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Published
14 Apr 2010
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Second
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9781852845971
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17.2 x 11.6 x 2.0cm
Weight
350g
Pages
288
Originally Published
14 Apr 2010

Mont Blanc Walks

50 Walks and 4 Short Treks by Hilary Sharp

A guide to walking and trekking routes, on both the French and Italian sides of Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco), from Chamonix or Courmayeur. Includes 50 day walks and 4 short multi-day treks for Vallorcine to Plaine Joux, Tour des Aiguilles Rouges, Vallorcine to Servoz and a circuit of the Italian Val Ferret. New, updated edition with 50 new route maps. More...

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Seasons

Mid-June to mid-September is the main season; before this there will be snow at higher and Read More... possibly lower levels, and earlier and later the huts will not be open.

Centres

St Gervais, Les Contamines, Servoz, Les Houches, Chamonix, Argentiere, Vallorcine and Courmayeur Read More... on the Italian side

Difficulty

mainly day walks, with some shorter walks and 4 short treks; ranges from easy to tough routes for Read More... experienced high-mountain walkers

Must See

Lac Blanc, the balcony routes, the Chamonix Aiguilles, Mont Blanc on clear days and (even better) Read More... clear evenings; Alpine flowers and wildlife
 
 

The best-scale maps available for summer walking in the Mont Blanc region are the 1:25 000 (4cm:1km) and four of the French Institut Géographique Nationale (IGN) Top 25 series cover nearly all the walks featured here.
They are:

  • IGN Top 25 3630 OT Chamonix Massif du Mont Blanc for all walks in the Chamonix valley from Chamonix northwards
  • IGN Top 25 3530 ET Samoëns Haut Giffre for all walks west of Chamonix
  • IGN Top 25 3531 ET St-Gervais-les-Bains Massif du Mont Blanc and IGN Top 25 3531 OT Megève Col des Aravis for those walks to the south of the Chamonix valley.

In addition to these, the north end of Lac d’Emosson is covered by the 1:25 000 map Carte Nationale de la Suisse 1324 Barberine.


The walks around Courmayeur are on the Italian 1:25 000 Istituto Geografico Centrale (IGC) 107 Monte Bianco Courmayeur La Tuile Chamonix Mont Blanc. Some are
also on the IGN Top 25 3531 ET St-Gervais-les-Bains Massif du Mont Blanc.


A 1:50 000 (2cm:1km) map is useful to get an overview of the region. The whole area is covered by the IGN Rando Editions map A1 Alpes Pays du Mont Blanc. (NB This map uses French names for all places, including those in Italy. These names may be in Italian on the 1:25 000 map but will still be recognisable.)
 

OBTAINING MAPS
Maps are available from newsagents – presse in France – and bookshops. The most extensive selection in Chamonix is at the Maison de la Presse, on the main street Rue Docteur Paccard opposite Snell Sports; in Courmayeur, La Stampa has a very good selection and is on the main street near the church.
Maps are also available from:
 

The Map Shop
Freephone: 0800 085 40 80; tel: 01684 593146;
fax: 01684 594559;
e-mail: themapshop@
btinternet.com;
www.themapshop.co.uk

Stanfords
Tel: 020 7836 1321;
fax: O20 7836 0189;
e-mail: customer.services@
stanfords.co.uk;    
www.stanfords.co.uk

 
 
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