City of Rocks Idaho: A Climber's Guide (Regional Rock Climbing Series)

A must have if you are going to climb in City of Rocks. I take it with me when I climb. I like to know the difficulty and the other info on each climb. Web apps work well to but I like to have the old hard copy.

Helped us a bunch on our first visit!

I was hoping for a better layout for the book compared to a newer version (different publisher). Outdated and limited info for climbs. It may be helpful for general use but pay a few more dollars for the other. And I could return via media rate.

Look for an updated version from a different publisher. This book is missing many routes.

Met all my expectations and more

This may be the best rock climbing guide book on the area, but it has both some good qualities and some flaws. The pictures and the maps, both large scale and small scale are adequate. However, he leaves out too much in the narrative description of the climbs. Sometimes he doesn't even say if the route is trad or sport. I was certainly happy to have the book on a recent trip to the COR, but sometimes I felt I needed more beta on the climbs before starting out. I was able to find out some details on many routes on line, including a list of the best sport routes. I don't know who provides the ratings, perhaps not Bingham, but we thought they were pretty stiff. Climbs listed as 5.7 seemed more like 5.8 and so on. This review covers the 2006 edition.

Updated version of a popular guide to a popular place

Guidebooks like this, where they don't provide detailed information, are going to become obsolete. Its a good pocket resource for climbing in the area but you really need to download the Mountain Project app as the comments provide the best beta for any of the routes.