The new Pembroke Stackpole / Lydstep describes over 1100 routes over a fifteen mile stretch of the Pembrokeshire coastline - idyllic coves separated by picturesque beaches characterise much of the climbing in this area.
The definitive guide to the most famous gritstone edge in the Peak District. Interspersed with the 1300 route and 400 problem descriptions are lists of top climbs, circuits to complete, stunning photos and atmospheric"es. Anyone who loves climbing on Peak Gritstone will love this guide; it is so good, the BMC have won awards for it.
From the sombre cliffs and stacks near the Green Bridge of Wales via the imposing Mewsford Point all the way to Hollow Caves Bay this guidebook has it all. The sunny and open Crystal Slabs and Crickmail Point; the serious cliffs of the Stack Rocks area and the Cauldron, the variety of the Castle with routes from VD to E7 and, if you want to get your kit off, there's even some DWS.
A lavishly illustrated, definitive guidebook to the Avon Gorge from the Climbers Club. It reflects the unique situation of a major crag in the center of a university city and does full justice to its historical significance as well as taking full account of the major restoration work carried out by the Climb Bristol team over recent years. It also includes the crags on the west side of the gorge for the first time for half a century.
As well as taking a fresh look at the popular Symonds Yat cliffs, the guide includes the central Forest of Dean quarries and the Cotswolds and a supplement to the Sandstone Outcrops of the Forest of Dean. The book is lavishly illustrated with maps, detailed photodiagrams for almost every crag, and many action photos.
Finally, the wait is over, the new Southern Sandstone and the Sea Cliffs of South-East England has finally arrived and the wait has been worth it, it is a fantastic guide and a massive leap forward in production terms over the previous edition. The guide comprehensively covers all the popular areas including Harrison's Rocks, High Rocks and Bowles Rocks - all the crags have a superb photodiagram which clearly shows the routes and there are some great action shots both modern and historical. Also included (for those of a slightly perverse disposition) is the somewhat terrifying sea cliff climbing to be found on the chalk cliffs of the south coast - again all these routes have easy to follow topos and there are some truly inspiring / frightening action shots.
Guidebook to the best winter climbing in Britain, around Scotland's Ben Nevis and Glen Coe. All the buttresses, ridges and gullies on the NE face of Ben Nevis, Carn Dearg, Aonachs Mor and Beag, the Mamores, Glen Coe, Aonach Dubh, Bidean nam Bian, Coire Gabhail, Buchaille Etive Mor, Glen Etive and Stob a'Ghlais Choire. 960 routes, 89 photo topos.
The upland gritstone crags that ring the mighty moorlands of Kinder, Bleaklow and the Chew Valley are some of the most noble outcrops in the land. Where jagged adventures, breathtaking scenery and sublime routes meet to give the wildest climbing on gritstone. This guide details all the crags from the Chew, Kinder and Bleaklow areas in one volume. Coverage stretches to teh Glossop and New Mills areas with numerous quarries and secret outcrops as well as to the Saddleworth and Oldham areas.
Pokketz present the best lower grade routes in a compact introductory guide - a fantastic alternative to buying a comprehensive guide the size of a small house brick and wading through the E numbers. Presented in the popular Rockfax format, with full colour used throughout, star ratings, symbols for the climbing style, and good approach directions. Peak NE covers Stanage and Burbage amongst several other great venues.
The book covers the beautiful slab climbing around St. David's and all the best crags of Range East and the Lydstep areas, as far as Mother Carey's Kitchen. The range and variety of routes is enough to keep any climber happy; from those leading moderate grades keen to have a look for the first time, all the way to those who have developed lifelong obsessions for the place!
Just North of Llangollen in Wales, the limestone outcrops of the Eglwyseg Valley give a great range of trad climbing in a lovely setting. There is also sport climbing and some bouldering to be had, all perfectly placed close to the Snowdonian mountains. The area can be a good stop off for those on the way to higher things, but it is also well worth a visit in its own right.
One of the South Coast's most popular climbing destinations, the Dorset cliffs pack a huge variety of climbing into a relatively small area. This Rockfax has 1225 sport climbs on Portland and the surrounding area alone. Bolt-clipping doesn't get much better. Trad routes are also well represented at Swanag, and with deep water soloing and even some bouldering added to the mix, this is a great guide to a great all-year-round climbing destination.
A hefty volume that covers all the big famous Peak grit edges; Stanage, Burbage, Foggatt, Birchen... the list goes on. All the crags are given the full Rockfax treatment, with beautiful full colour photograph topos, symbols to indicate the style of climbing on each route, section indexing and inspiring action photos. Rightly the most popular guidebook to any UK climbing area.
The best guide to rock climbing on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Mallorca. A variety of landscapes both inland and coastal, with immaculate rock and a combination of sunny slabs and shady caves. Presented in the usual Rockfax photo topo style.
The book is a new edition of the award-winning Western Grit guidebook and is a complete re-working of the popular 2003 publication with a completely new set of crag photos, lots of tweaks and improvements to grades and descriptions, and all presented in the new lavish colour format of the recent Lofoten and El Chorro guides.
This guide covers a massive area, including the best climbs on West Yorkshire grit, North York Moors sandstone and Northumberland dolerite. The climbing is mostly traditional, with some quality bouldering thrown in. There are some inspiring action shots and the usual Rockfax photo topos, spread over more than 300 pages.
South West Climbs Volume 1 is intended to showcase the area of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset and act as an introduction to the area covered by several Climbers' Club definitive guides of the area. It covers areas close to the centres of population such as the Avon Gorge, Wye Valley and Dorset. It has been written by a talented team of local activists.
Pokketz present the best lower grade routes in a compact introductory guide - a fantastic alternative to buying a comprehensive guide the size of a small house brick and wading through the E numbers. Presented in the popular Rockfax format, with full colour used throughout, star ratings, symbols for the climbing style, and good approach directions. Peak SE covers Froggatt, and Birchen amongst several other great venues.
This magnum opus contains enough climbing to last a lifetime. Containing all the crags worth visiting in Scotland below the Great Glen, there is a massive variety of lowland and highland rock represented between the covers. There are good-looking topo and action photos to inspire climbing trips for years to come.
A popular guide to this classic Spanish winter sun destination. Over 2300 routes of all styles are described, from sport climbs on the Benidorm cliffs to big multipitch climbs on the Puig Campana. All in full colour with photo topos.
This guide covers an enormous triangle of the Scottish Highlands, between Inverness, Oban and Perth. The number of climbs recorded is accordingly large and varied, and always entertaining. Starting with Polldubh in Glen Nevis, and including crags like Creag Dubh and Craig a Barns, this guide is essential for any Scottish climbing fanatic.
An easy-to-follow guide covering the area north of Harrogate and Skipton. The guide uses full colour photo-topos and action photos for each area; it also provides useful information about bouldering ethics, weather, conditions, grades etc. The crags covered are: Simon's Seat, Lord's Seat & Hen Stones, Crookrise, Deer Gallows, Fairies Chest & Hellifield, Goldsborough, Guisecliff, Rhylstone, Thorn Crag, Brandrith, Calf Crag, Flasby Fell, Hunters Stones, Snowden Crags, and Sypeland.
The ultimate mountaineering playground, Ben Nevis' North Face has the highest, hardest climbs in the UK. Easy, classic and extreme summer and winter climbing is described in detail in this SMC guide, which features great action photos, crag diagrams, route descriptions and a hefty geological/historical section at the start. Going beyond the Ben, this guide also looks at the Aonachs and Mamores, as well as Creag Meagaidh and Ben Alder.
New 2012 The companion guide to 'Skye The Cuillin' is an indispensible guide for any visit to Skye. The attraction of the Cuillin draws numerous climbers to the island with many ending up seeking a poor weather alternative, or a less arduous second days climbing. As a result the climbing outwith the Cuillin has probably been explored more than any other similarly remote area and there are now an equal number of routes to justify a separate guidebook.
A very thorough reassessment of the climbing on the south side of the A5, based around the ever-popular Tryfan and Cwm Idwal areas, including some 140 new routes climbed since the last guide, and many 'rediscovered' older climbs. The new routes are at all grades and on both old and new crags. Among the latter are the eastern Cliffs of Gallt yr Ogof, including Skyline Buttress, the location of some of the hardest climbing in Wales where the e9 Mission Impossible has been the subject of much recent publicity.
The absolute classic of Scottish winter climbing guidebooks. All the greatest routes from across the Scottish mountains - Zero Gully, Orion Direct, Savage Slit, The Wand, Dorsal Arete and many more. The book begins with good concise guidance to equipment and winter conditions. Approaches and climbs are described for each crag, along with clear crag diagrams and star gradings to help find the best of the best.
Glen Coe is one of the UK's premier destinations for summer rock and winter ice and mixed climbing, with wonderful routes at all grades. This SMC production has some wonderful action shots, clear route descriptions, crag diagrams and a hefty geological/historical section at the start. A trip up Buachaille Etive Mor could be followed by a day at remote Ardnamurchan, a set of crags newly described in this guide.
There are 1200 routes on offer in this selective guide, an up-to-date companion to the SMC's Scottish Winter Climbs guide. All areas of Scotland's Highlands and Islands are covered, with 70 colour action photos, 65 colour photo diagrams and 25 colour maps spread over 480 pages.
The soaring pinnacles of Skye's Cuillin ridge are unique in Britain, and they are a scrambler's heaven. Scrambling is obligatory to reach summits or traverse ridges, and this guide has all the routes from the easiest grade 1s to harder V Diff climbs. The main attraction for many will be the long Cuillin traverse, which is described in full.
The second of the new Northern Highlands series, this guide covers the spectacular An Teallach and Fisherfield Forest wilderness. The area hosts some tremendous remote rock and winter climbing. The more popular crags around Poolewe and Gairloch are also covered. This is the first really comprehensive climbing guide to the area, and features the usual SMC crag diagrams, colour photos and maps.
An esoteric gem by Godefroy Perroux. This is an excellent guide to Scotland's finest winter climbing venue, using French grading. This unusual system, combined with great photos and a simple layout, can add an extra prespective on top of the SMC or Cicerone guides to the same routes, as well as being worth reading for its own sake.
Key CragsShepherds Crag, Bowderstone, eagle Crag, Raven Crag, Goat CragNew fully updated edition. Over 350 new routes, new and completely revised diagrams and an updated Bowderstone section
Covering the vastnesses North of the Great Glen, this is a guide to some of the best scrambling in the UK, in some of the most wild and beautiful landscapes. More than a third of the scrambles and easy climbs contained in this new, full colour guide have never been documented before. There are 138 routes described, along with 75 specially commissioned line diagrams and some great photography.
A classic selective guide to rock climbing in North Wales. All the major crags are covered, and pitch by pitch route descriptions are teamed with good detailed crag diagrams. There are historical notes for each area, along with accommodation and access advice.
The long awaited guide to one of the premier Lakeland valleys. Many new and excellent routes. New features include - more starring to highlight the many good routes and spread the load on routes; hollow stars; diagrams throughout the guide; bookmarker. Major crags covered include White Ghyll, Raven, Pavey Ark, Gimmer, Neckband & Bowfell.
Comprehensive coverage to rock climbing across Scotland; from Arran to Glen Nevis, the Skye Cuillin to the Cairngorms. Pitch by pitch route descriptions are teamed with good detailed crag diagrams. There are historical notes for each area, along with accommodation and access advice.
The Cuillin of Skye has long been regarded as one of the finest climbing areas in the UK and has always been a mecca for climbers - indeed, it can be argued that Scottish climbing began here. There are summer and winter routes at the very highest levels and more than 20 peaks are connected by a narrow crest to give one of the finest climbs in Europe.
The Coires surrounding the Cairngorm plateau offer magnificent summer rock climbing, and are transformed into a winter climbing hotspot with the first snows. Some of the best mixed climbing in Scotland is here, and often comes into condition early in the season. Easy, classic and extreme climbing is described in detail in this SMC guide, which features great action photos, crag diagrams, route descriptions and a hefty geological/historical section at the start. Going beyond the Northern Corries, this guide also looks at the the Loch Avon Basin, Ben Macdui and Lochnagar.
A practical guidebook to the best winter climbing routes in the Cairngorms, on Creag Meagaidh noted for its classic ice climbs, Lochnagar and Braeriach. Routes include a wide range of grades, lengths and styles, from straightforward to exceptionally difficult.
The 6th edition of the Llanberis guide incorporates over 50 new routes and revised descriptions of many old classics. From the bouldering hotspot of the Gromlech boulders to testpieces like Trauma on Dinas Mot, this guide has it all. In full colour, with great photo topos, approach descriptions, action shots, graded lists and historical info. An absolute must-buy for your next trip to North Wales.
As Wolfgang Gullich said, getting strong is easy, getting strong without getting injured is hard. Sooner or later, nearly all climbers get injured and it will be injuries that ultimately dictate how far you get in climbing, if you let them. Unfortunately, the data shows it takes over a decade just to get small proportions of medical research adopted in regular practice. Sourcing reliable and up to date advice on preventing and treating finger, elbow, shoulder and other climbing injuries is challenging to say the least. You need to be the expert, because there are so many strands of knowledge and practice to pull together to stay healthy as a climber, and no single source of advice to cover all of these. The book draws together both the cutting edge of peer reviewed sports medicine research, and the subtle concepts of changing your climbing habits and routine to prevent and successfully recover from injuries. It is a handbook on how to take care of yourself as a lifelong climbing at...
Often affectionately known as 'The Brick', although this 2006 reprint is more portable than the old hardback version. There are 3, 200 climbs in this epic tome, on a mixture of gritstone edges, limestone escarpments and quarries. There are colour maps and action shots, along with diagrams of all the crags.
Part of the new series of impeccably presented Climbers Club guides. The Wye Valley has a range of trad and sport climbing, on quarried and natural cliffs, often protected from the weather and providing four-season climbing fun. The guide contains introductions to the major crags, nature notes, a historical overview, along with some quality diagrams and photographs to accompant the route descriptions.
The golden treasures of North-West sandstone, from the heights of Helsby to the pits of Pex, from Frogsmouth sport to Frodsham solos, it's all here in the new definitive guide.
The definitive guide to the gritstone crags that surround Sheffield, containing 2, 200 routes, 290 full colour photo topos and 120 stunning action shots. There are less frequented crags like Agden Rocher along with the big classic routes on Burbage and Millstone. There is plenty to go at, whether you've got your eye on Parthian Shot and Equilibrium or slightly more modest objectives!
Every known winter climb from every part of the Lake District is described in a fresh new format - nearly 1000 routes in all. From classic high-mountain gullies to frozen watercourses and icefalls. A joint production by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club and Cicerone Press.
With a major overhaul, the classic gritstone guide to Staffordshire has never looked so good. All the good stuff is still here, with plenty more besides. Maps are bigger better and clearer; once-small crag topos now fill whole pages; errors have been ironed out and new ones introduced; grades rationalised; new routes and problems have been added; bouldering sections have been made loads clearer; the book now has five carefully selected bouldering circuits, a recent innovation for British guides; the Churnet Valley has had a total makeover to bring it the coverage it deserves.
The book covers around 900 of the West Country's most popular and highest calibre climbs, which span the full spectrum of climbing styles and grades; from committing multi-pitch sea cliff routes, to easy-going inland sport climbs. The rock ranges from the moorland and sea cliff granites of Dartmoor and West Penwith, through the geological weirdness of North Devon and Cornwall, to the multitude of limestone's on parade in Devon, Somerset, Avon and Dorset.
Ramrodded into its 528 joyous full-colour pages is more information, inspiration and fun than you can shake a clip stick at. From predictably amazing Froggatt sizzlers to whole crags you've never heard of - Upper Matlock Quarries, anyone? Big leads on mighty classics to tucked-away ticks on quiet wooded buttresses. From top-level highballs to gentle bouldering circuits. From Victorian tweed-wrecking classics to the latest nerve-testing desperates.
Aimed at beginners and experienced sport climbers. It covers all the technical skills needed to climb bolted sport routes worldwide, from short single-pitch entry-grade routes, through harder modern test-pieces to classic multi-pitch crag and mountain routes.
Guidebook to winter climbing in Wales. All the classic winter routes, plus many short outcrop climbs. Covers Carneddau, Glyderau, Llanberis, Yr Wyddfa, Nantlle, Lleyn Peninsula, Moelwynion, Rhinog, Cader Idris, Aran, Dyfi and Berwyn. It offers fuller descriptions where available and tackles grading, with advice on mountaineering issues.
The new definitive Tremadog guidebook is a complete modern revision incorporating a number of new and colourful aids to help climbers select their climbing adventures. All this bringing new life to this important, popular, and exciting area within one of the world's best traditional climbing venues - Snowdonia.
Within its covers this guidebook includes the stupendous cleft of Huntsman's Leap, the stunning west wall of Stennis Ford and the more amenable Saddle Head and Stennis Head. Closer to the car park are the contiguous cliffs of Trevallen and St Govan's, easily accessible, south-facing and with fabulous rock. For those who fancy something a little different, there is also a multitude of DWS.
Southern Sandstone Bouldering is the comprehensive guidebook to all the amazing problems to the southeast of London in Sussex and Kent. It covers all the major crags, Stone Farm, Bowles, High Rocks, eridge Green and Harrisons as well as some of the smaller ones including Bassets Farm, High Rocks Annexe, Happy Valley and Toad Rocks.
Covering Scotland above and beyond the Great Glen, this guide contains a similarly huge amount of quality climbing as Volume 1, but often in a more remote and wild setting. A real passion for climbing in Scotland's North comes through in the text, and many of the crags described are gems waiting to be discovered. The sheer variety of climbing available is beautifully illustrated by action photos.
A Climbers Club guide - in landscape? It works brilliantly in this new production, allowing larger topos and action shots to show off the Dorset coastline at its best. The majority of climbs are sport, but trad and deep water solos are also covered, and there are several dedicated bouldering sections. The usual detailed historical sets the scene, followed by information on access, bird restrictions, and accommodation. A great quality guide to this 4-season climbing venue.
Following on from the success of North Wales Rock, the Ground Up team have come up trumps again with this comprehensive guide to Gogarth North. Adventures abound, with ultra-classic climbs like A Dream of White Horses having achieved legendary status. Includes atmospheric action shots, photo topos and detailed pitch descriptions.
The first single volume guidebook to Peak Limestone to have hit the shelves since 1992. The last edition of Northern Limestone included much of Yorkshire too, this time round the Peak District get its own dedicated coverage, with Yorkshire to follow. The book features expanded photographic coverage of the classic venues of Stoney, Cheedale and Water-cum-Jolly plus all the southern crags around Matlock, Dovedale and the Manifold Valley.
Covering all the basic skills and equipment, this guide is invaluable not only for beginners but also for climbers wanting to increase their technical knowledge on single- and multi-pitch routes. Written by one of the UK's top mountain instructors.
The first of the new three-volume Northern Highlands series, this guide presents climbs North of the Inverness-Ullapool road. There are hundreds of new routes in Caithness, North-west Sutherland, Assynt, Reiff, Orkney and Shetland.
Adventurous sea-cliff climbing abounds on this stretch of coastline. Baggy Point will attract most of the attention, but the Atlantic Coast contains hundreds of serious climbs in spectacular situations. All are described here, with a great historical section and photos.
The best cliffs and climbs in the sunny south-west corner of Britain are eagerly sought as holiday targets for home and overseas activists. The clear maps and topos in this fine guide ensure that the crag is found and the route quickly located - a particularly important consideration in this region of narrow lanes and featureless (from above) coastlines.