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Ultimate American Climbs List - 100 routes to do!

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Chris McNamara founder of the guidebook company and website Supertopo.com is thinking of compiling and publishing a US classic climbs book and has published the provisional list on his Supertopo.com forums for comment.

Even if he doesn't go ahead, he has yet to decide, this is some 'tick' list and if you are heading Stateside (I know the £ is weak at the moment) you would be wise to save this list.

It was Steve Roper and Allen Steck who started the big climbing tick lists books, in the USA at least, with their 1979 book Fifty Classic Climbs of North America; you can see that list of routes : here and it was Roper and Steck who partly inspired the UK's Ken Wilson to publish his Classic, Hard and Extreme Rock books (Extreme Rock is in the process of being reprinted we have been told).

The list begins....


ALASKA
Alaska Range Eye Tooth Dream in the Spirit of Mugs
Alaska Range Mt. Barrill Cobra Pillar
Alaska Range Denali Cassin Ridge
Alaska Range Denali West Buttress
Alaska Range Royal Tower Gargoyle Buttress


ARIZONA
Cochise Stronghold Chochise Dome What's My Line
Cochise Stronghold Sheepshead Peacemaker
Granite Mountain?

You can see the rest of the list on the forum topic associated with news report, clink the link below.


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28 Oct, 2008
ALASKA Alaska Range Eye Tooth Dream in the Spirit of Mugs - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=akeywpil Alaska Range Mt. Barrill Cobra Pillar - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=akbacobr Alaska Range Denali Cassin Ridge - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=akdecass Alaska Range Denali West Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=akdewbut Alaska Range Royal Tower Gargoyle Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=akrogarg ARIZONA Cochise Stronghold Chochise Dome What's My Line Cochise Stronghold Sheepshead Peacemaker Granite Mountain? CALIFORNIA Calaveras Dome Calaveras Dome Wall of the Worlds Calaveras Dome Calaveras Dome Sands of Time (w/ Silk Road Bonus) High Sierra Whitney East Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=hiwhebut High Sierra Mt. Russell Mithral Dihedral - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=hirumith High Sierra Clyde Minaret Southeast Face High Sierra Temple Crag Sun Ribbon Arete - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=hitesunr High Sierra Incredible Hulk Positive Vibrations - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=hiinposi High Sierra Keeler Needle Harding Route - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=hikehard Idyllwild Tahquitz Mechanic's Route Idyllwild Tahquitz Open Book Idyllwild Tahquitz Vampire Lover's Leap Main Wall Corrugation Corner - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=lomacorr Lover's Leap East Wall The Line - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=loealine Lover's Leap East Wall Travelers Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=lomatrav Needles Witche's Needle Igor Unchained/Airy Interlude Needles Sorcerer Needle Thin Ice Needles- Kern River Voodoo Dome White Punks on Dope Tuolumne Fairview Dome Regular Route - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=tufaregu Tuolumne Cathedral Peak Southeast Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=tucasout Tuolumne Mathest Crest Traverse from South to North - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=tumctrav Tuolumne Mt. Conness West Ridge - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=tucowest Yosemite Washington Column Astroman - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=yowaastr Yosemite El Capitan East Buttress Yosemite Higher Cathedral Rock Northeast Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=yohcnort Yosemite Half Dome Regular Northwest Face - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=ybharegu Yosemite Royal Arches Royal Arches - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=yoraroya Yosemite El Capitan Salathé Wall - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=ybelsala Yosemite Half Dome Snake Dike - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=yohasnak Yosemite El Capitan The Nose - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=ybelnose Mt Shasta North Side Hotum Bolum Ridge Castle Crags The Ogre (Mt. Hubris) Cosmic Wwall COLORADO Black Canyon National Monument North Chasm View Nose The Cruise (Scenic Cruise) Boulder Third Flatiron East Face Colorado National Monument Independence Monument Otto's Route Eldorodo Canyon Bastille Crack Eldorodo Canyon Redgarden Wall Naked Edge Eldorodo Canyon Redgarden Wall Yellow Spur Rocky Mtn. National Park Mt. Ypsilon Blitzen Ridge, Rocky Mtn. National Park Diamond Casual Route Rocky Mtn. National Park Hallett Peak Culp-Bossier route Rocky Mtn. National Park Mt. Meeker Flying Buttress Rocky Mtn. National Park Petit Grepon South Face Rocky Mtn. National Park Syke's Sickle, Spearhead Rocky Mtn. National Park Diamond, Casual Route Sangre de Cristo Range Crestone Needle Ellingwood Ledges Sangre de Cristo Range Kit Carson Peak South Prow Sawatch Range La Plata Peak Ellingwood Ridge South Platte Sheep's Nose Lost in Space South Platte Helen's Dome-Acid Rock-Sheep Rock Tour de Platte South Platte Cynical Pinnacle Wunches Dihedral Hallet's Peak, Culp Bossier The Petit Grepon IDAHO Sawtooth Mountains Elephant's Perch Mountaineer's Route McCall Slick Rock Regular Route NEVADA Red Rocks Cloud Tower Crimson Chrysalis - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=reclcrim Red Rocks Black Velvet Canyon Dream of Wild Turkeys (include Prince and Yellow) - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=rebldrea Red Rocks Rainbow Wall Original Route Red Rocks Black Velvet Canyon Epinephrine - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=reblepin Red Rocks Eagle Wall Levitation 29 - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=reealevi Red Rocks Solar Slab - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=resosols Red Rocks Nightcrawler NEW HAMPSHIRE Cannon Cliff Cannon Cliff VMC Direct Direct Cannon Cliff Cannon Cliff Whitney-Gilman Cathedral Ledge Cathedral Ledge Thin Air Cathedral Ledge Cathedral Ledge Recompense Whitehorse Ledge Whitehorse Ledge Standard Route Whitehorse Ledge Whitehorse Ledge NEW MEXICO Questa Dome Questa Dome Questa Direct NEW YORK Gunks High Exposure (Directissima Var.) Gunks Shockley's Ceiling Gunks Erect Direction Gunks Bonnies Roof NORTH CAROLINA Looking Glass Looking Glass Cornflake Looking Glass Looking Glass Glass Minagerie Stone Mountain State Park Stone Mountains Grand Funk Railroad Whitesides Whitesides Original Route
28 Oct, 2008
OREGON Smith Rocks Monkey's Face Pioneer Route - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=smmopion Smith Rocks Monkey's Face West Face Variation Smith Rocks Sunshine Wall Zebra/Zion - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=smmgzebr UTAH Castle Valley Castleton Tower North Face Castle Valley Castleton Tower Kor Ingalls - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=decakori Castle Valley The Rectory Fine Jade - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=derefine Canyonlands Moses Primrose Dihedrals - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=demoprim Canyonlands Standing Rock Kor Route Fisher Towers Ancient Art Stolen Chimney Route - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=deanstol Fisher Towers Titan Finger of Fate - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=detifing Zion Moonlight Buttress Moonlight Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=zianmoon Zion Angel's Landing Lowe Route WASHINGTON North Cascades Liberty Bell Mountain Liberty Crack - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=nwlilibe North Cascades Liberty Bell Mountain Thin Red Line - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=nwlithin Northwest Volcanoes Mt. Rainier Liberty Ridge Leavenworth Snow Creek Wall Outer Space - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=nwsnoute Stuart Range Colchuck Balanced Rock West Face - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=nwcowfac Stuart Range Dragontail Peak Backbone Ridge with Fin Direct - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=nwdrback Stuart Range Prusik Peak South Face - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=nwprsfac Stuart Range Mt. Stuart Complete North Ridge - http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=nwstnrid Index Town Wall? WEST VIRGINIA Seneca Rocks? WYOMING Devils Tower Durrance Route Devils Tower Walt Bailey Memorial Tetons Grand Teton Direct Exum Ridge Tetons Mt. Owen Serendipity Ridge Tetons Irene's Arete Tetons Cathedral Rock The Snaz Tetons Caveat Emptor Wind Rivers Wolf's Head East Ridge Wind Rivers Ellingwood Peak North Aréte Wind Rivers Pingora Northeast Face MAINE Katahdin Armadillo Buttress
28 Oct, 2008
there is climbing in New York? GF keeps asking me to go, i now may consider it!
28 Oct, 2008
Gunks (New Palz http://www.gunks.com/ ) and further to the north, the Adirondacks.
28 Oct, 2008
Isn't there already a "50 most classic/crowded" book out there?
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