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Horrible design update. Please go back to how it was before. Navigating climbs is a mess now.

Navigating this app is rather frustrating experience. I’ve tried to make it work, tried to like it. It just never gets better. We all know that any guidebook is outdated the minute after it’s published but some of the guides for sell here are grossly incomplete. Let’s talk about Red Rocks. Neither Armatron nor Birdland are listed, how is this possible? Crimson Chrysalis, Olive Oil, and Dark Shadows are listed but not one of these includes any photos or Topo and of the three, only Dark Shadows provides any description of the pitches. Crimson Chrysalis and Olive Oil just list the pitch numbers along with their grade. Seriously? That’s all? Who would pay money for this?

Clicking on Certain routes (sun kissed) causes the app to crash. When you reset the app and try to go to the same route again, same thing—it crashes. I’m not going to try anymore. And given that I am the first ascent author this route, it doesn’t affect me, but I pity anyone who is trying to use this app when it crashes.

When this app works it is 5/5. Having all of the I formation for routes and interactive maps is amazing. The filtering within the guidebook makes it super easy to find what I need. Easier and better than any guidebook I’ve used. (Years of climbing and back country experience) At least 50% of the time it doesn’t work. I open the app to a frozen screen and have to delete the app, redownload the app, log back in, redownload my guidebooks. This makes it unreliable and unusable in backcountry situations. Still works for planning but it will never be a true guidebook replacement unless it can work reliably.

My primary use for this app is research, not for navigating. And I typically cross reference what I'm looking at. This app provides access to an incredible wealth of beta, that is curated by specific authors. This app is a platform that works to standardize and distribute guide books in a relatively immersive format. These books are written by different authors and may contain more or less info, but they all at a minimum contain filterable stacks of lines and route accompanied by surprisingly high quality images. The ipadOS version is particularly nice, as it makes full use of the screen size. Would highly recommend adding this app (and some of the guide books!) to your backcountry kit for finding new lines to explroe.

The app is user friendly and includes and ever-increasing amount of beloved climbing areas. It’s also a great way to find out about smaller climbing areas that don’t quite warrant a print guidebook yet.

Bought a paperback copy which said to download this app to access the digital book.. and it wants me to pay a second time. There should be an access code if you have bought the actual book.

Indispensable source of maps, backcountry ski and safety info, and GPS location (for Cameron Pass in Colorado anyway). However, a bug sometimes makes it difficult to find your way and safely return to your car. It seems to happen if you haven’t used the app for a while, then start using it when already out of internet connectivity. Base maps and, more importantly, trail lines do not appear - only the trail symbols are visible. The problem resolves itself when you have connectivity again. So if you are relying on this app for navigation, make sure to “warm it up” while you still have Internet the day you head out there.

I’ve paid for a book twice over the years. Keeps crashing and logging me out and every season I have to figure out how to get my book back again.

I use the guides regularly in the backcountry and for trip planning. No trouble with freezing in the latest version.