Climber's Guide to North Idaho and the Cabinet Wilderness

Climber and writer Thaddeus Laird has rendered his years exploring the region's rock crags and alpine peaks into the region's most comprehensive climbing guide yet. Canvassing both popular and little-known climbing areas, climbing scores of named and unnamed routes and snapping scores of photographs, Laird also collected data from Spokane veteran climber John Roskelley, and the unflappable Randall Green, author of the original "Idaho Rock." The result is a smart, up-to-date guide to the region s top climbs with more than 100 illustrations and maps, and detailed route descriptions for 13 different climbing sites. Divided into three main sections, "Climber's Guide to North Idaho and the Cabinet Wilderness" covers climbs in the granite crags of Post Falls and Laclede, the rocky backbone of the Selkirk Crest and the stunning high country of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area. A bonus section offers up a smattering of "Honorable Mentions" found on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, the rugged landscape around Priest Lake and points in between. Plus there are two appendixes and two indexes.