High Sierra Guidebook
The Sierra Nevada is a world-renowned climbing destination for alpine climbing in some of the most favorable conditions of any mountain range on the planet. After almost six years of effort, Vitaliy Musiyenko and my guidebook to technical rock and ice climbing in this region has finally been published. This close-to-comprehensive guidebook covers technical free climbs, alpine big walls, ice climbs, and selected scrambles in the High Sierra. It is the essential reference for any climber exploring the “Range of Light” between Cottonwood Lakes in the south and Sonora Pass in the north.
These guidebooks may be purchased from Kevin Daniels Publishing (click here for link).
Volume 1
This book, Volume 1 of a three-volume series, covers peaks on and west of the crest south of Shepherd Pass and the southernmost regions of the Kern-Kaweah Divide. The following regions are included, and much, much more:
Tuttle Creek & Lone Pine Peak
Mount Chamberlin & Mount Hitchcock
Arctic Lake Wall
Mount Whitney Massif
Mount Russell Massif
The Cleaver & Mount Barnard
Mount Carl Heller & Tulainyo Tower
Mount Tyndall & Shepherd Pass
Spring Lake Wall & the Wall Above Big Five
Castle Rocks
Eagle Scout & Granite Creeks
Guidebook at a glance:
368 pages
312 routes
81 topos
66 overlays
Full color
Vignettes written by the following characters of the Sierra: Alex Honnold, Doug Robinson, John Moynier, Jesse McGahey, Ben Hatchett, Leo Pantilat, David Harden, Mark Westman, Cameron Burns
Volume 2
This book, Volume 2 of a three-volume series, covers peaks on the northern part of the Kern-Kaweah Divide, the Great Western Divide, and on and west of the crest between Shepherd Pass and Bishop Pass. The following regions are included, and much, much more:
Angel Wings & Valhalla
Tamarack Creek & Saber Ridge
The Watchtower & Tokopah Valley
Bubbs Creek Wall & Charlotte Dome
Mount Clarence King Area
Tehipite Valley
Gorge of Despair
Lake Basin
Temple Crag & the Palisades
Langille Peak & the Citadel
Guidebook at a glance:
416 pages
313 routes
95 topos
73 overlays
Full color
Vignettes written by the following characters of the Sierra: Alex Honnold, Doug Robinson, John Moynier, Jesse McGahey, Ben Hatchett, E. C. Joe, Brandon Thau, Dave Nettle
Volume 3
This book, Volume 3 of a three-volume series, covers peaks between Bishop Pass and Sonora Pass. The following regions are included, and much, much more:
Picture Peak & the Evolutions
The Bishop Skyline
Merriam Peak & Seven Gables
Bear Creek Spire & Rock Creek
The Minarets, Mount Ritter, & Banner Peak
Convict and McGee Creeks
The Cathedral Range
Mount Conness & the Third Pillar of Dana
The Incredible Hulk & Little Slide Canyon
Northern Yosemite & the Juggernaut
Flatiron Butte & the Watchtower
Guidebook at a glance:
384 pages
297 routes
81 topos
72 overlays
Full color
Vignettes written by the following characters of the Sierra: Alex Honnold, Doug Robinson, John Moynier, Sean O’Rourke, Urmas Franosch, Steven Porcella, Jesse McGahey, Ben Hatchett