Idaho, a Climbing Guide: Climbs, Scrambles, and Hikes (Climbing Guides) [Paperback]

Tom Lopez (Author)

Book Description

Series: Climbing Guides | Publication Date: October 2000

Excellent new (9/00) guide to the crags, mountains andscrambles that Idaho has to offer. Covers all the mountainranges with some great photos, and route descriptions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 397 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; 2nd edition (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898866081
• ISBN-13: 978-0898866087
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #683,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Mountaineering > Excursion Guides

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't have done better, December 18, 2003

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earl mcalister (Southeastern Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Idaho, a Climbing Guide: Climbs, Scrambles, and Hikes (Climbing Guides) (Paperback)

Tom Lopez knows Idaho mountains better than nearly anyone in the state. This book covers nearly every mountain range and nearly all main peaks in Idaho. It gives class ratings and very good directions for access to the peaks and hikes. His book helped my dad and I climb the 9 peaks in Idaho over 12,000 feet. We wouldn't have been able to do it without this book. If you want to climb Idaho mountains, you need this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only source, January 4, 2006

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S. Duffy "Idaho Clinber" (Mountain of Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Idaho, a Climbing Guide: Climbs, Scrambles, and Hikes (Climbing Guides) (Paperback)

This is the only published source of climbing Idaho's mountains, alpine climbs, and rock climbs on peaks. This is a much revised and improved version over the first. While the book doesn't contain climbing topos or get into extreme route detail, it gives enough to get you interested, inspired, and up most peaks. My only critique would be on the Approach section- which can be a bit cumbersome to reference and the fact that it covers the whole state and can seem "thin" on info at times- Idaho is a huge state with so many mountains. The photographs and sketches are excellent and so is the brief history. Many mountains have more than 1 route described and the Sawtooth section is so much better than last edition. Great job and I can't wait for the next version.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, January 13, 2012

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Idahosummits - See all my reviews

This review is from: Idaho, a Climbing Guide: Climbs, Scrambles, and Hikes (Climbing Guides) (Paperback)

I have been using Tom's book for years now. I have used it to successfully lead me to the top of hundreds of Idaho peaks. The book doesn't have every route on every peak, so you will have to put some time into studying the topo map on some of the lesser known peaks (that is one of the fun aspects of hiking/mountaineering anyway). However, the number of peaks the book contains is impressive.

If you want to get to the top of Idaho's peaks, there is no better book than this one!