The Tour of the Ecrins National Park

Author: Andrew McCluggage
Publisher: KNIFE EDGE OUTDOOR
ISBN: 9781912933006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The complete guidebook for the Tour of the Ecrins National Park (GR54) in the French Alps. The only guidebook with Real 1:25,000 Maps: proper mapping included for each stage. This makes navigation easy and saves you money: no need to buy additional maps. Also includes: - Unique Itinerary Planner: plan a bespoke itinerary to match your ability and vacation schedule. All difficult calculations of time, distance and altitude gain are done for you - 4 Proposed Itineraries of between 9 and 12 days - Everything the trekker needs to know to plan the route: route descriptions, costs, budget, difficulty, weather, how to get there, and more - Full accommodation listings: spectacularly situated mountain huts, villages, hamlets and campsites - Information for both self-guided and guided trekkers - Edge to edge colour: the most beautiful trekking guidebooks in the world The Tour of the Ecrins National Park (GR54) is arguably the finest trek in the Alps. It is an epic journey around the unforgettable Écrins which has the highest mountains in the French Alps outside of the Mont Blanc Massif. This is one of France's 'crown jewels' and yet is hardly known to the English speaking world. - 193km - 9-12 days - 12,000m of altitude gain - 14 mountain passes Unspoilt and remote high mountain terrain: snow frosted summits, beautiful valleys and pastures, sparkling azure lakes, carpets of wild flowers, the soothing sound of cow bells and easy to follow paths. This trek should be on your hiking bucket list.

Trekking the Tour of the Écrins

Author: Andrew McCluggage
Publisher: Knife Edge Outdoor
ISBN: 9781912933600
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The only English language guidebook for the GR54 has been completely rewritten and fully updated for 2024. Real 1:25,000 Maps: IGN mapping included for each stage. This makes navigation easy and saves you money: no need to buy additional maps. Also includes: * Unique Itinerary Planner: plan a bespoke itinerary to match your ability and vacation schedule. All difficult calculations of time, distance and altitude gain are done for you * 4 Proposed Itineraries of between 9 and 12 days * Detailed information on equipment and travelling light * Everything the trekker needs to know to plan the route: route descriptions, costs, budget, difficulty, weather, how to get there, and more * Full accommodation listings: spectacularly situated mountain huts, villages, hamlets and campsites * Essential travel information * Information for both self-guided and guided trekkers * Numbered waypoints linking the Real Maps to our clear descriptions The GR54: Tour of the Ecrins National Park is arguably the finest trek in the Alps. It is an epic journey around the unforgettable Écrins which has the highest mountains in the French Alps outside of the Mont Blanc Massif. This is one of France's 'crown jewels' and yet is hardly known to the English-speaking world. * 193km * 9-12 days * 12,000m of altitude gain * 14 mountain passes Unspoilt and remote high mountain terrain: snow frosted summits, beautiful valleys and pastures, sparkling azure lakes, carpets of wild flowers, the soothing sound of cow bells and easy to follow paths. This trek should be on your hiking bucket list

Ecrins National Park

Author: Kev Reynolds
Publisher: Cicerone Press
ISBN: 9781852845216
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Guidebook to walking in the ...crins national park, France. The Massif des ...crins 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.

The Ecrins National Park

Author: Kev Reynolds
Publisher: Cicerone Press
ISBN: 9781852843229
Category : Parc national des Ecrins (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Ecrins National Park contains some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the whole Alpine range. Easily accessible by public transport or car, and with several charming valleys in which to make a base (including the Romanche, Guisane, Vallouise, Valgaudemar and Veneon valleys), this largest national park in France offers an unrivalled selection of walks -- each one revealing awesome views. Kev Reynolds has picked 70 of the best routes from some of the finest valleys, enough to keep any active walker content for several holidays. Book jacket.

The Tour of the Bernina

Author: Gillian Price
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1783621761
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
A guidebook to two trekking routes in the Swiss and Italian Alps. The Tour of the Bernina, a circular route around Piz Bernina covering 119km (74 miles), is suitable for trekkers of all experience levels and can be completed in 9 days. The Alta Via Valmalenco, a circular route in the shadow of Monte Disgrazia covering 94km (58 miles), is suitable for trekkers with some Alpine trekking experience and can be completed in 8 days. The Tour of the Bernina is presented anti-clockwise in 9 stages, each between 7 and 19km (4–12 miles) in length, whilst the Alta Via Valmalenco is presented clockwise in 8 stages of 8–14km (5–9 miles) in length. Several extensions and detours are also included allowing the route to be adapted. Sketch maps included for each stage Detailed information on accommodation and amenities Advice on planning and preparation Highlights include the Diavolezza

National Geographic Complete National Parks of Europe

Author: Justin Kavanagh
Publisher:
ISBN: 1426220960
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 540

Book Description
"Like the United States' national parks, those of Europe--from the British Isles to Europe's border with Asia--help to preserve the human heritage while providing vital green spaces for the animals that make them home"--

Alpine Ski Mountaineering Vol 1 - Western Alps

Author: Bill O'Connor
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1849657416
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
Ski mountaineering guidebook to the Western Alps including the classic Haute Route, Chamonix to Zermatt, tours in the Ecrins, Vanoise, Haute Maurienne, Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc, Valais and Urner Alps. The European Alps offer some of the finest and most accessible ski mountaineering in the world. A combination of magnificent and varied terrain, an enviable snow record, excellent public transport, unrivalled hut system and long ski season make them a focus for mountaineers and skiers throughout the world. Volume 2 of this Alpine Ski Mountaineering series covers the Central and Eastern Alps. The routes described will provide a lifetime's ski mountaineering for the average skier, with rewards and challenges for all levels of ability.

Walking in the Alps

Author: Kev Reynolds
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1849654387
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 516

Book Description
The second edition of this classic guidebook by Kev Reynolds on walking and trekking in the Alps. This book is a definitive guide to the many thousands of possible routes, with a geographical span that ranges from the Maritime Alps of southern France to the Julians of Slovenia, from Italy's Gran Paradiso to the little-known Türnitzer Alps of eastern Austria, and from the ice-bound giants of the Bernese Oberland to the green rolling Kitzbüheler Alps and the bizarre towers of the Dolomites of South Tirol, showing the amazing diversity of this wonderful mountain chain. There are walks to suit every taste: gentle and undemanding, long and tough, and everything in between. Written by Britain's most respected authority on the Alps, this is a fully updated edition of this important book.

Tour of the Oisans: The GR54

Author: Kev Reynolds
Publisher: Cicerone Press
ISBN: 9781852845506
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Guidebook to walking the 176 km Tour of the Oisans : The GR54 trek around the DauphinÈ massif and ...crins National Park to the east of Grenoble in France. This popular walk on the GR54 is similar in quality to the celebrated Tour of Mont Blanc.

The Mountain Hut Book

Author: Kev Reynolds
Publisher: Cicerone Press
ISBN: 1783626135
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
This book is a celebration of mountain huts, showcasing the the sheer variety and sometimes quirky nature of these buildings that allow walkers, trekkers and climbers to access remote corners of the mountains. Packed with entertaining stories that bring the places and people to life, it contains descriptions of the author's favourite huts in the Alps, along with suggestions for hut-to-hut tours of 3-13 days duration, including the Tour of Mont Blanc. It also traces the history of huts and how they have evolved from the most primitive of shelters to the often purpose-built, eco-friendly buildings of today. For the uninitiated, it unravels some of the mystery of huts and explains how to use them and what facilities to expect. Above all, it illustrates the way in which mountain huts can be truly sociable places, where like-minded people can spend a night or two in the most magical of locations and share a love of wild places.