Cascade Alpine Guide: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass, Climbing and High Routes

by Fred Beckey

Overview

* Cascades climbing routes -- the guidebooks relied on for more than 25 years

* Northwest climbing legend Fred Beckey has summited and explored hundreds of Cascade peaks

* Hand-drawn maps and photos with route overlays, as well as approach information

Volume II in the classic Cascade Alpine Guide series features expert information on more than 300 climbing and high routes in the Cascades. This volume covers the middle of the Cascade Range, from the foothills east of Puget Sound to Lake Chelan. You'll find geographical, historical, and geological overviews of the majestic mid-Cascade region, plus important tips on safety and backcountry usage. Legendary author/climber Fred Beckey includes technical and grade information for each route to make clear exactly what type of climb you are embarking upon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898868388
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	01/15/2003
Series:	Cascade Alpine Guide Series , #2
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

FRED BECKEY has achieved enduring recognition as the most imaginative, persistent, and thorough explorer and mountain investigator of the Cascade Range Wilderness. He was noted as "one of America's most colorful and eccentric mountaineers," and is unofficially recognized as the all-time world-record holder for the number of first ascents credited to one man. In addition to being the author of the Cascade Alpine Guide series (V1, V2, V3), Beckey is also the author of Mountains of North America, The Range of Glaciers: Exploration and Survey of the North Cascades, and a personal narrative, Challenge of the North Cascades.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	6
	Preface	7
	How to Use This Book	7
	Aerial Photography and Sketches	8
	Abbreviations	8
	Introduction	11
	Geographic Aspects	11
	Geologic Summary	13
	Climate	15
	Safety	16
	Human Impact	17
	Wilderness Travel	18
	Maps	19
	Selected References	19
	Notes	20
Section I.	West Side of Cascade Crest: Stevens Pass and Skykomish River to Suiattle River	23
	Notes	134
Section II.	East Side of Cascade Crest: Stevens Pass and Wenatchee River to Suiattle Pass and Railroad Creek	145
	Notes	206
Section III.	Cascade Crest Region: Suiattle River to Skagit River (West Side) and Lake Chelan to Granite Creek (East Side)	213
	Notes	357
	Approaches
	Roads	365
	Trail and Alpine Hiking Approaches	369
	Index	394

Editorial Reviews

[Beckey's] encyclopedic, three-volume guidebook, Cascade Alpine Guide, is mandatory reading for anyone aspiring to [these] summits.

Backpacker Magazine Editors

These books are mind-boggling in their thoroughness and remarkable in their historical. geological, and geographical detail. Called by some the climber's bible, they are a must for any avid peak-bagger in the state.

Wenatchee World

A comprehensive guide to a huge swath of rugged country…Beckey offers thumbnail descriptions of peak, after peak, after peak. With masterful economy, he spells out what a competent person needs to know.

Lewiston (ID) Morning Tribune

Known simply as Beckey's bible, no list of Northwest outdoor books would be complete without Beckey's monumental guide to climb in Washington's Cascades. What's extraordinary is that most of the information was gleaned firsthand.

Washington Trails