Cascade Alpine Guide: Rainy Pass to Fraser River: Climbing & High Routes

by Fred Beckey

The godfather of North Cascades climbing updates the third of his seminal guides to this wild range. Hikers, scramblers, serious climbers and Northwest rescue organizations, alike have relied on Fred Beckey's Cascade Alpine Guides for decades to lead them through this wild mountain range. In addition to their comprehensiveness, the books provide a rare combination of aerial photos with route overlays, three dimensional illustrated maps, and climbing topos.

The section of the North Cascades covered in this volume is roughly a pie-shaped area bounded by Hwy 97 and the Columbia River to the east, Lake Chelan to the west and Hwy 20 to the north. Except for glaciers and some year-round snow fields, it's mostly dry, lonesome, open country, with beautiful granite spires jutting to the sky.

Genres: Climbing, Outdoors, Mountaineering, Reference, Nonfiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 1978

Reviews

[Matt Weeks · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 star because… Beckey
I feel fraudulent with this though; have not cranked out good portion of routes for comparison.

End of the day: it’s the timeless perspective for me

[Jacob Gregg · Rating 5 out of 5]

When people say this is "A cascade climber's bible" it isn't a hyperbole, if you want information on the most obscure peaks, or the Classics it doesn't get much better than this. Some of the info isn't even on the Internet in a lot of cases. It's written in a way that gives you just enough information to get you there and get you back, but still leaves the Adventure. Beckey's probably walked there before, but you still feel like an adventurer. Another benefit of the just enough writing style, also means less mistakes, which are can be annoying. The only thing that might be a flaw is the Class 4 grades would usually be considered very low 5's by most. When it says 3rd to 4th, it's true 4th class usually, also when he says something he really means it. Love this book, and would definitely recommend for the Mountain Adventurer.