Leading readers to the lessons and pleasures of the great outdoors. Mountaineers Books specializes in trail guides, instructional books, biographies, histories, natural history and conservation books. Mountaineers Books is the publishing division of The Mountaineers, a Seattle-based non-profit outdoor organization established in 1906. Our first book and best-selling title to this day, "Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills," has helped hundreds of thousands of aspiring climbers learn the skills needed to scale summits.