The Story Behind Little Cottonwood Canyon with Mike Beck

Meet the co-author of the Black Bible and the new Little Cottonwood Canyon bouldering guide, Mike Beck. Together with Scott Stoddard, Mike has documented nearly 5000 boulder problems in the area. Learn the history of climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon and watch it transform and evolve across multiple generations. Check out the full guidebook here: https://kayaclimb.sng.link/Evtyq/yyka... The Salt Lake Climbers Alliance is your local nonprofit climbing advocacy and stewardship organization—working to keep access open and trails and anchors maintained. Invest in Wasatch Climbing. Join today: SaltLakeClimbers.org • In 2017, SLCA secured access to the 140-acre Gate Buttress parcel in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon—home to 588 routes and 138 boulder problems—and has stewarded it ever since. • Established in 2020, SLCA employs the nation’s first and only professional anchor maintenance crew. • On August 5, 2024, SLCA secured the Alpenbock Loop as America’s first recreational climbing area listed on the National Register of Historic Places.