Comprehensive climbing approach, route guides to Washington's Cascades.
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[Beckey's] encyclopedic, three-volume guidebook, Cascade Alpine Guide, is mandatory reading for anyone aspiring to [these] summits. -- Backpacker
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An indispensabe reference book for Northwest Climbers.,
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This review is from: Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes (Paperback)
I have used this Guidebook so many times in the past 12 years that I've had to purchase it three times. The definitive section on the Picket Range alone is worth the price of the book.For those who want to experience the North Cascades as they were in the 30's and 40's, reading the "Trails and Alpine Hiking Approaches" section will steer you in the right direction. This book is rife with golden kernels of information found nowhere else. Any serious climber should have all three of the Cascade Alpine Guide books. Mike Quinn
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The "Bible" of the Washington Cascades,
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This review is from: Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes (Paperback)
Whether you are a climber, a hiker, a car traveler, or just an armchair explorer, the Beckey guides are the indispensible resources for your mountain experience. The three volumes are filled with information about the natural and human history of the Washington Cascades, as well as complete route and access data for every significant summit. The photos alone are reason enough to own these books. If you are interested in really "knowing" the Washington Cascades, you MUST have them in your library. Highest possible recommendation.
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Although the present landscape is young, the complex geologic history of the North Cascades goes back well over a billion years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
special area map, climb rightward, pocket cirque, climb leftward, hike upslope, slabby gully, objective buttress, buttress crest, highway hairpin, buttress toe, alp slopes, glacier arm, objective ridge, leftward traverse, pocket glacier, minor notch, original climb, first ascent, talus gully, treaded path, belay spot, prominent dihedral, dihedral system, slabby rock, snow finger Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Skagit River, Chilliwack Lake, North Cascades, Pete Doorish, British Columbia, International Boundary, Liberty Bell, South Face, Forest Service, East Face, South Peak, West Face, Ross Lake, Fraser River, Picket Range, Lage Wernstedt, Ashnola River, Chilliwack River, Anderson River, Depot Creek, North Peak, Washington Pass, Northeast Ridge, Silver Lake, Alex Cudkowicz New!
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Although the present landscape is young, the complex geologic history of the North Cascades goes back well over a billion years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
special area map, climb rightward, pocket cirque, climb leftward, hike upslope, slabby gully, objective buttress, buttress crest, highway hairpin, buttress toe, alp slopes, glacier arm, objective ridge, leftward traverse, pocket glacier, minor notch, original climb, first ascent, talus gully, treaded path, belay spot, prominent dihedral, dihedral system, slabby rock, snow finger Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Skagit River, Chilliwack Lake, North Cascades, Pete Doorish, British Columbia, International Boundary, Liberty Bell, South Face, Forest Service, East Face, South Peak, West Face, Ross Lake, Fraser River, Picket Range, Lage Wernstedt, Ashnola River, Chilliwack River, Anderson River, Depot Creek, North Peak, Washington Pass, Northeast Ridge, Silver Lake, Alex Cudkowicz New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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