Best Tahoe guidebooks?

Looking for best Tahoe guidebooks including bouldering that people are using these days. Let me know!

John WF wrote:

Looking for best Tahoe guidebooks including bouldering that people are using these days. Let me know!

There's a great big pile of books.

For bouldering, it's the Dave Hatchett books. 5 volumes to cover the Tahoe region, so it's an investment to get them all. Great books though. Just start with the volume for the area you'd most likely visit. Probably either the North volume or the South volume as the first purchase; from the Bay and Sac these are the easiest access areas on the 80 and 50 corridors.

Kaya is also starting to cover Tahoe bouldering. An app version of the Hatchett book(s). I think they just have North currently? Don't know any more than that.

The Supertopo bouldering guidebooks are garbage by comparison, and very out of date. Definitely worth getting the updated Hatchett books.

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For routes:

In North Tahoe, the Horniak book is recent, and very good. Covers Emeralds, Donner, etc.

For South Tahoe routes, there isn't a good, up to date, comprehensive book. The Supertopo book is ok but not great, somewhat old, and not comprehensive. Still kinda the best option though.

For the HWY 88 corridor, not really any guidebook documentation but there's decent online info for Emigrant Wall, Old Camp Bluff, and Woodfords.

“The Supertopo bouldering guidebooks are garbage by comparison, and very out of date. Definitely worth getting the updated Hatchett books.”

There’s not a newer guide than supertopo for roped climbing at Lovers Leep, Phantom, Sugarloaf, et all

M L wrote:

“The Supertopo bouldering guidebooks are garbage by comparison, and very out of date. Definitely worth getting the updated Hatchett books.”

There’s not a newer guide than supertopo for roped climbing at Lovers Leep, Phantom, Sugarloaf, et all

Again, Supertopo bouldering guidebooks. The Tahoe one and the NorCal one (which covers portions of Tahoe). Both by Chris Summit. Both are inferior to the newer Hatchett books.

The South Lake Tahoe roped climbing Supertopo is a different situation. A decent guidebook for the areas it covers, and in any case the best option currently available. 

I've heard rumor of Josh Horniak working on a South Tahoe book, which would be an awesome addition judging from the quality of his North Lake book. We can hope...

The south lake super topo rope books are also terrible.
find a copy of the old carville guide online. Definitely some errors here and there, but it’s much more comprehensive and less fluffed.