The Ecrins National Park - A Walker's Guide

Guidebook to walking in the Écrins national park, France. 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 the Ecrins accessible to walkers.

This second edition provides a fantastic walker's resource to the Massif de Ecrins. The Dauphine Alps being that little bit further south, are often blessed with better weather and are often quicker to clear. This guide is packed with good and useful information whether you are a walker, rock climber or Via Ferrata enthusiast or rafter, paddler or biker. It s well put together making it easy to use. Kev uses the simple grading system of 1-3, which allows for all abilities from those wanting an adventurous and challenging route, requiring reasonable Alpine walking experience, to those undertaking their first ever Alpine walk. What all the walks share in common, whatever their grade, is an objective of some description. This may be a high pass across the watershed, a fantastic panoramic viewpoint or reaching a mountain lake or hut. The guide is stuffed full of useful local information which is well presented and easy to use. The topos are well supported by photographs. There are longer multi-day hut to hut possibilities and general advice on Alpine walking and good background and safety information. This is an excellent update and a viable resource for anybody planning a visit to the region.

(Mike Margeson, AMI News, Sept 2008)