Your ACC library Book of the Month

The new (2018) Skaha Climbing book is out now, and the Calgary Section’s library has a copy.

 

The book is published by Quickdraw, and has a very similar feel to the Bow Valley Select and Squamish Select guidebooks. The format is a bit smaller, so it might actually fit in the lid of your pack!

 

Some Quickdraw standards are there: A top 100 list, a 5 star rating system, a sentence or two about every climb, recommended crags for different conditions, approach times, and grade distribution charts.

 

The top two features for me are:

 

– The crag map is on the front *and* back cover… and the crags have the page number beside the name. What a time saver!

– There are two separate indexes: Alphabetical, and by grade. The index by grade includes the star rating… so no more tedious flipping around to see if there is a 4 star 5.10b you have not done yet!

 

I have not had a chance to test the book out in the wild just yet, but I am definitely going to buy another copy for myself!

Mark Carlson
ACC Calgary Section Librarian