Alaska: A Climbing Guide

by Michael Wood, Colby Coombs

* Guidebook details 80 climbing routes throughout Alaska

* Includes photos, many with route overlays, topo route maps, climbing difficulty and time information, ratings, and more



Alaska mountain guides Mike Wood and Colby Coombs have teamed up to write this definitive climbing guidebook targeting the more experienced climber.



This is the ultimate guidebook for every climber intending to scale the mountains of one of the nation's last best wild places. Alaska: A Climbing Guide offers climbers a range of routes in the Chugach Range, the Alaska Range, the Fairweather Range, and more. Each of the routes has been climbed, documented, checked, and double-checked by the authors to ensure accuracy and safety. Interesting personal experiences are included as are accounts of first ascents from Fred Beckey, John Krakauer, and David Roberts.

Genres: Nonfiction, Classics

208 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

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Michael Wood serves as an instructor and guide for the Alaska Mountaineering School and Alaska Denali Guiding, Inc. He lives in Talkeetna, Alaska.

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

the history of alaska, starting with mammoths and people crossing the land bridge at the bering straits