Author: Dave CooperPublisher: CMC Press
ISBN: 9780976052593
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Colorado Snow Climbs
Author: Dave CooperPublisher: CMC Press
ISBN: 9780976052593
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Colorado's Elk Range Mountains
Author: Derek WolfePublisher:
ISBN: 9781734911220
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book is a comprehensive guide for all the peaks over 13,000' in Colorado's Elk Range Mountains. With varying ascents from hikes, scrambles, snow climbs, and technical routes, there are plenty of options for anyone who wishes to seek alpine adventure.
Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains
Author: Ben ConnersPublisher: FalconGuides
ISBN: 9780762791859
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains is a select guidebook to 50 of the most classic, aesthetic, and iconic backcountry ski descents in the state of Colorado. The book provides accurate information to backcountry skiers and snowboarders, including overviews, maps, photos, and route descriptions for each of the selected 50 descents, while at the same time spurring the reader on to investigate peaks and areas outside of those featured in the book. Unlike other guidebooks, Climbing and Skiing Colorado's Mountains focus on peaks of all elevations located in all ranges throughout the state, including many 13ers and 14ers but also some smaller, more accessible peaks, representing a comprehensive mix of some of the best backcountry skiing Colorado has to offer.
Boulder Canyon
Author: Jason HaasPublisher:
ISBN: 9780578453064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A comprehensive rock climbing guide to 2,500 climbs in Boulder Canyon outside Boulder, CO
Colorado's Fourteeners
Author: Gerry RoachPublisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum
ISBN: 9781555917463
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Known for its accuracy and comprehensiveness, this is theupdated bestselling guidebook to Colorado's 14ers by well-respected climber and author Gerry Roach."
In the Shadow of Denali
Author: Jonathan WatermanPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461745780
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
A classic in the genre of mountain literature—with a new preface by the author Rising more than 20,000 feet into the Alaskan sky is Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. In this collection of exhilarating and stunning narratives, Jonathan Waterman paints a startlingly intimate portrait of the white leviathan and brings to vivid life men and women whose fates have entwined on its sheer icy peak.
Colorado Scrambles
Author: Dave CooperPublisher: Colorado Mountain Club
ISBN: 9780979966330
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Completely redesigned and revised-now with five new routes in Colorado's High Country.
Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Range Mountains
Author: Derek WolfePublisher:
ISBN: 9781734911206
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This guide is a comprehensive guide for all the peaks over 13,000' in the Colorado Sangre de Cristo Mountains. With varying ascents from hikes, scrambles, snow climbs, and technical routes, there are plenty of options for anyone who wishes to seek alpine adventure.
Training for the New Alpinism
Author: Steve HousePublisher: Patagonia
ISBN: 1938340248
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions and World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport and leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan and execute training tailored to your individual circumstances. Whether you work as a banker or a mountain guide, live in the city or the country, are an ice climber, a mountaineer heading to Denali, or a veteran of 8,000-meter peaks, your understanding of how to achieve your goals grows exponentially as you work with this book. Chapters cover endurance and strength training theory and methodology, application and planning, nutrition, altitude, mental fitness, and assessing your goals and your strengths. Chapters are augmented with inspiring essays by world-renowned climbers, including Ueli Steck, Mark Twight, Peter Habeler, Voytek Kurtyka, and Will Gadd. Filled with photos, graphs, and illustrations.
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America
Author: Steve RoperPublisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books
ISBN: 9780871562920
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes recommended mountain climbing routes, lists equipment requirements, and rates mountains for difficulty. Includes chapters on mountaineering in Alaska and Yukon, and in western Canada.