Travel to Provinces

Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, 3rd edition

Format: Paperback
Author: Alan Kane
ReleaseDate: 01 April, 1999
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing
Rating:

Can I get this book gold plated?
Alan has made a guidebook, that has everything you need to know about a route, right in front of your eyes. This book is gold. From Elevation gain, approximate round trip time, difficulty, the map needed, route photos for every peak and a completely detailed description of the route. Also he has a colored mini photo album at the beginning of the book that shows some pictures of what you will encounter. He has included over 150 mountains that range from tiny hills that I could take my pet hampster up(jokingly), to glaciated masses of rock that can take a rope and multiple days. This book should be in every climbers pack. I erge you to buy it. It's well worth it.

The best guide to scrambling/hiking the canadian rockies
This version is much better than the previous edition. The author, Alan Kane, does a great job of putting this guide together. Lots more peaks included. For the most part the peaks are all in alberta. Some in the south, others a bit more towards the north. Each hike includes difficulty level and other relevant information.

Alan has climbed every one of the peaks he described. The route descriptions reflect that intimate knowledge that the author has with each route. The details are excellent. Moreover, he really gives you a feel for the climb and from my experience reading the routes made for fewer unwanted surprises on the actual climb.

I'll also say that the book has a nice variety when it comes to difficulty of the scrambles. The concept of scrambling in many ways represents the highest degree of freedom you can have while climbing. This is because you needn't be weighed down by lots of gear (protection, climbing rope, chocks, etc) to do these scrambles. Yet they are more difficult and exciting than a regular walk-up. Kane has all the bases covered here. For a guide to scrambling in the canadian rockies, look no further. However, don't just take my word for it. . . Alan has a website where you can see some of the routes described in the book. I think it will give you a good idea of what to expect.

Guidebooks exceeds all expectations
Seriously, this is the finest mountain guidebook I've ever seen. I just recently got this guidebook, and let me just say that it blew away all my expectations. Pictures for every mountain, great descriptions, introduction, etc. Bravo. Well worth the money. I had to try hard to keep myself from drooling on the book because it's an x-mas gift to my dad. There are certainly some great peaks to climb in Canada.

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