Climbing & Hiking Communities
These communities provide an invaluable resource for novice and expert climbers alike. Learn from other climbers, research your next climb, share gear tips, and more on these invaluable sites.
Summit Post – Large online community with trip reports, routes, articles, and gear information.
14ers.com – Looking for photos of Colorado’s highest peaks? You’ve come to the right place – 14ers.com has over 20,000 photos of the Fourteeners (14ers). Need a route description to help you climb one of these great peaks? They are here too. Each route contains detailed directions, maps, satellite photo, elevation profile, and photos taken during an ascent. It’s an On-line 14er Guidebook that is frequently updated.
Peakbagger.com – An informal online resource for summit-focused hikers, climbers, and mountain lovers.
ThinkClimbing – A resource for climbers on Twitter.
Climbing Narcissist – Climbing news, forums, and updates from multiple climbers.
ClimbingVibe – ClimbingVibe is a community driven climbing links site. Items are selected, commented on and ranked by the community, resulting in a higher quality of climbing news, blog posts and information.
Mountain Zone – Features a large number of instructional videos and other resources.
Peakware – Billed as the “World Mountain Encyclopedia.” Features peak photos and logs. Very cool integration with Google Maps.
Mountain Project – Mountain Project Inc. was founded in 2005 by two longtime climbing buddies and business partners, Andy Laakmann and Nick Wilder. Our vision is to take climbing beta beyond the guidebook, adding personalization and community features that add context and rich exploration to popular climbing sites across North America.
UKClimbing.com – Obviously based in the UK, this site has a thriving community.
RockClimbing.com – Rockclimbing.com is the largest interactive rock climbing destination site for climbers and enthusiasts on the web. Every day our pages reach thousands of climbers from all over the globe. We’ve established a personal relationship with our community, and offer a wide range of climbing features and services found nowhere else online.
TrekkingForum.com – A large active hiking & climbing forum.
Explorers Web – Mountaineering information mostly focused on Everest and K2 but interesting nonetheless.
MyEverest – Blog portal for climbers.
Wordpress.com – Link to wordpress.com hosted blogs about mountaineering.
Rock Climbing Blogs – Links to many climbing blogs – organized by state.
Everest News – Pretty self-explanatory. Follows high-profile expeditions.
StumbleUpon – Community maintained list of mountaineering websites.
