Rother walking guides are pocket-sized, in full colour and include 50 walks, varying from day-long hikes, mountain and valley walks, some easy some more demanding. Each walk has accompanying mapping, usually 1:50 000 and colour photos capture the 'feel' of each of the countries.

Walks in the Valais Alps are among the most varied that the Alps has to offer: ancient paths from the vineyards of the Rhone Valley high up to the edge of the eternal ice; an unlimited variety of trails and mountain paths on sunny hillsides. Walks include following the Suones, historical water channels; delightful strolls in light-flooded larch forests, along gorges thundering with water, and on open ridges - always with fantastic views of the highest mountains of the Alps between Monte Rosa and Mont Blanc.

The "Valais West" volume presents 50 day tours in the French-speaking part of the Rhone Valley around the cities of Sion, Sierre and Martigny, as well as in the Val de Zinal, Val d'HÚrens, Val de Bagnes and the Val d'Entremont.

All tour recommendations are described in a detailed and knowledgeable manner, and are illustrated by colour images as well as topographical hiking maps on a scale of 1:50,000 with illustrated routes. Together with the volume on Valais East, this book is an indispensable guide for all Valais fans!