Full Description
An inspirational larger format guidebook to 20 summer treks in the Alps across Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France and Slovenia, including the classics such as the Tour of Mont Blanc and lesser-known routes like the Traverse of the Slovenian Alps.
Perfect for planning, the treks included are: Tour of Mont Blanc, Tour of the Matterhorn, Tour of Monte Rosa, Walker's Haute Route, Tour of the Jungfrau Region, Tour of the Vanoise and Dolomites AV 1 and 2; (longer trans-Alpine routes) GR5 (Lake Geneva to Nice), Eastern Alps E5, Italian Alps GTA and the Traverse of the Slovenian Alps; and (for the Alpine adventurer) Alpine Pass Route, Tour of the Oisans, Tour of the Queyras, Tour of Mont Ruan, Stubai High Route, Zillertal High Route, Gran Paradiso AV2 and the Ratikon Hoehenweg.
Outline schedules for each trek allow you compare the routes and become inspired to take up the challenge. Basic day-by-day route descriptions for each route are illustrated with maps and profiles, helping you choose the best routes to walk.
Contents
About the authors 8-9
Overview of routes 12
Introduction 15
About this book 19
Hut conventions 21
Advice for trekkers 21
When to go 23
Safety in the mountain 23
Words of greeting 24
The Treks
Trek 1 Grande Traversata delle Alpi: GTA - Gillian Price 26
Trek 2 Tour of the Queyras - Alan Castle 38
Trek 3 Tour of the Oisans - Kev Reynolds 48
Trek 4 Tour of the Vanoise - Kev Reynolds 58
Trek 5 Gran Paradiso Alta Via 2 - Gillian Price 68
Trek 6 Tour of Mont Blanc - Kev Reynolds 78
Trek 7 GR5: Through the French Alps - Paddy Dillon 88
Trek 8 Tour of Mont Ruan - Hilary Sharp 102
Trek 9 The Walker's Haute Route - Kev Reynolds 112
Trek 10 Alpine Pass Route - Kev Reynolds 124
Trek 11 Tour of the Jungfrau Region - Kev Reynolds 136
Trek 12 Tour of the Matterhorn - Hilary Sharp 148
Trek 13 Tour of Monte Rosa - Hilary Sharp 158
Trek 14 Tour of the Rätikon - Kev Reynolds 170
Trek 15 Across the Eastern Alps: E5 - Gillian Price 180
Trek 16 Stubai High-Level Route - Allan Hartley 194
Trek 17 Zillertal High-Level Route - Allan Hartley 204
Trek 18 Dolomites Alta Via 1 - Gillian Price 214
Trek 19 Dolomites Alta Via 2 - Gillian Price 224
Trek 20 Julian Alps Traverse - Roy Clark & Justi Carey 234
Appendix A Useful contacts 246
Appendix B Glossary for trekkers 247
Index
