Download or read book The 11 000ers of the Canadian Rockies written by Bill Corbett and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Canadian Rockies Award at the 2005 Banff Mountain Book Festival, this comprehensive climber's guide and history of the 54 11,000-foot peaks in the Canadian Rockies celebrates in words and images these breathtaking summits and the wilderness settings over which they tower. This book uniquely captures and distills the lively and frequently forgotten accounts of the pioneering climbers and their various routes. Each entry provides a vivid description of the peak, an extensive history of the early ascents of it and a detailed description of moderate to intermediate routes, including access and approach information. Now extensively updated, the text is liberally illustrated with route and climbing photos, both contemporary and historical, and includes detailed area maps.
Download or read book Climbs Explorations in the Canadian Rockies written by Hugh Edward Millington Stutfield and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rockies of Canada written by Walter Dwight Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Mountain Place Names written by Glen W. Boles and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains rival the European Alps in fame. When travelling or climbing, hiking or skiing in these areas, have you ever wondered where the names of the peaks, rivers and lakes came from, or who named them and why? In Canadian Mountain Place Names, the authors have used their scope of knowledge and expertise, along with many outside sources, to compile an entertaining and informative treatise on the toponymy of this increasingly popular alpine region. Originally published as Place Names of the Canadian Alps, this new edition is completely revised and updated. Illustrated with Glen Boles' and Roger Laurilla's stunning photographs, as well as Boles' intricate line drawings, this book is a must-have not only for avid mountaineers, skiers and hikers, but also for locals and visitors with an interest in these regions. For the authors, this book has been a labour of love: for the mountains, as well as for all those who care about the mountains.
Download or read book The Rocky Mountains of Canada North written by Robert Kruszyna and published by New York : American Alpine Club ; Banff : Alpine Club of Canada. This book was released on 1985 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies written by John Martin and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, with over 15,000 copies of previous editions sold, returns with a new, completely revised, updated and redesigned seventh edition. Sport Climbs continues to be the quintessential guidebook that both local and visiting climbers reach for when travelling to Western Canada. Featuring over 2,300 routes located throughout the Bow Valley, including climbs at Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Kananaskis Country and the Ghost River area, this new edition features eight new areas, 500 new routes, the latest updates, full-colour maps and photos, and over 300 marked topos. All routes include difficulty classifications and are completely indexed, including first-ascent information.
Download or read book A Climber s Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada written by Howard Palmer and published by New York : Published for the American Alpine Club by the Knickerbocker Press. This book was released on 1921 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Among the Canadian Alps written by Lawrence Johnstone Burpee and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies written by Sean Melbourne Dougherty and published by Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This guide is considered a classic of mountaineering literature.
Download or read book Climbs in the Canadian Rockies written by Francis Sydney Smythe and published by New York : W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1951 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Glittering Mountains of Canada written by James Monroe Thorington and published by Philadelphia : J.W. Lea. This book was released on 1925 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Canadian Rockies written by Douglas Leighton and published by Altitude Publishing (Canada). This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bold and Cold written by Brandon Pullan and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the stories of mountaineers who undertook climbing expeditions in the Canadian Rockies.
Download or read book Guardians of the Peaks written by Katherine M. Calvert and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountain rescue in western Canada developed through the Canadian Pacific Railway's use of Swiss guides to enhance the climbing experience in the early 1900s. These guides brought their knowledge of mountain rescue to the Canadian Rockies. As climbing gained in popularity with the emerging middle classes after the Second World War, tragic accidents became more common. Two accidents in 195455 (the deaths of a group of female climbers from Mexico on Mt. Victoria and a group of Philadelphia schoolboys on Mt. Temple) forced the government to develop a professional mountain rescue team through the Park Warden Service under the tutelage of Walter Perren (a Swiss guide and the father of mountain rescue in Canada). Perren essentially turned cowboys into competent rescue personnel, and the story takes off from there.Following five principal men through the first 50 years of mountain rescue in Canada, Guardians of the Peaks also looks at all aspects of the rescue experience. It is the story of personal tragedy and the ability of individuals to cope with this stress-laced, demanding occupation.
Download or read book In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies written by James Outram and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a wonderful fascination about mountains. Their massive grandeur, majesty of lofty height, splendour of striking outline crag and pinnacle and precipice seem to appeal both to the intellect and to the inmost soul of man, and to compel a mingled reverence and love ... James Outram First published in 1923, In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies is Outram's record of his adventures and exploits in the early years of the 20th century among the massive mountains straddling the Alberta/British Columbia boundary. Throughout his time in western Canada, Outram crossed paths with numerous colourful characters Swiss guides, hunters, cowboys and outfitters, as well as previous climbers and explorers, whose journeys he discusses at length. It is this comprehensive detailing, not only of Outram's own climbs but also those of mountaineers who preceded him, that gives In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies the air of a grand overview of the early years of climbing in western Canada. With its many references also to burgeoning alpine towns in both Alberta and British Columbia, this third volume in the Mountain Classics Collection is an open invitation for readers, climbers and adventurers to follow in the footsteps of this avid early mountaineer and passionate outdoorsman into the rugged, beautiful landscape of the western Canadian mountains.
Download or read book Summits Icefields 1 written by Chic Scott and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous ed. published as: Summits & icefields.
Download or read book Pushing the Limits written by Chic Scott and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2000 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the Banff Mountain Book Festival's Canadian Rockies Award A book to be read and digested, then sampled, then read and dipped into often...a fine achievement for this dedicated author... Bruce Fairley, Canadian Alpine Journal HOLY SHIT WAAAAAAAAAT A FABBBBBULOUS TOME. Tami Knight, Illustrator/Mountaineer This important new book tells the story of Canada's 200-year mountaineering history. Through the use of stories and pictures, Chic Scott documents the evolution of climbing in Canada. He introduces us to the early mountain pioneers and the modern day climbing athletes; he takes us to the crags and the gyms, from the west coast to Quebec, and from the Yukon to the Rockies. But most importantly, Scott showcases Canadian climbers--the routes that challenged them, the peaks that inspired them, their insatiable desire to climber harder, to push the limits. Begin the trek through Canada's climbing history... Learn about Swiss guides hired by CPR hotels who ushered in the glory years of first ascents. Continue through to the turn of the twentieth century when British and American climbers of leisure found themselves hampered by the difficulties of travel through the Canadian wilderness. Learn about the European immigrants of the 1950s who pushed the limits on the rock walls, and the American superstars who led the search for frightening new routes on the big north faces. Be there when British expatriates pioneer an exciting new trend in world mountaineering--waterfall ice climbing. Witness the popular growth of sport climbing, both on the crags and in the gyms. Finally, enjoy the story of home-grown climbers. Initially slow to take up the challenge, both at home and overseas, they are now leaders in the climbing world.
