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Guide Associations & Climbing Organizations

IFMGA Member Associations

Austria
Canada
Germany
Great Britain
New Zealand
Slovenia
Switzerland
USA

Other Associations & Clubs


American Safe Climbing Association
American Alpine Club
The Access Fund
Adirondack Mountain Club
Alpine Club of Canada
Appalachian Mountain Club
British Mountaineering Council
Chicago Mountaineering Club
Club Alpino Italiano
Colorado Mountain Club
Deutscher Alpenverein D.A.V.
Harvard Mountaineering Club
Idaho Alpine Club
The Mazamas
MIT Outing Club
Mountain Rescue Association
The Mountaineers
New England Rock Club
New Zealand Alpine Club
Oregon Mountaineering Association
The Sierra Club
The Southeastern Climbers' Coalition

The Wilderness Society

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General Climbing Websites

About.com- Climbing
Adventure Sports Online
Backcountry Resource Center
Big Wall Home Page
The Climbing Archive!
The Climbing Dictionary
Climbingsource.com
Delta Echo Climbing
Thedeadpoint.com
Expeditions Now!
Freeclimbing.com
GORP
Guide to the worlds mountains
The Mountain Inn
Mountain Web.com
MountainWoman.Com
North American Classics
Online Climbing Guide
Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia
Rockclimbing.com
RockList
Tuan's

WebClimbing.com
Webcrag.com

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Magazines & Ezines

Access Notes
Alp
Boulderdash
The Bouldering Domain
Climb
Climbing

Mother Rock

Rock and Ice

Shut Up and Climb!

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Gear Manufacturers & Retailers

Adventure Gear
Adventurous Traveler Bookstore
ARC'TERYX
Asolo
Black Diamond Equipment
BlueWater
CAMP
Campmor
Caribou Mountaineering
Chessler Books
Climb High
Climbing Books
Five Ten
Eastern Mountain Sports
Gramicci
Grivel
L.L. Bean
Lowa Boots
Lowe Alpine
Marmot
Merrell
Metolius Mountain Products
The Mountaineer
The North Face
Outdoor Research
Patagonia
Pete & Ed Books
Petzl
PlanetOutdoors
REI
Sierra Designs
SMC
Sterling Rope
Suunto
Stubai
Yates Gear Inc.

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Regional Information

Northeast

Climb New Hampshire
Friends of Tuckerman Ravine

NEClimbs.com
New England Climbing
New England Bouldering
NEice.com

Tuckerman & Huntington Ravines

The Canadian Rockies Climbing Guide
Gunks.com
Nova Scotia Ice Guide
Climbing In New Brunswick
Vermont Climbing
Ragged Mountain Foundation

Southeast

Climbing in Western North Carolina
The Seneca Rocks Web
Carolina Climbers Coalition
WVclimbing.com
Flatliners
Enchanted Rock, Texas Climbing

Mountain States

Climbing in Boulder
Front Range Bouldering.com
Ouray Ice Park

West

Gordie's Ramblings in the High Sierra
Utah Ice Routes
Big Wall Climbing Page
SuperTopo- Yosemite Climbing Info

Northwest

Squamish Area Climbing
ClimbingWashington.com
Virtual Cascades
The Washington Cascades
North Cascades Climbing Resource
Smith Rock.com

Overseas

Everest News
Australia
New Zealand
Chamonix/Mont Blanc

All Over

Climber.Org

European Hut Info

Swiss Mountain Hut Info
Club Alpin Francais
French Hut Info
Club Alpino Italiano
Italian Hut Info
European Huts

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Backcountry Ski Sites

Backcountry Magazine
Bob's Free-Heel Skiing in the Sierra
Couloir Magazine
Telemark Ski Injuries
Free Heels
Ski Patrol Homepage
North American Telemark Assoc.
Offpiste Skiers Catalog
Backcountry Skiers Alliance
Appalachian Telemark Assoc.
Amar Andalkar's Ski Mtn'eering

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Avalanche Information

CyberSpace Avalanche Center
American Avalanche Association
Canadian Avalanche Association
Colorado Firstrax, Avalanche Articles
Avalanche Research Publications and Reports
American Institute for Avalanche Education and Education (AIARE)

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Technical Information

TopoZone
Petzl Online Technical Manual
Considerations for Rope Rescue
Beal, Fall Factors & Rope Testing & Standards
Elastic Model of Holding Power of SLCDs
Comparative Testing of High Strength Cord (Adobe Acrobat Required)
Rope & Gear Testing
Fish Products Tech Pages

Drugs for High Altitude (Adobe Acrobat Required)
Climbing Ratings
Climbing Grades

Aid Climbing Ratings

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