Adirondacks Guidebooks

Adirondack Rock Vol 2

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"Adirondack Rock is the comprehensive rock climbing guidebook to the Adirondack Park, written by Jim Lawyer and Jeremy Haas. The guidebook includes all technical rock climbing routes from all known crags located on public land within the boundary of the Adirondack Park in New York State."

Southern Adirondack Routes

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This guidebook currently covers 80 routes from 5.5 to 5.13a in Lost T, State Brook, and Lost Hunters in the southern part of Adirondack Park.

Lake George Routes

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This guidebook currently covers 49 routes from 5.4 to 5.11b at Stewart's Ledge and Ark Wall in the area near Lake George, NY.

Lake George Routes

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This guidebook currently covers 49 routes from 5.4 to 5.11b at Stewart's Ledge and Ark Wall in the area near Lake George, NY.

Lake George Routes

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This digital guidebook has photos and GPS navigation, and works offline. As of this posting it documents Stewart's Ledge and Ark Wall, but it will continue to be updated. See the linked webpage for the latest information.

Nine Corner Lake Bouldering

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This guide details over 320 problems, with many classics, including: Chillen (V4), The Origin (V5), Into Thin Air (V6), Frog Legs (V7), Thorazine (V8), Instant Yoga (V9), Rise of Nick Stoner (V10), and Overburdened (V11).

MaKenzie Pond Bouldering

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This guide details over 100 problems, including Slobadon (V5), Stanfields (V9), Hooker (V3), IF (V5), Brock Lee Soares (V2), Giant Sucker (V2), Great Roof of China (V4), Cartwheel (V9), Flux Capacitor (V8), and Shtickums (V4) which are of very high quality and should not be missed.

Blue Lines 2: An Adirondack Ice Climber's Guide (2016)

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The Second Edition of Blue Lines. This greatly expanded edition has nearly 600 routes (about 250 more than the first edition). 248 pages, black and white.

Blue Lines

The complete guide to ice climbing in the Adirondack Park. Published in 2006 by Adirondack Rock and River Guide Service, Inc. 184 pages, black and white.

Panther Gorge (2019)

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In depth history and narratives of rock, mixed, ice routes in Panther Gorge between Mts. Marcy and Haystack.

Adirondack Park Bouldering (2016)

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The first dedicated bouldering guidebook to the Adirondack Park, documenting hundreds of boulder problems in more than 20 areas. Review here.

Adirondack Rock: A Rock Climbers Guide (2014)

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The second edition of Adirondack Rock is the comprehensive rock climbing guidebook to the Adirondack Park. The two volumes include 3,100+ routes on all known crags on public land within the boundary of the Adirondack Park in New York State.

A Climber's Guide to the Adirondacks - Rock and Slide Climbs (1967)

The original/first guidebook to rock climbing in the Adirondack Park.

A Climber's Guide to the Adirondacks - Rock and Slide Climbs (1972)

Second printing (with revisions) of the original guidebook to rock climbing in the Adirondack Park.

Adirondack Rock and Ice Climbs (1976)

A complete guide to rock and ice climbing in the Adirondack Park, ca 1976.

Climbing in the Adirondacks - A Guide to Rock and Ice Routes in the Adirondack Park (1983)

First edition of Mellor's guide to rock and ice climbing in the Adirondack Park.

Climbing in the Adirondacks - A Guide to Rock and Ice Routes in the Adirondack Park (1988, 1994)

The second edition of Mellor's guidebook to ice and rock climbs in the Adirondack Park.

Adirondack Rock: A Rock Climbers Guide (2008, 2010)

Adirondack Rock is a new (2008) comprehensive rock climbing guidebook to the Adirondack Park, written by Jim Lawyer and Jeremy Haas. The guidebook includes all technical rock climbing routes and boulder problems from all known crags and boulders located on public land within the boundary of the Adirondack Park in New York State.

Climbing In The Adirondacks - A Guide to Rock and Ice Routes in the Adirondack Park (1995, 1997)

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The Third Edition (red cover) is the definitive guide to Adirondack climbing. While it doesn't have every single route in it, it's the best available.

As with most guidebooks, take this one with a grain of salt.

An Ice Climber's Guide to Southern New England and Eastern New York

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This guidebook covers 200 ice climbing areas in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, southern Maine, southern New Hampshire, southern Vermont and eastern New York.