Summit Magazine was founded in 1955 by Jean Crenshaw and Helen Kilness. Originally focused on skiing, it "gradually became the nation's magazine for discourse on all things mountain," wrote John Harlan III — editor of the magazine in the 1990s — in Summit's Summer 1995 issue.
Within the magazine, reports on cutting-edge first ascents in the mountains and on technical rock ran alongside everyman trip reports about the local hills.
David Roberts served as the Rocky Mountain editor for a time, and Royal Robbins spent decades as the rock climbing editor. The list of illustrious climbers that wrote for or were featured in Summit during Jean and Helen's 35 year tenure is a veritable who's who of 20th century American climbing: Yvon Chouinard, Fred Beckey, Alrene Blum, Galen Rowell, Layton Kor. The list goes on and on.

【May-June 1986, Volume 32, No.3】
出版年：1986年
言語：英語
ページ数：36ページ
サイズ：21.3cm×27.9cm×0.3cm

【July-Aug. 1986, Volume 32, No.4】
出版年：1986年
言語：英語
ページ数：36ページ
サイズ：21.3cm×27.9cm×0.3cm

【Nov.-Dec. 1986, Volume 32, No.6】
出版年：1986年
言語：英語
ページ数：36ページ
サイズ：21.3cm×27.9cm×0.3cm

各号とも表紙や裏表紙に傷みがあります。「No.6」号の貫通している穴は内部のカレンダー用に空けられたもので出版時からのものです。