Other Climbing Guidebooks for the San Francisco Bay Region

The scope of these guidebooks is roughly any area which is close enough for a day trip (up to roughly 2 hours' drive each way) for climbers who live in the Bay Area. This scope is borrowed from Jim Thornburg's guide, which includes Consumnes River (near Placerville) and Table Mountain (near Jamestown). The Pinnacles National Monument is clearly within this range. Donner Summit and even Yosemite Valley may be as well.

Current Guidebooks

Black, Tresa, Rock Climbing the San Francisco Bay Area, Falcon Guide, Globe Pequot Press, 2002, 230 pages.
Em Holland highly recommends this book... besides having more routes than Thornburg's, it has great photos and geology information on all the areas.
Cottrell, William H., Rock Climbs of Consumnes River Gorge , 1997. 1-8911190-3-6
This guide is probably more complete for Consumnes. However, Thornburg's guide may be more than enough for one or two visits to the area.
Morris, Bruce, Rock Climber's Guide to Skyline Boulevard , 4/2000. $20 at REI.
Probably the most complete guide for the Castle Rock areas.
Rubine, David, Climber's Guide to Pinnacles National Monument (second edition) , 1995.
The Pinnacles is one of the best spots for winter day trips - the best chance for dry and sunny climbing, relatively long pitches, and a large number of climbs.
Summit, Chris, Wine Country Rocks 2005 150 routes + topropes, 420 boulder problems
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Thornburg, Jim, Climber's Guide to Bay Area Rock , Spring 2001, Potlicker Press. $18 at REI.
This edition of Thornburg's guide is excellent; very much improved over his earlier editions. It includes nice bouldering info with V ratings for many areas (including Berkeley and Castle Rock), some new areas not in Jensen's guide, updated topos for Mickey's beach, topos for Mt. St. Helena, a large number of Jim's excellent action photos, and a great sense of humor in some of the route descriptions.
There is still some room for improvement. Some of his maps and topos could be made closer to scale, and it would be nice if the topos had ratings drawn in.
Young, Brad, Hope Wolf, and Jim Lundeen, Climber's Guide to Sonora Pass Highway , 2001. $14, in lots of shops and gyms from Santa Cruz to Livermore and Sonora. Should be at REI soon.
This guide has the best topos and maps for Table Mountain (The Grotto, The Fissures, etc.). It also includes many interesting granite areas along highway 108 to Sonora Pass.

Older Guidebooks

Buryn, Edward, Grizzly Caves (Grizzly Peak Rocks) Summit, November 1964
Craig, Bill Day Climber's Guide to the Santa Clara Valley, 1974
Jensen, Marc, Bouldering, Buildering and Climbing in the San Francisco Bay Area [first edition], 1984.
Jensen, Marc, Bouldering, Buildering and Climbing in the San Francisco Bay Area (second edition), January 1987.
Jensen, Marc, Bouldering, Buildering and Climbing in the San Francisco Bay Region (third edition), October 1988.
The maps and topos in this guide are nicely to scale. They are just slightly outdated in some cases by those in the Thornburg guide.
Leonard, Dick, Cragmont Rock climbs the Yodeler [Sierra Club Newsletter], January 19, 1939.
Leonard, Dick, Indian Rock climbs the Yodeler [Sierra Club Newsletter], November 13, 1939.
?Leonard, Dick, Pinnacle Rock climbs the Yodeler [Sierra Club Newsletter], [reprinted] January 9, 1950.
Morris, Bruce, Climber's Guide to Castle Rock , 1992
Morris, Bruce, Sport Climber's Guide to Skyline Boulevard , 1995
Nickerson, Joe, Goat Rock [State Beach] Climbing, October 1985
Thornburg, Jim, Climber's Guide to Bay Area Rock , 1992

The Pinnacles National Monument has had several guidebooks:

Rubine, David, (first edition), 1991.
Crowell, William S. III, Climbing with Condor's , 1990.
A complete guide, entirely handwritten. Only a few copies were printed. It included most of the non-existent routes claimed by Jonathan Richards.
Richards, Jonathan, 1989.
This unusual booklet included only a few areas and had several non-existent climbs.
Gagner, Paul, 1982.
Richards, Chuck, 1974.
Roper, Steve, 1966.
Hammack, David, 1955.
Brower, David R., A Climber's Guide to Pinnacles National Monument, the Yodeler [Sierra Club Newsletter] vol. 1 no. 6, 1939.