This handy pocket-sized guidebook offers route descriptions for 111 day walks and 10 multiday tours in the Valais - home to some of Europe's most dramatic mountains from the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa to Bietschhorn and Grand Combin. From easy valley walks to harder treks across rugged passes over high ridges - routes for all abilities.
30 Day Walks Around Annecy, Valee de l'Arve, Samoens and the Chaine des
Second volume of a 2-part guide to walking in the Haute Savoie in the French Alps. This guidebook describes 30 half- to full-day routes in the area between Chamonix and Annecy. Walks are located near Samoens, Sixt, La Clusaz, Thones, la Roche-sur-Foron and Lake Annecy. Includes Chaine des Aravis, Plateau de la Borne and Haut Giffre.
South of Lake Geneva (Saleve, Valle Verte Chablais)
First volume of a 2-part guide to walking in the Haute Savoie in the French Alps. This guidebook covers the area south of Lake Geneva to the Swiss border including pre-Alp areas Saleve, Chablais, the Valle Verte, with Evian and Morzine amongst places to stay. 30 walks including local summits and ridges, but generally straightforward terrain.
A comprehensive guide to walking and trekking throughout the Alps
Walking is unquestionably the best method of exploring,
and it is the mountain walker for whom journeys in the
Alps reveal some of the finest views, the greatest
contrasts. This book then is a definitive guide to the
many thousands of possible routes, with a geographical
span that ranges from the Maritime Alps of southern
France to the ......
This guidebook shows the unique character of the via ferrata routes of the French Alps, which have been increasing in number in recent years. Combining elements of scrambling, mountaineering and rock climbing, all in the boldest, most exposed terrain, they allow new ways to enjoy the famous Alpine vistas and new experiences of the renowned ......
This guide includes three treks, between 5 and 8 days, in the Silvretta and Ratikon Alps, and 12 other half-day hut-to-hut routes. These contrasting ranges form a line on the borders of Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein. The treks are the Tour of the Silvretta, the Prattigauer Hohenweg and the Ratikon Hohenweg.
An inspirational guide to the delights of Alpine
trekking. With 20 treks described, including classics
such as the Tour of Mont Blanc and the Tour of the
Vanoise as well as new multi-day routes like the Traverse
of the Slovenian Alps, this guide celebrates the rich
scenic diversity for which the Alps are renowned. The
eight talented ......
An essential guidebook for anyone walking the Tour of Mont Blanc. The 170km circuit typically takes 11 days to walk around the Mont Blanc massif. The TMB is recognised as one of the world's classic trek. The book describes both anti-clockwise and clockwise directions, with variants and information about huts, refuges and facilities en route.
9 day tour in Switzerland and Italy and Tour of Italy's Valmalenco
This guidebook describes two treks in the Bernina region of the Swiss-Italian Alps. The Tour of the Bernina covers 119km in nine stages circling the Piz Bernina massif. Five days are spent in Switzerland and four in Italy, however a number of inviting extensions and detours are also described which add at least two days to the total. The tour is ......
