Climbing Truth or Consequences

Part III

The Gazetteer

A census of every climbing area from New Mexico to Montana — where it is, what the rock is, who wrote it down.

Four states, one spine of mountains. The Gazetteer is the wide-angle lens: an area-by-area census of the climbing between the Rio Grande and the Missouri headwaters, each entry with its rock, its style, its rough size, and the guidebook that covers it properly. Route lists live in the local guides; this is the map of the territory.