Hueco Tanks North Mountain Guidebook

Hueco Tanks State Park in West Texas has some of the best bouldering in the world, featuring some of the country’s most famous boulder problems. It is also a precious repository of ancient Native American rock art, and every trip to Hueco involves delightful hunts for the famous “masks.” This is volume 1 of our second generation of Hueco bouldering guides. Much has changed at Hueco since the original 2004 edition :  the discovery of new rock art led to changes in access, there are great new places to stay, and new problems abound! This comprehensive guide covers 850 problems at self-guided North Mountain (200 new problems since the last edition). For guided-only areas (West Mountain, East Mountain, and the East Spur), there is also a 20+ page “greatest-hits” section, full of maps and great imagery. We also include a thorough guide to navigating the park regulations and the tour-guide sytem so you can get the most out of your visit. Jason Kehl put in an incredible effort to update and beautify Matt Wilder’s original work for this new edition!

Please note: this volume is comprehensive for North Mountain only. For hard-bit Hueco connoisseurs, a comprehensive book for the guided-tour-only section of the park is in the works! For more online information on the access to Hueco, check out this site.

• 2020 Wolverine Publishing second edition
• by Matt Wilder and Jason Kehl
• 308 full-color pages

Areas covered

• North Slope – 9 areas
• Front Side – 7 areas
• Eastern Slope – 4 areas
• Top of the Chains – 5 areas
• Summit plateau – 4 areas
• Southern Slope – 2 areas
• “The Backcountry” – 20+ pages of the best problems

Features

• $1 from each book sold is donated to the Climbers of Hueco Tanks Coalition
  Durable, sewn binding
• Unique drone-sourced schematic maps
• Color photos of almost every boulder
• Routes color-coded by difficulty
• Cultural and climbing history of the park
• Essential advice on lodging, amenities, logistics
• Essays by John Sherman, the late Todd Skinner, Fred Nicole, Ashima Shiraishi, Bronson MacDonald, Sam Davis, and Thomasina Pidgeon
• Action photos by Andy Mann, Gustavo Moser, Merrick Ales, John Wesely, Jim Thornburg, Boone Speed, Sandra Studer, Colette McInerney, and more