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Welcome to the Next Ascent Members Area! As a member, you'll have the opportunity to explore new digital guidebooks while they're still being developed and refined, often before they're available in the Next Ascent app. You'll get early access to upcoming climbing areas, preview new books and digital guides before public release, purchase printed guidebooks at your exclusive member discount, and watch as new content is added to what is becoming one of the largest digital climbing guidebook libraries in the United States.
Explore with Confidence, Embrace the Journey
With the Next Ascent Full Access Membership, you'll unlock our entire growing library of digital climbing guidebooks covering unique and carefully curated climbing destinations across the United States. Your membership includes access to areas such as Smith Rock (OR), The Gunks (NY), High Point (NJ), Northeastern Pennsylvania, Ilchester & Cascade Falls (MD), Eldorado Canyon (CO), Sourland Mountain (NJ), with new guidebooks and climbing areas added as they are released. Your Full Access Membership will be activated within 24 hours, and you'll receive a confirmation email as soon as your account has been upgraded with instructions for accessing the complete library.
How to Access the Library
We will send you a welcome email within 24 hours, sometimes less.
Download the App
If you haven't already, download the app from the iTunes or Google Play store. We will shoot you a welcome email and you will have annual access to our entire guidebook library.
What About Print Books?
As a Next Ascent Full Access Member, you'll also receive an exclusive 30% discount on all eligible Next Ascent print guidebooks purchased through our website. Whether you're building your climbing library or picking up a guide for your next adventure, your membership helps you save on every order. Instructions for redeeming your member discount will be included in your activation email, making it easy to take advantage of this benefit whenever you're ready to order.
AREA ONLINE GUIDEBOOKS
Explore New Guides
Roseland & Cary Mountain
The new guidebook for Roseland Crag and Cary Mountain in Northeast Pennsylvania. Includes routes and bouldering on the mountain and nearby.
Allamuchy Climbs & Bouldering
Climbing and bouldering in Allamuchy State Park in New Jersey. This updated guidebook is part of our NJ guidebook series.
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Elevating Every Aspect of Digital Guidebooks
As a Next Ascent Full Access Member, you now receive exclusive early access to every new digital guidebook we publish. New guidebooks are first released on the Next Ascent member portal (here), where they're easier to update with the latest routes, photos, maps, and corrections before being added to the mobile app library. This gives Full Access Members the opportunity to explore new climbing areas as soon as they're available, often before they're released in the app. Once each guide has been finalized and optimized for the Next Ascent app, it will be added to your app library automatically at no additional cost, ensuring you always have access to our newest climbing content first.
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Upcoming Print Books
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NEW GUIDEBOOK UPDATE
New Gunks Nears App
The Gunks Nears Digital Guide
Explore one of the world's most iconic climbing destinations with the Next Ascent Gunks Nears Digital Guide. Featuring detailed route information, high-quality topos, approach maps, photos, and climbing descriptions, this guide is designed to help you spend less time searching and more time climbing. Whether you're visiting for the first time or have been climbing at the Gunks for years, the digital guide makes it easy to discover classic routes, filter climbs by gr ade and style, and navigate directly to the base of each cliff.
Built specifically for mobile devices, the Gunks Nears guide is continuously updated with new content, corrections, and improvements, ensuring you always have the latest information in your pocket. As part of the Next Ascent ecosystem, you'll also benefit from future updates and enhancements as new routes, photos, and features are added over time.
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Mocanaqua Areas
Explore the sport and traditional climbing at Mocanaqua Cliff, a developing crag with quality routes and scenic views along the Susquehanna River. The guide includes route descriptions, grades, approach information, maps, and photos to make navigating the cliff simple. As the area continues to grow, the digital guide will be updated with new routes, corrections, and additional content.
Other Mocanaqua Areas
Discover one of Northeastern Pennsylvania's hidden bouldering destinations. The Mocanaqua Boulders guide features detailed topos, GPS navigation, photos, and problem descriptions to help you find and climb the area's unique sandstone boulders with confidence. Whether you're visiting for the first time or returning to project a classic line, this guide has everything you need for a successful day outside
Explore the entire guidebook library
Download the Next Ascent App on iTunes or Google Play and start to explore the full guidebooks, log your climbs, explore beta posted by other climbers, typos, offline maps and more.
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