Scree
A place for updates about the print magazine and other miscellany. The name "Scree" is a callback to the original Summit's back-of-the-book section, a hodge-podge of letters to the editor, cartoons, poems, and other bits and bobs.
Scree
From the Archive: Climbing Fun in the 'Needles'
Between the 1940s and 1980s, Herb and Jan Conn made over 200 first ascents in the Needles of the Black Hills of South Dakota and published the first-ever guidebook for...
From the Archive: Climbing Fun in the 'Needles'
Between the 1940s and 1980s, Herb and Jan Conn made over 200 first ascents in the Needles of the Black Hills of South Dakota and published the first-ever guidebook for...
Closing Chapter: On Bard, Miller, and a Single ...
In a strange twist of fate, Sea of Dreams, a notoriously bold route on El Cap, figured intimately into the climbers' lives and deaths. Bard, Jim Bridwell, and Dave Diegelman...
Closing Chapter: On Bard, Miller, and a Single ...
In a strange twist of fate, Sea of Dreams, a notoriously bold route on El Cap, figured intimately into the climbers' lives and deaths. Bard, Jim Bridwell, and Dave Diegelman...
“I am tired of climbers attempting to live sepa...
Karen Lane is a climber and photographer based in Appalachia, documenting the region's outdoor recreation and climbing scene. In this interview, we chat with her about her essay, "Almost Perfect,...
“I am tired of climbers attempting to live sepa...
Karen Lane is a climber and photographer based in Appalachia, documenting the region's outdoor recreation and climbing scene. In this interview, we chat with her about her essay, "Almost Perfect,...
From the Archive: Minya Konka
The following article is from the October 1971 issue of Summit Magazine, written by Dee Molenaar. Molenaar was the magazine's Northwestern Editor at the time and one of the esteemed watercolorists-cum-climbers of...
From the Archive: Minya Konka
The following article is from the October 1971 issue of Summit Magazine, written by Dee Molenaar. Molenaar was the magazine's Northwestern Editor at the time and one of the esteemed watercolorists-cum-climbers of...
Book Review: Spare These Stones: A Journey Thro...
John Long reviews Spare These Stones: A Journey Through Southern Climbing Culture, released in August by Mountaineers Books, charts the unique development of the “backyard wilderness” climbing areas across the...
Book Review: Spare These Stones: A Journey Thro...
John Long reviews Spare These Stones: A Journey Through Southern Climbing Culture, released in August by Mountaineers Books, charts the unique development of the “backyard wilderness” climbing areas across the...
LCO Stories: Climbing and Caring for the Easter...
Wendy Schneider, the Executive Director of Friends of the Inyo, shares what the playgrounds of the Eastern Sierra mean to her, and what's at stake with the rollback of conservation...
LCO Stories: Climbing and Caring for the Easter...
Wendy Schneider, the Executive Director of Friends of the Inyo, shares what the playgrounds of the Eastern Sierra mean to her, and what's at stake with the rollback of conservation...