Walking guide to Tarentaise / Beaufortain Alps – France, Europe

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Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
1 Jan 1995
Edition
First
ISBN
9781852841812
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ISBN (10)
1852841818
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm
Weight
250g
Pages
216
No. Maps
29
No. Photos
34
Originally Published
1 Jan 1995

Walking in the Tarentaise and Beaufortain Alps

by Tim Akitt

Guide to walking and trekking in the Tarentaise and Beaufortain Alps south of Mont Blanc, France, including the Maurienne, and the Vanoise and its national park. 53 day walks, 5 tours between 2 and 8 days duration, plus 40 short outings. Includes Méribel, Courchevel and Pralognan; Beaufortain and Northern Tarentaise; Val d'Isère. More...

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Seasons

June to September. Some snow will stay early in the season.

Centres

Access from Geneva, Chambéry or Grenoble. Albertville, St Jean de Maurienne, Modane, Val d’Isère Read More... are main centres.

Difficulty

Summer mountain walks and treks

Must See

The Vanoise National Park, the Lauzière, the Maurienne, views north to Mont Blanc. Not the ski Read More... resorts, but these can be avoided.
 
 

C. Maly, Le Massif de la Vanoise, Denoel, Paris (1976).

S. Coupe and J.P. Martinot, Lacs de Savoie, Jacques Glénat, Grenoble (1982).

M. Collins, Walking in the French Alps: G.R.5, Cicerone Press, Milnthorpe (1984)

P. Maes, 40 Randonnées en Vanoise, l’Astrolabe, Paris (1985).

Association de la Grande Traversée des Alps Cimes, Balades et Randonnées en Beaufortain, Glénat, Grenoble (1987).

E. Provost, Sommets pour Tous, Mercier, Annecy (4th edition, 1990).

Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pedestre, Tour de la Beaufortain, ref. 009, Didier & Richard, Grenoble (1990).

B. Brunet, Randonnées entre Vanoise et Mont-Blanc, l’Edelweiss, Bourg St Maurice (1993).

 
 
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