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The following are some useful guides to climbing in and around Southern Ontario. With a few exceptions most of them are currently in print. For a convenient on-line means of ordering these books, try the Adventurous Traveler Bookstore. You can also try the Mountain Equipment Co-op mail-order service (1-800-663-2667, 6:30am to 6:30pm Mondays to Fridays, 8:00am to 4:00pm Saturdays, Pacific time), or drop in at the Co-op's Toronto Store (King & Spadina, telephone 416-363-0122).

• A Sport Climber's Guide to Ontario Limestone, by Bracken & Oates, Borealis Press, 1997, ISBN 0-96699283-1-9. This is the newest guide to the area. For a guide to traditional routes (and some sports climbs), see the following.
• The Escarpment - A Climber's Guide, by Bracken, Barnes & Oates, Borealis Press, 1991.
• Guide to the Bruce Trail, published by the Bruce Trail Association, does not describe any climbs but is a useful way of locating many climbing areas along the Escarpment.
• Southern Ontario Ice, by Kartner & Bracken, Borealis Press, 1995, ISBN 0-9699283-0-0 (see also the on-line update for 1995/96/97).
• A Guide to Rock Climbs at Bon Echo, 2nd edition, by Steve Adcock, May 2001. Published by the Toronto Section, Alpine Club of Canada.
"A Guide to Rock Climbs at Bon Echo" by Steve Adcock, is the second edition, May 2001.
• Sports Crags of the East, by Cater, 1994, has sections on Old Baldy and Lion's Head
• North of Superior: Orient Bay Ice Climber's Guide, by Parent, Granite Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-9619571-3-1
• Climbing in the Adirondacks, by Mellor, published by the Adirondack Mountain Club, 1988, second edition, ISBN 0-935272-47-X. A third edition is now available. Includes both rock and ice routes.
• The Gunks Guide, by Swain, Chockstone Press, 1995, third edition, ISBN 0-934641994.
• Rock Climbs in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, by Webster, Mountain Imagery, 1987 (reprinted 1992), second edition, ISBN 0-9618509-0-6. A third edition is now available.
• An Ice Climber's Guide to Northern New England, by Wilcox, International Mountain Equipment, 1992, second edition
• New River Rock, by Thompson, Chockstone Press, 1997, second edition, ISBN 1-57540-015-4.