Pinnacles Climbing Guidebooks

The current Pinnacles Guidebook is:

A Climber's Guide to Pinnacles National Monument, by Brad Young, 2007.
406 pages, 893 routes. Maps, topos, photos, route descriptions, history, etc. - an excellent guidebook.
ISBN: 978-0-9797421-0-1 .

The suggested retail price is $35.00. It is available for sale at the Pinnacles Visitors Center, at SF Bay Area climbing gyms, and at Chessler Books.

Older Pinnacles Guidebooks

  • Rubine, David, Climber's Guide to Pinnacles National Monument, Second Edition, 1995.

    248 pages, 500+ routes. Maps, topos, photos, route descriptions, history, etc. - a good guidebook; just missing the newer routes in the current guidebook.
    ISBN: 0-934641-89-7 .
    It was originally published by Chockstone Press; now by Falcon Press. The suggested retail price is $25.00. Chessler Books, amazon.com, etc.
  • 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.