To Climb List

This page lists climbs I hope to do and climbing areas I hope to get to, from close to home to around the world.
This list is by no means exhaustive and it is always growing.

To Climb List by State

This list is by no means exhaustive and it is always growing. States are listed in order of how close they are to my home in Estes Park, Colorado.

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Rocky Mountain National Park:

  • Aiguille de Fleur, East Roofs (5.9, 4p), Original East Face (5.9+, 7p)
  • Arrowhead, Ithica (5.11c, 6p), South Ridge (5.10, 7p)
  • Astro Tower, Secret Garden (5.9+, 3p)
  • Cathedral Wall, Sublime Buttress (5.11c R, 7p)
  • Chasm View Wall, Babies R Us (5.12-, 5p), Invisible Wall (5.12a, 6p)
  • Chief's Head, Ten Little Indians (5.11a, 11p), Flight of the Kiwi (5.10d, 11p), Spirit Animal (5.11, 10p)
  • The Diamond, basically anything, I'd repeat routes over and over on The Diamond just because I love it up there. Routes I still have not done and want to do include The Obelisk (5.11b) and Hearts and Arrows (5.12)
  • Fairchild Mountain, Honcho Boncho Buttress (5.7, 13p)
  • The Foil, Poc Club (5.11+, 5p)
  • Hallett Peak, Storm Riders (5.10a, 6p), Hesse-Ferguson (5.9, 7p)
  • Longs Peak, Lower East Face, Diagonal Direct (5.11c, 7p)
  • Longs Peak, West Face, some route (5.5-5.11a)
  • McHenrys Peak, LV426 (5.11b, 9p)
  • Mt. Meeker, Main Vein (5.11c, 4p)
  • Notchtop Mountain, Spiral Route (5.4)
  • Palisades, Great White Tower, Cold Turkey Waltz (5.10c, 3p)
  • Palisades, Wisteria Tower, Autumn Sonata (5.10c, 4p)
  • Powell Peak, Corporate Ladder (5.11, 3p)
  • Ships Prow, Scots on the Rocks (5.10a, 4p), The Nose (5.9), Ship of Fools (5.11a)
  • Taylor Peak, The Garmar (5.10a R, 9p)
  • Ypsilon Mountain, To the Lighthouse (5.9, 8p)

Lumpy Ridge:

  • Crescent Wall, Pressure Drop (5.11a, 1p)
  • Twin Owls, Crack of Fear (5.10d, 3p)
  • Sundance Buttress, The Nose (5.10b, 7p)

Black Canyon of the Gunnison (roughly in order of difficulty):

North Rim:
  • Magical Mystery Tour (5.9, 6p), Guppy Amphitheater
  • Musical Partners (5.10, 6p), North Chasm View Wall
  • Cloak & Dagger (5.10+, 6p), Comic Relief Buttress
  • Ghost Dancer (5.10+, 7+p), The Aretes
  • Great White Wall (5.10+, 11p), Long Draw
  • Southern Arete (5.10+, 18p), The Aretes
  • Kachina Wings (5.11-, 6p), North Chasm View Wall
  • Dark Matter (5.11 (.9R),12p), Long Draw
  • Atlantis (5.11, 16p), Prisoner of Your Hairdo Gully
  • Standup Comic (5.11+, 7p), Comic Relief Buttress
  • Dylan Wall (5.12-, 6+p), North Chasm View Wall
South Rim:
  • Alimony (5.9, 3p), Alimony Wall
  • Ground Control to Major Tom (5.9 (.7R), 10p), Chillumstone Gully
  • Gimme the Loot (5.10+, ~10p), Cedar Point Gully
  • Dark Star (5.10+, 13p), Cedar Point Gully
  • Black Snake (5.11, 8p), Dragon Point Gully
  • Crystal Vision (5.11-, 14p), South Chasm View Wall
  • El Padre (5.11, 13p), South Chasm View Wall
  • The Shadowlands (5.11, ~10p), Cedar Point Gully
  • Astrodog (5.11+, 13p), South Chasm View Wall
  • Tague Yer Time (5.12, 15p), South Chasm View Wall

South Platte:

  • Turkey Rocks & Thunder Ridge (several routes I still want to do)
  • Cathedral Spires (several routes I still want to do)
  • Staunton State Park
  • Big Rock Candy Mountain
  • The Castle

Pikes Peak:

  • Arching Jams (5.10b/c, 5p), Pericle Rock
  • Finger Fanger (5.9+, 4p), Bigger Bagger
  • Three Dragons (5.10+, 4p), Corinthian Column
  • The Flame, The Sphinx
  • The Feather Route
  • Sunnyvale
  • I hear tell there are lots more routes down there too....

mount Evans:

  • The Black Wall, Cannonball Corner (5.10+, 500')

Indian Peaks:

  • Lone Eagle Peak, North Ridge (5.7)

Colorado National Monument:

  • Kissing Couple, Long Dong Wall (5.11a, 5p)
  • several other routes

The Crestones:

  • Kit Carson Mountain, The Prow (5.8 R)

Pine River:

  • The Pope's Nose, Central Buttress (5.10 A0+, 1200')

Other:

  • Independence Pass (Monitor Rock)
  • Greyrock

Cirque of the Towers:

  • Mitchell, North Face Center (5.9, 1000')
  • Warbonnet, Feather Buttress (5.10+ R, 1000')
  • Wolf's Head, South Face Right (5.10a, 4p), White Buffalo (5.12, 5p)

Deep Lake:

  • Haystack, Major Dihedral (5.9 C1 R, 1500')
  • Lost Temple Spire, Separation Anxiety (5.11a, 9p), North Prow (5.11a, 9p), Southwest Arête (5.10b, 7p)
  • Deep Lake Traverse

Wind Rivers:

  • Ambush Peak (Arsenault-Bouchard)
  • Monolith (Discovery)
  • Gannett Peak
  • Squaretop (ACDC)

Tetons:

  • Mt. Moran (South Buttress Right, Direct South Buttress)

Devil's Tower:

  • Still several awesome routes I have yet to climb!

Sinks Canyon:

  • Still several awesome routes I have yet to climb!

Wild Iris:

  • Still several awesome routes I have yet to climb!

Absaroka Range:

  • The Mouth of Clark's Fork: M11 (5.11c C0 PG13, 22 pitches, sport), Colter's Rib (5.10a PG13, 12 pitches, trad), Forever (5.11d A0 PG13, 21 pitches, mixed)

Moab desert towers:

  • Castleton Tower, North Face (5.11-, 3p)
  • Dark Angel, West Face (5.11, 2p)
  • Echo Pinnacle, Free Window Route (5.11- C0, 2p)
  • Lighthouse Tower, Lonely Vigil (5.10, 5p), Poseidon Adventure (5.10 R, 4p)
  • Owl Rock, West Crack (5.8, 1p)
  • Priest, Honeymoon Chimney (5.11a, 4p)
  • Sister Superior, Jah Man (5.10c, 5p) missed out on that one!
  • Standing Rock, Standing Rock (5.11, 4p)
  • Three Gossips, West Face (5.11, 3p)
  • Washer Woman, In Search of Suds (5.10+, 6p)

Indian Creek:

  • 100's of routes....

Zion:

  • Namaste Wall
  • Moonlight Buttress, Free (5.12c, 10p, 1200') (again)
  • The Spearhead, Iron Messiah (5.10b, 1000')
  • Shune's Buttress (5.11, 8p)
  • Tricks of the Trade (5.10d C2, 19p)

  • Questa Dome, Question of Balance (5.11- PG13, 600')
  • Any other great climbs in this state that I am not aware of...

  • Rushmore area

Blodgett Canyon:

  • The Prow, Timebinder (5.11, 900')
  • Nez Perce Spire, SW Buttress (5.10c R, 800')

Sawtooths:

  • Elephant's Perch, Splitburger-March direct (5.1b, 7p); Direct Beckey (5.11b, 12p) (again)
  • EP Arete (next to Elephant's Perch)
  • I've only climbed Elephant's Perch so far, but Finger of Fate and Warbonnet look fun

City of Rocks:

  • numerous routes I haven't done yet

Red Rocks:

Routes <500 feet (roughly in order of difficulty)
  • Black Magic (5.8, 500'), Lotta Balls Wall, First Creek Canyon
  • Lotta Balls (5.8+, 480'), Lotta Balls Wall, First Creek Canyon
  • The Black Pearl (5.9, 170'), Jackrabbit Buttress, Juniper Canyon
  • Risky Business (10c, 380'), Mescalito, Pine Creek Canyon
  • The Nightcrawler (again) (10c, 445'), Brownstone Wall, Juniper Canyon
  • Red Zinger (10d, 180'), Oak Creek Canyon
  • The Next Century (10d, 200'), Mescalito, Pine Creek Canyon
  • Breakaway (10d, 240'), Refrigerator Wall, Icebox Canyon
  • Fear and Loathing (10d, 400'), Gemstone Gully, Pine Creek Canyon
  • Bighorn Buttress (11a, 390'), Lost Creek Canyon, Willow Springs
  • Seppuku (11a, 450'), The Blood Wall, Oak Creek Canyon
  • Slick Willy (11b, 270'), Mt. Wilson
  • Voyager (11b, 400'), Challenger Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
  • Free Willy (11c, 220'), Mt. Wilson
Routes >500 ft and <1000 feet (roughly in order of difficulty)
  • Black Dagger (5.8, 680'), Brownstone Wall, Juniper Canyon
  • Jubilant Song (5.8, 770'), Windy Peak
  • Community Pillar (5.8+, 790'), Magic Mountain, Pine Creek Canyon
  • Rainbow Buttress (5.8+, 800'), Eagle Wall, Oak Creek Canyon
  • Hot Fudge Thursday (5.9, 930'), Windy Peak
  • Johnny Vegas (5.7, 480') + Arch Enemy (5.9, 450'), Solar Slab, Oak Creek Canyon
  • X15 (11a, 540'), Challenger Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
  • Jupiter 2 (11c, 510'), Challenger Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
  • Drifting (11c, 510'), Jet Stream Wall, Pine Creek Canyon
  • Line of Addiction (11d, 800'), Pirate Wall, Oak Creek Canyon
Routes >1000 feet (roughly in order of difficulty)
  • Resolution Arete (10c C1, 2500'), Mt. Wilson
  • Gift of the Wind Gods (10d, 1500'), Aeolian Wall, Mt. Wilson
  • The Warrior (11a, 1050'), Cactus Flower Tower, Oak Creek Canyon
  • Lone Star (11a, 2000'), Black Velvet Wall, Black Velvet Canyon
  • Texas Hold 'Em (11c, 1090'), Black Velvet Wall, Black Velvet Canyon
  • Dogma (11c, 2000'), Horseshoe Wall, Mt. Wilson
  • Rainbow Wall Original Route (5.12a, 1160'), Rainbow Wall, Juniper Canyon

Cochise Stronghold (roughly in order of difficulty):

East Side:
  • The Stain (5.2 R, 2p), Across the Way - Waterfall Dome
  • Practically Perfect (5.4, 2p), Lost Canyon - Polychrome Dome
  • Right/Left Dike Route (5.8 R, 1p), Rockfellow Group - Hawk Pinnacle
  • Dancing in the Dragons Jaws (5.9, 1p), Rockfellow Group - Hawk Pinnacle
  • Headkeeper (5.9, 3p), In the Shadows - Lower Lost Tower
  • Honey on Peaches (5.10, 2p), In the Shadows - Lower Lost Tower
  • Echoes (5.10-, 4p), Entrance Environs - Entrance Dome
  • Cochise Dome Triple Direct (5.10- R, 5p), Dome Park - Cochise Dome
  • Knead Me (5.10- R, 4p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
  • The Labyrinth (5.10, 5p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
  • Falconlore (5.10+, 3p), Entrance Environs - Entrance Dome
  • Chalkdust Torture (5.11-, 3p), Rockfellow Group - Bastion Towers
  • Abracadaver (5.11-, 5p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
  • Learning to Fly (5.11, 1p), Rockfellow Group - Hawk Pinnacle
  • The Way the World Ends (5.11, 6p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
  • Cap'm Pissgums (5.11, 6p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
  • Uncarved Block (5.11 R, 5p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
  • Pyrokinesis (5.11+, 1p), In the Shadows - Beginning Pinnacle
  • Magnus Veritas (5.11+, 4p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
  • Cliffhanger (5.11+, 4p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
  • Be All, End All (5.11+, 5p), Rockfellow Group - End Pinnacle
  • Sound of One Hand Thrashing (5.11+ R, 5 p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
  • You're Entering a World of Pain (5.12-, 1p), East Side Crags - The Lebowski Wall
  • Infinite Divisibility (5.12-, 2p), Entrance Environs - Out of Towers Dome
  • White Line Fever (5.12, 1p), In the Shadows - Lower Lost Tower
  • The Maw (5.12, 3p), Rockfellow Group - Bastion Towers
  • Jabberwock (5.12 R, 4p), Rockfellow Group - Rockfellow Dome
West Side:
  • The End of an Era (5.6, 4p), Headline Dome
  • Cruise Corner (5.7, 1p), Hideout Wall
  • The Sneezes of 10,000 Butterflies (5.7, 1p), Window Dome
  • Frankenelly (5.8R, 3p), Warpath Dome
  • Ranch Hands (5.9, 1p), The Sheepshead
  • Knuckles Great Unknown Moderate (5.9, 2p), Knuckles Dome
  • Dreamscape Buttress (5.9, 3p), Westworld Dome
  • Unknown Face and Crack (5.9R, 2p), Westworld Dome
  • Crystal Gardens (5.10-, 1p), Lappy McDome
  • Love Lettuce (5.10-, 1p), Lappy McDome
  • Max Headwall (5.10, 1p), Boulder Dome
  • Paleface (5.10, 1p), Paleface Slab
  • Unknown Dihedral (5.10, 2p), Garlic Dome
  • Warpaint (5.10+, 5p), Westworld Dome
  • Tombstone Crack (5.11-, 1p), The Tombstone
  • Cotimundi Corner (5.11-, 1p), Westworld Dome
  • Blood Brother (5.11-, 4p), Whale Dome
  • Stampede (5.11-, 7p), The Sheepshead
  • Hotter Than a Three Peckered Goat (5.11, 1p), Rad Rock
  • Call Me Ishmael (5.11, 5p), Whale Dome
  • Ranch Hands (5.11+, 4p), The Hand
  • Sheep Thrills (5.12-, 1p), Crisis Center
  • Old School Executioner (5.12, 1p), The Tombstone

Sedona (roughly in order of difficulty):

  • Nirvana (5.9, 3p), Nirvana Buttress, Boynton Canyon
  • Maiden Voyage (5.9, 4p), Earthship Dome
  • North Face / West Crack (5.9+, 3p), Oak Creek Spire
  • Goliath (5.9+, 4p), Mormon Canyon
  • Epitaph (5.10-, 3p), Flying Buttress, Moose's Butte
  • 2 Legit 2 Quit (5.10-, 5p), Fay Buttress, Fay Canyon
  • Earth Angel (5.10-, 6p), Mormon Canyon
  • Airborne Sage (5.10, 4p), Crown Butte, Mt. GIbralter
  • Touched By an Angel (5.10, 5p), Earth Angel Spire, Mormon Canyon
  • Blast from the Past (Issac's Route) (5.10, 5p), Christianity Spire, Church Spires
  • Skyline (5.10d, 4p), Moose's Butte
  • Watch Out Grandpa (5.10+, 3p), Enchantment Wall, Boynton Canyon
  • Legends Never Die (5.10+, 5p), Lost Mountain, Boynton Canyon
  • Wild Wild West (5.11-, 5p), Teapot, Moose's Butte
  • Oski (5.11b/c, 4p), Bear Mountain, Dry Creek Road
  • Crimp on Crimp Crime (5.11, 5p), Mt. Florida, Midgley Bridge
  • various routes on Winslow Wall, East Clear Creek

Yosemite:

  • El Capitan, Triple Direct (30+ pitches), Lurking Fear (19+ pitches), West Face (5.11c, 1800'), The Nose (5.9 C2, 3000') (again! and again!)
  • Elephant Rock, Hotline (5.12b, 7p)
  • Fifi Buttress, Center of the Universe (5.11-, 7p)
  • The Folly, The Good Book (5.10d, 5p)
  • Half Dome, Regular NW Face (5.9 C1, 2200') (again!), Snake Dike (5.7 R, 2000')
  • Lost Arrow Spire, Lost Arrow Chimney (5.10a, 1100')
  • Middle Cathedral, Direct North Buttress (5.10b, 1700')
  • North Dome, South Face (5.8, 900')
  • Ribbon Falls Wall, Silent Line (5.10 C1, 9p)
  • The Sentinel, Steck-Salathe (5.10-, 15p) (again)
  • Washington Column, Astroman (5.11c, 10p), South Face (5.8 C1, 11p)
  • Mt. Watkins, South Face (5.11- C2, 18p), Teabag Wisdom (5.11a, 9p)
  • Yosemite Falls Wall, Freestone (5.11c, 8p)
  • lots of others...a lifetime of climbing really....

Sierra:

  • Aiguelle Extra Needle, East Face (5.10-, 1300')
  • Mt. Chamberlin, Sword in the Stone (5.11-, 2000')
  • The Citadel, Edge of Time Arete (5.10+, 2000')
  • Dragtooth, North Buttress (5.10, 700')
  • Incredible Hulk, Sunspot Dihedral (5.11b, 1200'), Positive Vibrations (5.11a, 1200') (again)
  • Shuteye Ridge area (looks like my kind of place)
  • Temple Crag, Sun Ribbon Arête (5.10a, 2000'), Moon Goddess Arête (5.8, 2000'), Venusian Blind (5.7, 1500')
  • Whitney Portal area: Whitney Portal Buttress Ghostrider (5.10c, 800'), Bastille Buttress Beckey Route (5.10d A0, 2000')
  • Mt. Whitney, Hairline (5.10d C2+, 2000')

Southern CA:

  • Joshua Tree (only been there three times, and so many more routes to do)
  • The Needles: The Sorcerer Don Juan Wall (5.11b, 5p), Voodoo Dome White Punks on Dope (5.9- PG13, 6p), ...(only been there twice, gotta go back for more!)
  • Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks (never been there, gotta check it out)

  • Mt. Hood (North Face ideally, but any route to the top would do)

Single summits/climbs:

  • Amphitheater Mtn, Pilgrimage to Mecca (5.9, 500'), Middle Finger Buttress (5.10b, 500')
  • Bear Mtn, Direct North Buttress Direct (5.10, 2200')
  • Big Kangaroo, El Capitan (5.10+, 400')
  • Chopping Block, NE Ridge (5.5, 5p)
  • Colchuck Balanced Rock, Let it Burn (5.12a, 800')
  • Cutthroat Peak, South Buttress (5.8, 850')
  • Dome Peak, Indian Summer (5.10-, 1000')
  • Dorado Needle, SW Buttress (5.8, 900')
  • Dragontail Peak, Triple Couloirs (WI3 M3, 2500'), Backbone Ridge (5.9, 2000')
  • Early Morning Spire, SW Face (5.9, 1400')
  • Gunsights, Gunrunner Traverse (5.10-, 1300 ft), East Face of Middle Gunsight (5.10d, 500')
  • Himmelgeisterhorn, Wild Hair Crack (5.7, 4p)
  • Hozomeen, any route
  • Ingalls Peak, South Ridge (5.4, 300')
  • Liberty Bell, Thin Red Line (5.12c, 1300')
  • Nooksack Tower, Beckey-Schmidtke Route (5.4, 1000')
  • Prusik Peak, Der Sportsman (5.12a, 700')
  • Sharkfin Tower, SE Ridge (5.0, 200') or SE Face (5.10-, 150')
  • Sherpa Peak, North Ridge (5.8, 1400') & Balanced Rock (?)
  • Whine Spire, Gato Negro (5.10b, 1300')

Trips with multiple days/summits:

  • Austera-Klawatti-Primus-Tricouni-Dorado Needle
  • Arriva-Fisher-Silent Lakes
  • Bacon-Hagen-Blum
  • Buckindy Traverse
  • Chimney-Overcoat
  • Index-Baring Traverse
  • Maude-Seven Fingered Jack-Fernow
  • Ragged Ridge Traverse (Mesahchie-Katsuk-Kimtah)
  • Ruth-Icy
  • Pasayten trip (MMG Traverse, The Deacon, Pilgrimage to Mecca & Middle Finger Buttress on Amphitheater Mtn)
  • Pickets Traverse (again)

Squamish (this list is sort of short at the moment because I have done a lot of the routes that were once on it!):

  • High Plains Drifter (5.11c, 250')
  • Life on Earth (Mt. Habrich) (5.10c, 5p)
  • Lots of others...

Chehalis Range:

  • Bardean, Tuning Fork (5.9, 15p)
  • Viennese, Derektissima (5.10a, 18p)
  • other stuff I want to check out on Clarke and Grainger...

Pasayten/Cathedral Provincial Park:

  • The Deacon, Sentinel Direct (5.9, 1000')
  • Grimface, Notch Direct (5.10+, 700') or North Buttress (5.9, 800') or MMG Traverse (5.7 A0, 350')

Bugaboos:

  • Crescent Spire, McTech Arete (5.10-, 500'), Paddle Flake Direct (5.10, 500')
  • Pigeon Spire, Cooper-Kor (5.10+ R, 1000')
  • lots of others...

Canadian Rockies:

  • Assiniboine, North Ridge (5.4, 2000')
  • Mt. Indefatigable, Joy (5.6, 2000')
  • Mt. Louis, Gmoser Route (5.9, 15p)
  • Rimwall, Candle in the Wind (5.10c, 1500')
  • Robson, Wishbone Arête (5.8, 1500')
  • Valley of the Ten Peaks traverse
  • Yamnuska, Direttissima (5.8+ PG13, 1100')

Coast Range:

  • Combatant, Skywalk Buttress (5.9, 2000')
  • Waddington, Bravo Glacier

Other areas:

  • Lotus Flower Tower, SE Face (5.10+, 2000')
  • Leaning Towers area
  • Devil's Thumb, East Ridge (5.8+, 3000')
  • Grizzly Groove (5.7, 1000'), Purcell Mtns

  • Brooks Range, Arrigetch Peaks (Pillar Arete, West Maiden Peak NB, Shot Tower W Ridge)
  • Denali (because it's there)
  • Foraker and Hunter (they look cool too)

Europe:

  • Matterhorn, Switzerland (Horni Ridge; failed attempt due to weather in 2005 when I was 22 years old, got to get to the summit still)
  • Eiger, Switzerland (just because)
  • Chamonix area, France
  • Aiguille Dibona, France
  • Dolomites, Italy (I've been there once but 3 climbs was just a tease, so much more to climb!)

South America:

  • Patagonia
  • Patagonia
  • Patagonia
  • Aconcagua, Argentina
  • Alpamayo, Peruvian Andes

South Asia:

  • Himalayas

New Zealand:

  • Mt. Aspiring

Mexico:

  • El Potrero Chico 

Cuba:

  • Valle de Vinales

Spain:

  • Chulilla (been there once, would go back)

Fifty Classic Climbs and Beckey's 100 Favorite Climbs of North America

Also on my "to-climb" list are any climbs from Fifty Classic Climbs of North America (this list was originally published in 1979 by Steve Roper and Alan Steck; it has become sort of a life-tick-list for several climbers) and Fred Beckey's 100 Favorite North American Climbs (by none other than Fred Beckey). These two lists are provided below for reference. I have climbed a handful of these great routes, and have linked respective trip reports (if I have climbed via a different route, the link is given for the main formation rather than the route). Lots of great routes in my climbing future!

Fifty Classic Climbs and Beckey's 100 Favorite Climbs of North America

This list was originally published in 1979 in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America by Steve Roper & Alan Steck. It has become sort of a life-tick-list for several climbers.

The full-resolution image the following poster is available in my online store.

Alaska and the Yukon

1 Mount Saint Elias, Abruzzi Ridge
2 Mount Fairweather, Carpe Ridge
3 Mount Hunter, West Ridge
4 Mount McKinley, Cassin Ridge
5 Moose’s Tooth, West Ridge
6 Mount Huntington, West Face
7 Mount Logan, Hummingbird Ridge
8 Middle Triple Peak, East Buttress

Western Canada

9 Mount Sir Donald, Northwest Arete
10 Bugaboo Spire, East Ridge
11 South Howser Tower, West Buttress
12 Mount Robson, Wishbone Arete
13 Mount Edith Cavell, North Face
14 Mount Alberta, Japanese Route
15 Mount Temple, East Ridge
16 Mount Waddington, South Face
17 Devil’s Thumb, East Ridge
18 Lotus Flower Tower

The Pacific Northwest

19
Mount Rainier, Liberty Ridge
20 Forbidden Peak, West Ridge
21 Mount Shuksan, Price Glacier
22 Slesse Mountain, Northeast Buttress
23 Mount Stuart, North Ridge
24 Liberty Bell Mountain, Liberty Crack

Wyoming

25 Devil’s Tower, Durrance Route
26 Grand Teton, North Ridge
27 Grand Teton, Direct Exum Ridge
28 Grand Teton, North Face
29 Mount Moran, Direct South Buttress
30 Pingora, Northeast Face
31 Wolf’s Head, East Ridge

Colorado

32 Crestone Needle, Ellingwood Ledges
33 Hallett Peak, Northcutt-Carter Route
34 Petit Grepon, South Face
35 Longs Peak, The Diamond, D1

The Southwest

36
Shiprock
37 Castleton Tower, Kor-Ingalls Route
38 The Titan

California

39 The Royal Arches
40 Lost Arrow Spire
41 Sentinel Rock, Steck-Salathe Route
42 Middle Cathedral Rock, East Buttress
43 Half Dome, Northwest Face
44 El Capitan, The Nose
45 El Capitan, Salathe Wall
46 Mount Whitney, East Face
47 Fairview Dome, North Face
48 Clyde Minaret, Southeast Face
49 Charlotte Dome, South Face
50 Lover’s Leap, Traveler Buttress

Fred Beckey's 100 Favorite North American Climbs

by Fred Beckey and Barry Blanchard, first published (hardcover) in 2012 by Patagonia, Inc.

Pacific Northwest

1
Mt. Rainier, Kautz Glacier
2 Mt. Rainier, Ptarmigan Ridge
3 Mt. Index, North Peak
4 Mt. Stuart, West Ridge
5 Snow Creek Wall, Outer Space
6 Forbidden Peak, East Ridge
7 Mt. Goode, Northeast Buttress
8 Inspiration Peak, East Ridge
9 Mt. Fury, North Buttress
10 Mt. Baker, North Ridge
11 Mt. Shuksan, Fisher Chimneys
12 Slesse Mountain, Northeast Buttress
13 South Early Winter Spire, East Buttress
14 Mt. Hood, Yocum Ridge
15 Smith Rock, Zebra to Zion
16 Mt. Shasta, Hotlum Glacier

Alaska

17
Mt. Deborah
18 Mt. McKinley, Northwest Buttress
19 Mooses Tooth, Ham and Eggs Couloir
20 Mt. Seattle

British Columbia Coast Montains

21
Squamish, Squamish Buttress
22 Squamish, Angel's Crest
23 Squamish, Snake
24 Golden Klattasine, West Buttress
25 Mt. Waddington, Southeast Chimney
26 Mt. Monarch
27 Kates Needle

Canadian Rockies, Selkirks, & Bugaboos

28
Mt. Assiniboine
29 Mt. Louis, Kain Route
30 Eisenhower Tower, Dragon's Back Route
31 Mt. Lefroy
32 Mt. Victoria, Southeast Ridge
33 Mt. Athabasca, Silverhorn
34 Mt. Edith Cavell, North Face
35 Oubliette Mountain, East Buttress
36 Mt. Robson, Kain Face
37 Adamant Mountain, South Buttress
38 Ironman, Southwest Buttress
39 Mt. Sir Sandford, Northwest Ridge
40 Mt. Sir Donald, Northwest Ridge
41 Bugaboo Spire, South Ridge
42 Snowpatch Spire, Snowpatch Route
43 Snowpatch Spire, E Face, Beckey-Mather
44 South Howser, W Buttress, Beckey-Chouinard
45 Gimli Peak, South Ridge

High Rockies

46
Grand Teton, Lower Exum Ridge
47 Grand Teton, North Ridge
48 Mt. Owen, Crescent Arete
49 Mt. Moran, C.M.C. Route
50 Musembeah Peak, West Buttress
51 Fremont Peak, West Buttress
52 Pingora Peak, South Buttress
53 Warrior I, Northeast Face
54 Shark's Nose, Southwest Face
55 Cathedral Lakes Peak, Orion's Reflection
56 Elephant's Perch, The Beckey Direct
57 Little Cottonwood Canyon, The Thumb
58 Lone Peak, West Face, Triple Overhangs
59 The Flatirons, Third Flatiron
60 Eldorado Canyon, Ruper
61 Lumpy Ridge, J-Crack
62 Lumpy Ridge, Mainliner
63 Hallett Peak, Culp-Bossier Route
64 Spearhead, Sykes' Sickle
65 Longs Peak, The Diamond, D7
66 Crestone Needle, Ellingwood Arete

Sierra Nevada

67
Lone Pine Peak, South Face
68 Lone Pine Peak, Bastille Buttress
69 Whitney Portal Buttress
70 Day Needle (aka Hilda Crooks Peak), E Buttress
71 Mt. Whitney, E Buttress (aka The Peewee Route)
72 Mt. Russell, Fishhook Arete
73 Thunderbolt Peak
74 Cathedral Peak, Southeast Buttress
75 Daff Dome, West Crack
76 Fairview Dome, Lucky Streaks
77 Calaveras Dome, Sands of Time
78 Half Dome, Snake Dike
79 Washington Column, South Face
80 Charlotte Dome, South Face
81 Angel Wings, Wings Over Sequoia
82 Warlock Needle, South Face
83 Voodoo Dome, White Punks on Dope

Southwest Desert

84
Castleton Tower, North Chimney
85 Kingfisher Tower, Colorado Northeast Ridge
86 Zion Canyon, Touchstone Wall
87 Zion Canyon, Prodigal Sun
88 Granite Mountain, The Classic
89 Cochise Stronghold, What's My Line?
90 Cochise Stronghold, Moby Dick
91 Red Rocks, Frogland
92 Red Rocks, Dream of Wild Turkeys
93 Red Rocks, Crimson Chrysalis
94 Red Rocks, Black Orpheus
95 Tahquitz Rock, Whodunit
96 Tahquitz Rock, The Open Book

Appalachian Mountains & Mexico

97 Looking Glass Rock, The Nose
98 Mt. Washington, Pinnacle Gully
99 El Gran Trono Blanco, South Face, Baile del Sol
100 Pico de Orizaba, Ruta Norte

Looking for Partners

In the time since I moved to Colorado in Summer 2019, I have met some awesome climbing partners and had some awesome adventures. Even so, I am always looking for partners who are athletic, motivated, fun, and live for long days on the rock moving efficiently over large amounts of technical terrain. Please shoot me an email if you are interested!