supertopo logo  
  Home     Climbing Areas     Climbing Routes     Guidebooks     Free Topos     Photos     Forum  
Home >> SuperTopo Guidebooks Monday, March 18, 2024 
 

Our SuperTopo Guidebooks
Our mission is to create the world's best rock climbing guidebooks. Each guidebook contains detailed SuperTopos for each climb, approach and descent information, as well as route histories.

We offer most titles in printed or eBook format. Our downloadable eBook format (PDF files) is exclusively available for purchase online.

Short on cash? With a little work, you can get any of these books for free. We also offer discounts for guides and outdoor industry folks. And people with a good story.


Alaska Tuolumne Free Climbs Desert Towers Select High Sierra Climbing Tuolumne Free Climbs
South Lake Tahoe Climbs South Lake Tahoe Tuolumne Free Climbs Yosemite Big Walls Yosemite Bouldering Yosemite Free Climbs
Tuolumne Free Climbs Road to the Nose Tuolumne Free Climbs Sharp End DVD  

 
Yosemite Big Walls

How To Big Wall Climb
How to Big Wall Climb is the first step-by-step aid climbing guide that takes you from your first step in an aider to the summit of El Capitan. Like anything worthwhile, big wall climbing requires hard work. That said, it's not that difficult to get to the top of Yosemite's El Capitan.
Learn more...
or

Download a free guide to how to pendulum which included 55 free topos (PDF, 4.2MB)

 


 
Yosemite Big Walls

Washington Pass Climbing
This is the first dedicated guide to Washington Pass, an alpine rock climbing mecca in the North Cascades. It includes 59 multi-pitch routes ranging from 4th class ridges to 5.13 big walls. There are a handful of snow and ice routes, too. Author, Ian Nicholson climbed every single, often multiple times to get the most detailed topos yet.
Learn more...
or

View the table of contents and introduction (PDF, 396KB)
Download a free Washington Pass Topo of Liberty Crack (PDF, 5.2MB)

 


 
Yosemite Big Walls

Yosemite Big Walls - 3rd Edition
This is the most current, detailed, and accurate guide to Yosemite's most classic big walls. In this 208 page printed guidebook, Chris McNamara details classic big wall routes he personally climbed and painstakingly documented to meet the needs and interests of Yosemite big wall climbers.
Learn more...
or

View the table of contents and introduction (PDF, 1.4MB)
Download a free Yosemite Big Walls topo of El Capitan's Muir Wall (PDF, 3.2MB)

 


d  
Tuolumne Free Climbs

Yosemite Sport Climbs and Top Ropes
Yosemite Sport Climbs and Top Ropes includes over 200 of the best top ropes and bolted sport climbs in Yosemite Valley. The climbs range from 30-foot top ropes next to the road to five-pitch multi-pitch sport climbs and everything in between.
Learn more or


d  
Tuolumne Free Climbs

Bay Area Top Ropes
Bay Area Top Ropes includes over 260 climbs within a 2 hour drive of San Francisco. Included are over 19 areas from North Coast, South Bay, East Bay, San Francisco and Sierra Foothills. All the classic spots are in this book: Castle Rock, Mt. Tam, Split Rock, Mt. Diablo as well as...
Learn more
or

Download a free Bay Area Top Ropes topo of Salt Point (1.6mb)


d  
Tuolumne Free Climbs

Tuolumne Free Climbs: 2nd Edition
Tuolumne Free Climbs: 2nd Edition includes over 250 of the best routes in Tuolumne Meadows from 14-pitch trad climbs to one-pitch sport routes. This book focuses on topropes, crags, and multi-pitch climbs in the 5.4-5.9 range. Includes formerly obscure climbs to provide more options for avoiding crowds.
Learn more...
or

Download a free Tuolumne Free Climbs topo of Fairview Dome (1.6mb)


dd  

Zion Climbing
Zion is a sandstone big wall, long free climb, and cragging paradise. This guide includes over 250 free climbs and 25 clean aid big walls.
Learn more
... or



Download a free Sample topo (PDF, 3.1 MB
)

 
dd  

Tuolumne Bouldering
Tuolumne Bouldering highlights 20 of the best bouldering areas in and around Tuolumne Meadows. This is one of the best summer bouldering areas in California.
Learn more
...

Download a free Sample topo (PDF, 1.1 MB
)

 
dd  

Northern California Bouldering
Northern California Bouldering highlights 50 of the best bouldering areas from just north of Yosemite all the way up to the Oregon border and west to the Pacific Ocean.
Learn more
... or

Download a free Sample topo (PDF, 2 MB
)

 
dd  
South Lake Tahoe Climbs

Red Rocks Climbing
Red Rocks is home to the highest concentration of moderate multi-pitch climbs anywhere. This guidebook is provided in your choice of printed guidebook, or downloadable eBook format. Red Rocks Climbing contains the most detailed topos ever published for over 100 of the best Red Rocks climbs—most in the 5.4 to 5.11 range.
Learn more...
or get the iphone rakkup version or

Download a free Red Rocks Climbing topo (PDF, 912)

 
3  
Yosemite Free Climbs

Yosemite Valley Free Climbs
Over 230 of the best routes in Yosemite Valley from 16-pitch trad climbs to one-pitch sport routes. In this 209 page printed guidebook, detailed coverage of Yosemite Valley topropes, crags, and multi-pitch climbs in the 5.4-5.9 range. Includes formerly obscure climbs to provide more options to avoid crowds.
Learn more...
or

Check out Camp 4's review of Yosemite Valley Free Climbs.

Download a free Yosemite Valley Free Climbs topo of Snake Dike (PDF, 648k)
Download a free Yosemite Ultra Classics topo of Astroman (PDF, 600k)


d  
d

Yosemite Valley Bouldering
Yosemite Valley is one of the best granite bouldering areas in the world. This guide aims to inspire current and future Yosemite boulderers and makes Valley bouldering more accessible through clear descriptions, detailed topos, and numerous photos. This  book includes many new problems and even completely new areas. From Camp 4 holdless desperates to classic moderates in serene settings, you will find the problems to suit your mood and motivation.
Learn more...
or

Download a free Yosemite Valley Bouldering topo (PDF, 1.5mb)


ff  
dd

Alaska Climbing
The Alaska Range is one of the world’s finest mountain environments and North America’s premier alpine climbing destination. It contains some of the biggest, baddest, and steepest peaks to be found anywhere. Author Joe Puryear has spent over 15 years in the Alaska Range and personally climbed almost all the routes.
Learn more...
or

Download a free Alaska Climbing topo (PDF, 5.7mb)


 
South Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe Climbing
South Lake Tahoe offers exquisite year-round climbing for every ability and taste. Trad climbers can jam smooth Yosemite-like cracks at Sugarloaf or Eagle Lake, pull on steep knobs at Phantom Spires, lead their first multi-pitch route at Lover’s Leap. Sport climbers can clip bolts at Luther Rock, Luther Spires and Mayhem Cove. This book focuses on some of the highest quality granite in the Sierra.
Learn more...
or

Download a free Lover's Leap Climbing topo (PDF, 2.1mb)


 
High Sierra Climbing

High Sierra Climbing 2nd Edition
The High Sierra is a peak climbing paradise. This guidebook contains the most detailed topos ever published for 40 of the High Sierra's most spectacular and moderate climbs. Most of these climbs are well-protected, 10-15 pitches long, and ascend some of the best alpine granite anywhere.
Learn more...
or

Download a free High Sierra Climbing topo (PDF, 2mb)


 

Bay Area Bouldering
Bay Area Bouldering includes over 600 boulder problems within a 1.5 hour drive of San Francisco. All the classic spots are in this book: Castle Rock, Indian Rock, Mickey's Beach as well as a number of lesser known spots on the North Coast. This book includes everything from cruiser jug hauls on sandy beaches to sloper wrestling in lush forests.
Learn more...
or

Download a free Bay Area Bouldering topo (PDF, 2.6mb)


 

Lake Tahoe Bouldering
Lake Tahoe is maybe California's largest summer bouldering area with over 1100 problems. What sets Tahoe apart is not just the numbers, it is the variety. You can climb Joshua Tree style rock by the lake or climb Yosemite-esque holds in the forest or drive 30 minutes east to the desert and climb impeccable volcanic pockets. It all here, it is year round, and even this book, the most complete coverage yet on the subject, can only whet your appetite.
Learn more...
 

Download a free Lake Tahoe bouldering topo (PDF, 3mb)


 
Road to the Nose

Road to The Nose
Big wall master Chris McNamara takes you through a series of 14 climbs of increasing difficulty to help you build skills, speed, endurance and comfort with big wall exposure. This eBook format guidebook includes a SuperTopo for each of the 14 climbs, along with special tips and beta.
Learn more...

Download a free Road to The Nose topo (PDF, 275k)


 
Desert Towers Select

Desert Towers of the Southwest Select
The towers of the southwest desert are some of most inspiring climbing formations on earth. This eBook format guide covers twelve of the most classic and moderate routes including Castleton Tower, Ancient Art, Moses and more.
Learn more...

Download a free Desert Towers Select topo (PDF, 444k)



Home | Climbing Areas | Free Topos | Guidebooks | Route Beta | Forum | Trip Reports | Photos
Links | Terms | Privacy | FAQ | Contact | About Us

Climbing Areas
Rock Climbing Yosemite | Big Wall Rock Climbing Yosemite | Rock Climbing Tuolumne | Rock Climbing Sierra
Rock Climbing Red Rocks | Rock Climbing Southwest | Rock Climbing Zion | Rock Climbing Tahoe | Climbing Alaska

Copyright 2024 SuperTopo LLC
All trademarks property of their respective owners
Time to generate this page: 0.03 secs.

Climbing is dangerous. Climb at your own risk.