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100 Hut Walks in the Alps
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 256pp, 176 x 116mm Located amid some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, the chain of mountain huts strung right across the Alps makes an exciting and worthwhile destination. The huts provide a focus for all the walks in this guide - whether you choose to stay overnight or simply for lunch on the terrace. The hut...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 256pp, 176 x 116mm Located amid some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, the chain of mountain huts strung right across the Alps makes an exciting and worthwhile destination. The huts provide a focus for all the walks in this guide - whether you choose to stay overnight or simply for lunch on the terrace. The hut...
£12.95
Alpine Points of View
Cicerone Press, Hardback, 240pp, Full colour From the Maritime Alps behind Nice, to the sun-washed Julians of Slovenia, the Alpine chain is one of the most scenically diverse and exciting ranges on earth. With glacier and snowfield, meadow, scree and rockface, its subtle beauty is revealed in a variety of landscape features, while peaks such a...
Cicerone Press, Hardback, 240pp, Full colour From the Maritime Alps behind Nice, to the sun-washed Julians of Slovenia, the Alpine chain is one of the most scenically diverse and exciting ranges on earth. With glacier and snowfield, meadow, scree and rockface, its subtle beauty is revealed in a variety of landscape features, while peaks such a...
£20.00
Chamonix to Zermatt
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote hamlets, wander through flower meadows and forests...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote hamlets, wander through flower meadows and forests...
£12.95
Explore The Tour Of Mont Blanc Rucksack Reader
Rucksack Readers, Spiral bound, waterproof, 64pp, 145 x 210 mm The Tour of Mont Blanc (TMB) is Europe's most popular long-distance walk, encircling the highest mountain in the Alps (and arguably in the continent). This classic alpine route runs for 170 km (106 miles) and takes up to 11 days. You walk through France, Italy and Switzerland, overnighting in alpine...
Rucksack Readers, Spiral bound, waterproof, 64pp, 145 x 210 mm The Tour of Mont Blanc (TMB) is Europe's most popular long-distance walk, encircling the highest mountain in the Alps (and arguably in the continent). This classic alpine route runs for 170 km (106 miles) and takes up to 11 days. You walk through France, Italy and Switzerland, overnighting in alpine...
£12.50
French Alps: Thomas Cook Pocket Guide
Thomas Cook Publishing, Paperback, 192 pp 165 x 105 mm This vibrant series covers over 170 destinations worldwide, including our new range of UK specific titles, from cosmopolitan urban delights to sun-kissed beach idylls. Bursting with insightful and easily accessible information, these guides are full of practical information on how to make the most o...
Thomas Cook Publishing, Paperback, 192 pp 165 x 105 mm This vibrant series covers over 170 destinations worldwide, including our new range of UK specific titles, from cosmopolitan urban delights to sun-kissed beach idylls. Bursting with insightful and easily accessible information, these guides are full of practical information on how to make the most o...
£9.99
Michelin Green Tourist Guide: French Alps
Michelin, Paperback, 448 pp, 221 x 114 mm The Michelin Green Guide collection gives independent travellers all the information needed to plan a trip, including a selection of main tourist attractions with detailed mapping and suggested tours. The in-depth descriptions of sites and attractions come with full colour photographs. The guide a...
Michelin, Paperback, 448 pp, 221 x 114 mm The Michelin Green Guide collection gives independent travellers all the information needed to plan a trip, including a selection of main tourist attractions with detailed mapping and suggested tours. The in-depth descriptions of sites and attractions come with full colour photographs. The guide a...
£14.99
Mont Blanc
White Star, Hardback, 228 pp, 355 x 255 mm An extraordinary castle of rock and ice, Mont Blanc is one of the most striking natural monuments of the European continent, offering mountaineers and adventurers countless faces, ridges and valleys for exploration. The mountaineering history of Mont Blanc is recreated in the words and outstanding p...
White Star, Hardback, 228 pp, 355 x 255 mm An extraordinary castle of rock and ice, Mont Blanc is one of the most striking natural monuments of the European continent, offering mountaineers and adventurers countless faces, ridges and valleys for exploration. The mountaineering history of Mont Blanc is recreated in the words and outstanding p...
£29.99
Mont Blanc Range - Classic Snow, Ice and Mixed Climbs
Baton Wicks Publications, Paperback, 95 pp 230 x 142 mm A guidebook aimed at alpinists seeking lower grade snow, ice and mixed climbs (F to AD+, with climbs of D) and reflecting all recent changed topographical conditions due to the steady glacial and snowfield retreat created by climate change.The climbs are selected from across the range and are easily...
Baton Wicks Publications, Paperback, 95 pp 230 x 142 mm A guidebook aimed at alpinists seeking lower grade snow, ice and mixed climbs (F to AD+, with climbs of D) and reflecting all recent changed topographical conditions due to the steady glacial and snowfield retreat created by climate change.The climbs are selected from across the range and are easily...
£12.95
Mont Blanc Walking Guide
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 121pp. Mont Blanc, the monarch of the "white giants" - it has always inspired the imaginations of mountain devotees from near and far. Images effervesce in the minds of Alpinists like soap bubbles: a good dozen ice-encompassed, cornice-crowned, four-thousand-metre summits, surrounded by a wild maze of toas...
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 121pp. Mont Blanc, the monarch of the "white giants" - it has always inspired the imaginations of mountain devotees from near and far. Images effervesce in the minds of Alpinists like soap bubbles: a good dozen ice-encompassed, cornice-crowned, four-thousand-metre summits, surrounded by a wild maze of toas...
£12.99
Mountain Adventures in the Maurienne
Cicerone Press, Paperback,192 pages, c40 maps, topos and profiles and 90 colour photos The Haute Maurienne valley is perfect for a whole range of alpine adventures and activities. The routes in this guide range from short walks and cycle rides for the whole family to long mountaineering routes to the highest summits. Whether you and your holiday companions are adrenalin junkies or Alp...
Cicerone Press, Paperback,192 pages, c40 maps, topos and profiles and 90 colour photos The Haute Maurienne valley is perfect for a whole range of alpine adventures and activities. The routes in this guide range from short walks and cycle rides for the whole family to long mountaineering routes to the highest summits. Whether you and your holiday companions are adrenalin junkies or Alp...
£12.95
Snowshoeing - Mont Blanc and the Western Alps
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 288pp, 172 x 116 mm For centuries people have used snowshoes as a means of travelling in deep snow, but only relatively recently has snowshoeing become an activity that people do for pleasure. Nowadays, visit any winter ski resort and you'll not only find crowds of people heading for the ski runs but also a considerabl...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 288pp, 172 x 116 mm For centuries people have used snowshoes as a means of travelling in deep snow, but only relatively recently has snowshoeing become an activity that people do for pleasure. Nowadays, visit any winter ski resort and you'll not only find crowds of people heading for the ski runs but also a considerabl...
£14.00
The GR5 Trail
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover The GR5, or 'Grande Traversee des Alpes', is one of the most spectacular and civilised mountain trails in the world. It runs from the shores of Lac Leman, over the French Alps, to the reach the Mediterranean coastline at Nice. The route measures 674 kilometres (420 miles) and can be covered in a mon...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover The GR5, or 'Grande Traversee des Alpes', is one of the most spectacular and civilised mountain trails in the world. It runs from the shores of Lac Leman, over the French Alps, to the reach the Mediterranean coastline at Nice. The route measures 674 kilometres (420 miles) and can be covered in a mon...
£14.00
Tour of the Oisans: GR54 Round The Ecrins
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 160pp. 172 x 116 mm The "Tour de l'Oisans" is the name given to one of the most strenuous alpine walks: the 'GR54'. It is circuitous, traditionally beginning and ending at the alpine resort of Bourg d'Oisans 40km (25miles) to the east of Grenoble. The massif it encircles is that of the Ecrins, the bulk of which is a Na...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 160pp. 172 x 116 mm The "Tour de l'Oisans" is the name given to one of the most strenuous alpine walks: the 'GR54'. It is circuitous, traditionally beginning and ending at the alpine resort of Bourg d'Oisans 40km (25miles) to the east of Grenoble. The massif it encircles is that of the Ecrins, the bulk of which is a Na...
£12.00
Tour of the Vanoise
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 172 x 116 mm Making a hut-to-hut journey through the heart of one of France's finest mountain regions, the "Tour of the Vanoise" makes a perfect introduction to Alpine trekking. This work offers a circuit that explores the very best of the Vanoise National Park - a wonderland of 3000m peaks, glaciers, lakes, wat...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 172 x 116 mm Making a hut-to-hut journey through the heart of one of France's finest mountain regions, the "Tour of the Vanoise" makes a perfect introduction to Alpine trekking. This work offers a circuit that explores the very best of the Vanoise National Park - a wonderland of 3000m peaks, glaciers, lakes, wat...
£12.95
Vanoise Ski Touring
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 192pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover Ski Touring in the Vanoise provides an introduction to ski touring in the French département of Savoie and covers the Vanoise National Park and surrounding area. Skiing exploded in Savoie in the 1960s and 1970s, when every mountain village wanted to exploit the 'white gold' that fell every winter. D...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 192pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover Ski Touring in the Vanoise provides an introduction to ski touring in the French département of Savoie and covers the Vanoise National Park and surrounding area. Skiing exploded in Savoie in the 1960s and 1970s, when every mountain village wanted to exploit the 'white gold' that fell every winter. D...
£12.00
Walking in the Ecrins National Park
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 172 x 116 mm, PVC Cover 70 full- and half-day walks in France’s largest national park. The Massif des Écrins is one of the most spectacular regions in all the Alps. Most of the area is a national park, with summits over 3000m high. Well-marked trails and a network of alpine huts make it accessible to walkers. Easily reache...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 172 x 116 mm, PVC Cover 70 full- and half-day walks in France’s largest national park. The Massif des Écrins is one of the most spectacular regions in all the Alps. Most of the area is a national park, with summits over 3000m high. Well-marked trails and a network of alpine huts make it accessible to walkers. Easily reache...
£14.00
Walking in the Tarentaise and Beaufortain Alps
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 216pp, 172 x 116 mm This guidebook covers the delectable mountains south of the Mt Blanc group to include the Vanoise National Park. An in-depth introduction describes many facets of the Tarentaise and deals with the differences likely to be found between walking in the UK and in the Alps. Following chapters cover six ...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 216pp, 172 x 116 mm This guidebook covers the delectable mountains south of the Mt Blanc group to include the Vanoise National Park. An in-depth introduction describes many facets of the Tarentaise and deals with the differences likely to be found between walking in the UK and in the Alps. Following chapters cover six ...
£9.99
Walks and Treks in the Maritime Alps
Cicerone Press, Paperback,224pp Peering down over the French Riviera is a forbidding barrier of light grey rock. Rising to over 3000m from the shore, the Maritime Alps straddle the international French-Italian border for 190km. Soaring peaks, glittering lakes and picturesque stone villages await the walker, along 600km of mapped p...
Cicerone Press, Paperback,224pp Peering down over the French Riviera is a forbidding barrier of light grey rock. Rising to over 3000m from the shore, the Maritime Alps straddle the international French-Italian border for 190km. Soaring peaks, glittering lakes and picturesque stone villages await the walker, along 600km of mapped p...
£14.00
