Publications linked in Colorado

Wolverine

Rock Climbing in the San Luis Valley covers all the top areas around Penitente Canyon and several never-before-published crags, plus bonus chapters on bouldering and mountain biking.

• Up-to-date with new beta and approach info
• Covers more than 250 routes, with many moderate choices
• Bouldering highlights
• Every book purchase supports the San Luis Valley Climbers Alliance

Sharp End Publishing:

Front Range is a dense tome providing information on nearly 1,800 problems from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins.

• Areas covered include Poudre Canyon, Horsetooth, Carter Lake, Estes Park, Camp Dick, Allenspark, Lyons, Mount Sanitas, Boulder Canyon, Flagstaff and Gross Reservoir
• Also covers the Flatirons, Green Mountain, Eldorado Canyon, Clear Creek, Morrison, Matthew Winters, Three Sisters, Castlewood Canyon and Garden of the Gods
• Features incredible color photography, detailed maps and accurate information

Located northwest of Fort Collins, Colo., the Poudre Canyon is home to some of the highest quality sport climbing and bouldering in the state. Get climbing with the Poudre Canyon Rock Climbing Guide.

• Maps, clear cliff photos and detailed written descriptions make route finding a breeze
• Covers the Lower Canyon, Narrows and West of Rustic areas

Written by Jason Haas and Chris Weidner—who climbed most of the nearly 2,500 routes routes in the canyon—Boulder Canyon Guidebook is deeply infused with first-hand knowledge to guide you up the crags.

• Includes hundreds of new routes
• Also includes never-before-documented crags

Sharp End Publishing:

Less than an hour by car from Denver, Eldorado Canyon is home to more than 500 climbing routes. Challenge yourself on Eldo's golden cliffs with the help of this Eldorado Canyon Climbing Guide.

• This newest edition includes an easy-to-use layout, updated maps and 80 new routes
• It has also been renumbered and reformatted to align routes with photos

Sharp End Publishing:

Located in south-central Colorado, Shelf Road is one of America's leading sport climbing destinations. Use Shelf Road Rock to explore the more than 1,200 routes scattered among the limestone canyons.

• Features climbs from 5.4 to 5.14
• The personalities of the routes are revealed through artistic, entertaining route descriptions and gear recommendations (including bolt counts)
• Includes long-overlooked historical first ascent information and action shots galore

Your guide to one of the best sport climbing areas on the Front Range, the 3rd edition of Rock Climbing Clear Creek Canyon from Fixed Pin Publishing now features 6 new crags and over 80 new routes.

• Clear Creek Canyon has long been the go-to after-work and weekend destination crag for Front Range climbing communities
• The new routes encompass a wide variety of skill levels, so whether you're looking for a new project or wanting to romp up a fun 5.6 multi-pitch, this canyon won't disappoint
• Nearly 1,200 routes spanning all grades means you'll have to decide what's better: ticking your old project or picking a new one from all the classic options in this book

For a high concentration of classic climbing destinations, it's time you get out to the Golden. The Golden Climbing Guide documents nearly 700 routes along with action photos to get you amped.

• Includes sport and trad routes at the Golden Cliffs at North Table Mountain, the Lookout Mountain Area, Golden Gate Canyon and Morrison
• Features over 200 new routes and nearly 700 routes in total
• Includes action photos to get you psyched for your next climb

FalconGuides:

Collecting the very best nontechnical hikes and scrambles on the Centennial State's 13,000-foot mountains, Climbing Colorado's Thirteeners showcases 50 routes among these beautiful mountains.

• Featuring accurate driving directions, at-a-glance stats and turn-by-turn descriptions of the routes to each peak, this guide is great for adventurers of all skill levels
• Though the guide covers the entire state of Colorado, there is a slight bias toward summits within a 2 hr. drive of the Denver/Boulder metro area

Everything you need to explore this idyllic range, the Colorado's Elk Range Mountains guidebook is a tome of high-altitude ascents in the rugged Rockies between Aspen and Crested Butte.

• Includes 200+ routes on 51 peaks over 13,000 ft.
• Covers hikes, scrambles, snow/rock climbs and technical routes

Sharp End Publishing:

The go-to guide for dedicated pebble wrestlers, Colorado Bouldering: Mountains and Western Slope provides helpful information about this national bouldering destination.

• Areas covered include Sheep's Nose, Elevenmile, Newlin Creek, Guanella Pass, Red Cliff, Hornsilver, Redstone, Chapman Reservoir, Independence Pass and Buena Vista
• Also covers Hecla Junction, Agnes Valley, San Luis Valley, Monte Vista, Crested Butte, Gunnison, Telluride, Durango, New Castle and Unaweep
• This is the companion book to Colorado Bouldering: Front Range (not included)

Stone Finders:

Discover more than 1,500 routes just an hour's drive from downtown Denver, Colorado, with Devil's Head Climbing. Updated for 2022, this guide includes almost 1,000 routes.

• Plan your next climb for an extraordinary destination clearly visible from Denver and sitting at the apex of the Rampart Range: the Devil's Head
• Guidebook details the longest bolted multi-pitch in Colorado, covers all of the Rampart Range crags, and contains routes up to 5.14c in difficulty

Wolverine:

Celebrate the natural beauty of Rifle, Colorado, learn how to kneebar, have fun falling off your project, and meet the cast of climbers responsible for the routes in Rifle: A Climber's Guide.

• Updated with over 100 climbs added since the last edition
• Features new beta photos, an easy-to-use layout and color-coded grading for quick reference
• Includes information on local flora and fauna

Colorado Mountain Club:

Climbing Colorado's San Juans is a treasure trove of adventures ranging from easy scrambles for the outdoor novice to advanced, technical ascents of staggering summits for seasoned peakbaggers.

• Chapters are organized into 13 mountain subgroups
• Covers nearly 300 routes and 200 peaks—including 13 of Colorado's 54 fourteeners and 29 of its highest Centennial peaks
• Includes key intel, maps, color photos and storied explanations of San Juan mountain's climbing history

Sharp End Publishing:

Get all the details and more on some of the best alpine bouldering problems in the country. The Mount Evans Bouldering Guide has everything you need to plan a trip to Blue Sky, a stunning 14er.

• Features names, grades and detailed directions to over 300 classic problems
• Guide also includes climbing histories, essays from long-time local climbers and action shots from local photographers to keep you inspired

Providing accurate and comprehensive info, the 4th edition of Fulcrum Colorado's Fourteeners includes standard, alternate and technical routes for all 58 peaks over 14,000 ft. in the Centennial state.

• Updated to include up-to-date topographic maps, GPS coordinates, expanded route details and alterations to trail access
• Multiple tables and appendices summarize features for quick reference
• Author Gerry Roach shares his expertise from over 50 years of mountaineering
• Includes full colour photos and 31 maps

A rock climbing guide to Elevenmile Canyon. Features topos, descriptions, and pictures of established of sport and traditional routes encountered in the Canyon. Eleven mile is located outside Lake George, Colorado.

Formerly known as North Table Mountain, this Golden sport climbing area is home to 200 of the best moderates around.

From friction to edging to steep pocket pulling, from single pitch to multipitch, from closely bolted sport routes to runout trad classics, you'll find it all here.

Near Boulder Canyon, ten minutes from Boulder, lies the newest development in sport climbing. From single to multi-pitch bolted routes.

Hundreds of classic trade and sport test-pieces abound in this area between Eldorado and Lumpy Ridge.

Includes Four Mile Dome West Rock and 300 routes in Elevenmile Canyon, near Colorado Springs.

Fifty routes described for the Longs Peak Diamond, Chasm View Wall, and Lower East Face.

Short, steep, and well-protected is the name of the game on San Luis Valley's high-quality volcanic cliffs. Rock Climbing the San Luis Valley describes more than 300 routes at Penitente Canyon, the Rock Garden, Witches Canyon, Shaw Springs, Sidewinder Canyon, and La Garita Wall.

The first comprehensive guide to ice climbing throughout Colorado.

About 1400 routes in the foothills west of Denver.

Eldorado Canyon is one of North America's premier climbing areas, with hundreds of first-class routes on beautiful sandstone. Rock Climbing Eldorado Canyon is the most complete guide available to this remarkable canyon and the surrounding areas, such as the popular West Bank.

The out-of-print Boulder Climbs North and Boulder Climbs South have been revamped and republished as three separate volumes. This is the first of the three, covering all trad and sport crags in the canyon.

Numerous practice rocks and boulders are described with maps and overview drawings.

The guide to the many crags outside the town of Estes Park, Colorado, including Lumpy Ridge.