Cyril's Guide to Canadian Climbing Guidebooks
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Rescue Dynamics® 5109 - 17A Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T6L 1K5 780 - 461 - 5040 voice / fax Internet - www.rescuedynamics.ca Subject: Cyril's Guide To Canadian Climbing & Instructional Support Skiing Guidebooks Version: 4.0.1 Technical Note 10/05 − Winter Contents: 12 Pages INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as a Technical Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and the use of this Technical Note. This Technical Note may be copied and distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) All text must be copied without modification and all pages must be included; 2) If software is included, all files on the disk(s) must be copied without modification; 3) All components of this Technical Note must be distributed together; and 4) This Technical Note may not be distributed for profit or as part of a course of training or newsletter. Copyright © 1996, 2001, 2005 Cyril Shokoples. All Rights Reserved. The following are some of the guide books available Rock Climbing Guide Books for rock and ice climbing, mountaineering and backcountry skiing in Canada. A number of helpful Western Canada single sheet maps cum guidebooks are listed. Banff Rock Climbs Hiking and cycling guidebooks have been included Author: Murray Toft primarily for mountain areas of western Canada. If Area: Alberta - Banff area you see a book that should be in this list, please send Edition: Second Pub Date: 1985 the details to the author at Rescue Dynamics. Publisher: Druid Mountain Enterprises Comments: Contains some routes not yet found in Some of the older books and small self - published the newer guidebooks. Out of print; hard to find. local guidebooks may be out of print and difficult to locate. A number of the guides have been Barrier Bluffs superceded by newer books and this has been noted Author / Publisher: Kelly Tobey where known. Area: Alberta - Barrier bluffs Edition: First Pub Date: 1987 When the first edition of this list was created there Comments: superceded by Kananaskis Rock. Out of were only a handful of guidebooks. Now guidebook print; hard to find. writing appears to be a sport and new guides are created every day. Check the Rescue Dynamics Bow Valley Rock website for updates. Author: Chris Perry, Joe Josephson Area: Alberta - Bow Valley - Front Ranges The books are listed pseudo-randomly by genre; Edition: First Pub Date: 2000 • Rock Climbing – Western Canada Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books • Rock Climbing – Eastern Canada Comments: Recommended. (NOTE: This is the • Mountaineering second guidebook to bear this title.) • Ice Climbing • Map Guides (single sheet) Bow Valley Update • Ski Touring Guide Books Author: John Martin, Jon Jones, Chris Perry • Hut Guide Books Area: Alberta - Bow Valley from Front Ranges to • Hiking Guide Books Banff • Scenery & Tourist Guide Books Edition: First Pub Date: 1991 • Cycling Guide Books Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books • Publishers Comments: Superceded by 2000 Bow Valley Rock. Rescue Dynamics Instructional Support Rescue Dynamics Technical Note Series Page 2 Canmore Sport Climbs Edition: First Pub Date: circa 1992 Author: Dave Dornian and Chris Miller Publisher: published by authors Area: Alberta - Bow Valley – Canmore only Comments: Superceded by Sport Climbs in the Edition: First Pub Date: 2005 Canadian Rockies. Out of print; hard to find. Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Comments: New guide to what is likely the most Ghost Rock intensively developed sport climbing in Canada. Author: Joe Josephson, Chris Perry, Andy Genereux Area: Alberta - Ghost River Bow Valley Sport Climbs Edition: Third Pub Date: 2003 Author: John Martin & Jon Jones Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Area: Alberta - Bow Valley & Front Ranges Comments: Recommended. Edition: First Pub Date: 1993 Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ghost River Rock Climbs Comments: Superceded by Sport Climbs in the Author: Chris Perry Canadian Rockies Area: Alberta - Ghost River Edition: First Pub Date: 1980 Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies Publisher: Chris Perry Author: John Martin & Jon Jones Comments: Superceded by Ghost Rock Area: Alberta - Bow Valley from Front Ranges to Banff Rock Climber’s Guide to Southern Edition: Fifth Pub Date: 2003 Alberta Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Author: Chris Goble Comments: Recommended. Area: Southern Alberta – Crowsnest, Waterton Edition: Third Pub Date: 2004 Bouldering in the Canadian Rockies Publisher: Kintal Publications Author: Chris Fink, Marcus Norman & Daren Tremaine Jasper Rock Area: Alberta Author: David Robinson Edition: First Pub Date: 2003 Area: Alberta - Jasper environs Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Edition: First Pub Date: 1999 Comments: A comprehensive guide to bouldering Publisher: Otto Press areas from Grande Cache to the U.S. border. Comments: Recommended but out of print. A new edition is due to be published in 2006. Kananaskis Rock Author: John Martin Jasper Sport Climbing Area: Alberta - Kananaskis Country Author: David Robinson Edition: First Pub Date: 1989 Area: Alberta - Jasper environs Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Edition: First Pub Date: 1994 Comments: Supercedes several other previous Publisher: Otto Press guides to this area. Out of print; hard to find. Comments: Superceded by Jasper Rock Back of the Lake Hidden Valley 1939 - 1999 Author: Bruce Howatt, Colin Zacharias Author / Publisher: Cyril Shokoples Area: Alberta - Lake Louise Area: Alberta - Jasper – Hidden Valley Edition: First Pub Date: 1987 Edition: First (revised) Pub Date: 1999 Publisher: OFC Enterprises Comments: Superceded by Jasper Rock Comments: Superceded by Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies. Out of print; hard to find. Rock Gardens Author / Publisher: Cyril Shokoples The Climber's Guide to Lake Louise Area: Alberta - Jasper - Rock Gardens Author: Karl Krause, Mike Vincent Edition: Second Pub Date: 1998 Area: Alberta - Lake Louise Comments: Superceded by Jasper Rock Rescue Dynamics Instructional Support Rescue Dynamics Technical Note Series Page 3 The Climber's Guide to Skaha Squamish New Climbs - 1992 - 1995 Author: Kevin McLane Author: Kevin McLane Area: B.C. - Southern Okanogan Area: B.C. - Squamish Edition: First Pub Date: 1993 Edition: First Pub Date: 1995 Publisher: Merlin Productions Publisher: Merlin Productions Comments: Superceded by Skaha Rockclimbs. Comments: Out of print. Superceded by latest edition of Rockclimber's Guide to Squamish. Skaha Rockclimbs Author: Howie Richardson Squamish Rock Climbs Area: B.C. - Southern Okanogan Author: Jim Campbell Edition: First Pub Date: 2003 Area: B.C. - Squamish Publisher: Elaho Publishing Edition: First (ninth printing - 1990) Comments: Recommended new edition of the guide. Pub Date: 1985 Publisher: Jim Campbell Revelstoke Rock Comments: superceded by newer guides Author: Ruedi Beglinger Area: B.C. - Interior A Climber's Guide to the Squamish Chief Edition: First Pub Date: 2004 Author: Anders Ourom Publisher: Elaho Publishing Area: B.C. - Squamish Comments: New guide to quartzite climbs near Edition: First Pub Date: 1980 Revelstoke and the Trans Canada Highway. Publisher: B.C. Mountaineering Club Comments: superceded by newer guides Central BC Rock Author: Lyle Knight Squamish Chief Guide Area: B.C. – Central Interior Author: Gordon Smaill Edition: First Pub Date: 1996 Area: B.C. - Squamish Publisher: Elaho Publishing Edition: First Pub Date: 1975 Comments: 450 climbs from Bella Coola to Publisher: Bill Lupul / Marlene Smaill Revelstoke, Kamloops and Kelowna Recommended. Comments: superceded by newer guides The Bugaboos - One of the World's Great Whistler Rockclimbs Alpine Rockclimbing Centres Author: Kevin McLane Author: Chris Atkinson and Marc Piché Area: B.C. – West Coast Area: B.C. - Interior - Bugaboos Edition: First Pub Date: 2000 Edition: First Pub Date: 2003 Publisher: Elaho Publishing Publisher: Elaho Publishing Comments: Various and sundry climbs stretched Comments: The definitive (and Canadian) guide to along 110 kilometres of Highway 99 from Squamish, the Bugaboo Spires and the Vowells. Recommended. to Whistler and Pemberton. Bugaboo Rock The Climbers Guide to Powell River Author: Chris Armstrong Author: Randall Green and Joe Bensen Area: B.C. – West Coast Area: B.C. - Interior - Bugaboos Edition: First Pub Date: 2002 Edition: Second Pub Date: 2003 Publisher: Chris Armstrong; distributed by Elaho. Publisher: The Mountaineers Comments: This is the first guide to the new Powell Comments: Not as good as Piché & Atkinson guide. River climbing area on the Sunshine Coast of B.C, 3 hours from Vancouver. The Rockclimber's Guide to Squamish Author: Kevin McLane Area: B.C. - Squamish Edition: Revised Pub Date: 2005 (?) Publisher: Elaho Publishing Comments: newest guide due out in 2005. Rescue Dynamics Instructional Support Rescue Dynamics Technical Note Series Page 4 Rock & Ice Climbing Guide Books Eastern Canada (incomplete) A Guide to Rock Climbs at Bon Echo Author: Stephen W. Adcock and David R. Brown Area: Ontario - south Edition: Third Pub Date: 2003 Publisher: Toronto Section - ACC Comments: Newest definitive guide that supercedes six previous iterations. Val David Author: Area: Quebec Edition: Pub Date: Publisher: Comments: info not yet available Montagne d’Argent Author: Area: Quebec Edition: Pub Date: Publisher: Comments: info not yet available The Gunks Guide Author: Todd Swain