing beta includes:
- Peak and prominence elevations and type of rock
- Grade, approach, route, descent descriptions
- Detailed photo-based route overlays and topo maps
- Pitch-by-pitch details, estimated time, recommended equipment
- Required permits and other special considerations
- Selected history including first ascents
Authoritative and inspirational, this seminal guide also features stunning mountain photography by famed photographer John Scurlock and others.
Contributors
Reviews
- Spend some time leafing through this gorgeous guidebook/coffee table book and you’ll find plenty of specific routes to seek out, but you’ll also get a sense of the vast array of options these mountains offer.
— Ryan Reed, The Mazama Bulletin
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Classic Cascade Climbs gives climbers all the access details, route topos, descent information, time recommendations, and gear tips needed to go out and actually tackle the featured routes. But the layout surrounds the how-to information with stunning color and black-and-white images. Those images make you want to sit on the couch and thumb through the book time and time again. Paradoxically, those same images also prompt you to get off the couch. They inspire you to call your climbing partners, use the information in the book, and get after some of the peaks.
— Andy Dappen, Wenatchee Outdoors
- I can assure you that whether you are just beginning your climbing career, at your prime, or over the hill, you’ll want to acquire the just released Classic Cascade Climbs.
— David Fluharty, The Wild Cascades