Walking and Alpine Skiing Guidebooks for Switzerland
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Guide to the Alpine Pass Route that crosses Switzerland from east to west from the ancient town of Sargans to Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva. Passing through the quieter Alps in the east to the Bernese Oberland, it covers some 325km of mountain and valley and crosses 16 passes with almost 18,000m of height gain in fifteen stages.
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120 routes take walkers through the Swiss Valais in the Pennine Alps, with peaks of the Matterhorn, Dent Blanche and Monte Rosa as the backdrop. Covers Bettmeralp, Lötschental, Saastal, Mattertal, Turtmanntal, Val d'Annivers, Val d'Hérens, Val de Nendaz, Val de Bagnes, Val d'Entremont, Val Ferret, Vallée de Trient.
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This guidebook aims to show the keen hill-walker a selection of 70 snowshoeing walks, hikes and treks in the Mont Blanc area and Western Alps, with all walks more or less within sight of Mont Blanc. There are sections on equipment, technique, hazards, preparation and nature, as well as 70 outings, ranging from very gentle to particularly strenuous.
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Some of the finest ski tours of the central and eastern European Alps are described in this guidebook. It includes hut-to-hut tours that explore the Bernese, Urner, Albula and Bernina Alps of Switzerland, as well as classic tours through the Silvretta, Otztal, Stubai and Ortler regions of Austria and Italy.
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The classic Haute Route, the ski mountaineering traverse through the Alps between Chamonix and Zermatt, is described in this guidebook, which also brings together a selection of the finest high-level ski tours in the Western Alps in areas as diverse as the Ecrins, Vanoise, Haute Maurienne, Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc, Valais and Urner Alps.
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A Kev Reynolds guidebook to 90 walking routes in Central Switzerland. A little known but delightful area stretching from Lucerne to the St Gotthard Pass; the edge of the Bernese Oberland to the Pragel Pass. Vierwaldstättersee (Lucerne), Muotal, Klausenpass, Maderanertal, Upper Uri, Göschener Tal, Melchtal and Sarner Aa, Englebergertal.
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This Kev Reynolds guidebook outlines walking routes in the Ticino Alps of southern Switzerland, Europe, best known for the lakeside resorts of Locarno and Lugano, with some of the finest uncrowded paths of all the alpine regions. The guidebook describes the valleys and villages, highlights the finest viewpoints and suggests 75 of the best walks.
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