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Mount Lemmon (Catalina Highway) Guidebooks


Arizona : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalina Mountains) : Mount Lemmon (Catalina Highway)

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Squeezing The Lemmon III - OUT OF PRINT

Eric Fazio-Rhicard

Published in 2015 Squeezing The Lemmon III is the definitive guide to the Mount Lemmon Highway in the Catalina Mountains. The guidebook lists 2700+ traditional, sport, and mixed routes. It features full color photo topos, pie and bar charts, and sun/shade information in 544 pages.

The book is currently out of print.

The author is one of the most prolific developers and climbers in the Tucson region.

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Squeezing the Lemmon II

Eric Fazio-Rhicard

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Published in 2000 Squeezing The Lemmon II was the most comprehensive guide to the Mount Lemmon Highway in the Catalina Mountains for 15 years. The guidebook lists 1500+ traditional, sport, and mixed routes. Spiral bound, black and white, 324 pages.

The author is one of the most prolific developers and climbers in the Tucson region.

Arizona : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalina Mountains)

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Climbers Guide to Sabino Canyon and Mount Lemmon Highway

John Steiger

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Published in 1985 and long since out-of-print, Climbers Guide To Sabino Canyon And Mount Lemmon Highway was the first published guidebook to Mount Lemmon. Now days it provides historical perspective and some crags long since forgotten.

The guide is hosted online at climbaz.com.

Arizona : Southern Arizona

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Backcountry Rockclimbing in Southern Arizona

Bob Kerry

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This out-of-print classic from 1997 covers the Santa Catalina Mountains, Cochise Stronghold, Baboquivari, Mendoza Canyon (Coyote Domes), and many other Southern Arizona formations. It is a great resource for those seeking adventure and solitude.

The guide is hosted online at climbaz.com.

Arizona

McDowell Rock – A Climber’s Guide

McDowell Rock – A Climber’s Guide

Erik Filsinger and Cheryl Beaver

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McDowell Rock is the one source for information on rock climbing in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve of Scottsdale, Arizona.

· Designed to make finding the crags and routes easy
· Identification and colored photos of over 20 rock crags
· Accurate trail head and trail access information
· GPS points at key intersections to assist in finding crags
· Contains over 240 routes, many never publicized before
· Color locator photographs of the crags
· Routes displayed on color photos
· Route descriptions and photos presented on the same page
· Top rope climbs highlighted
· Anecdotes and photos from many of the first ascensionists
· Historical commentary about climbing and the Preserve
· Published in 2016 with 134 pages of text and photos

Feel free to visit the book’s website - for more information and news.

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Karabin Guides

Marty Karabin

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Marty Karabin has produced $5 fold out pocket guides for the following areas:

  • The Road Area
  • Lower Devils Canyon
  • Uper Devils Canyon
  • Northern Devils Canyon
  • The Mine
  • Euro Dog Valley
  • Beardsley Boulders
  • The Overlook
  • The Projects
  • South Mountain & Pima Canyon
  • Groom Creek
  • Blue Ridge Reservoir
  • Pinnacle Peak
  • The McDowell's
  • Camelback Mountain
  • Lookout Mountain
  • Crown King
  • The Homestead

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Rock Climbing Arizona

Steward M. Green / Falcon Guides

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A select guide to 25 of Arizona's best and most popular climbing areas. This black and white, 528 page book was published in 1999.

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Weekend Rock Arizona: Trad And Sport Routes From 5.0 to 5.10a

Lon Abbott / Mountaineers Books

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This guide provides a sampling of Arizona rock climbing. It is geared towards the casual climber and as such does not include more difficult grades or areas in their entirety. The areas covered in are: Cochise Stronghold, The Overlook, Granite Mountain, Pinnacle Peak, Jacks Canyon, Queen Creek, McDowell Mountains, Sedona, Mount Lemmon, and Thumb Butte. The book was published in 2006 and is 285 pages. Besides still being in print it is available for the Kindle.

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