Mont Blanc Walks

50 of the best walks and 4 short treks

Hilary Sharp (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2007
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-85284-414-1 (ISBN)

Infos

50 of the regions best walks and 4 multi-day treks are included in this guidebook, covering both French and Italian sides of Mont Blanc and based around Chamonix or Courmayeur. Multi-day treks for Vallorcine to Plaine Joux, the Tour des Aiguilles Rouges, Vallorcine to Servoz and a circuit of the Italian Val Ferret.

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A full-colour guide to the very best walking around Chamonix and Mont Blanc, the world capital of mountaineering. It is written by locally based British guide and photographer Hilary Sharp, a real expert on the range. With 50 outstanding walks and 4 multi-day treks, this covers both the French side around Chamonix and Italian side around Courmayeur. Illustrated with outstanding photographs by the author and sketch maps of the routes.

Autor

Hilary Sharp is British, and a qualified Accompagnateur en Montagne. She is author of ?Snowshoeing in the Western Alps', and is a regular contributor to ?High' magazine and the author of ?Trekking and Climbing in the Western Alps' published by New Holland in 2002.

Inhalt

THE WALKS

Chapter 1 - St Gervais Les Bains and Les Contamines-Montjoie
1 Mont Truc
2 Mont Joly
3 Lac d'Armancette
4 Col de la Fenêtre
5 Tête Nord des Fours
6 Lacs and Monts Jovet

Chapter 2 - Servoz and Plateau d'Assy
7 Lac Vert
8 Pointe Noire de Pormenaz
9 Dérochoir and Désert de Platé

Chapter 3 - Les Houches
10 Le Prarion
11 Mont Vorassey
12 Aiguillette des Houches

Chapter 4 - Chamonix
13 Chamonix Valley Walk
14 La Chapeau and Tête des Prapators
15 Montenvers
16 Montagne de Blaitière
17 Chalet de Cerro
18 Montagne de la Côte
19 Refuge de Bel Lachat and Le Brévent
20 Grand Balcon Sud La Flégère to Planpraz
21 Lac Blanc
22 Tête de Villy
23 Col de Salenton
24 Lac Cornu and Lacs Noirs

Chapter 5 - Argentière
25 Argentière Valley Walk
26 Pierre à Bosson
27 Tête du Grand Chantet
28 Aiguillette d'Argentière - Les Chéserys
29 Argentière Glacier Point de Vue
30 Aiguillette des Posettes
31 Refuge Albert Premier
32 Croix de Fer

Chapter 6 - Vallorcine
33 Vallorcine Valley Walk
34 Pointe de la Terrasse and Tré-les-Eaux valley
35 Cheval Blanc
36 Dinosaur Tracks
37 Bel Oiseau
38 Col de Barberine and Fontanabran
39 Refuge de la Pierre à Bérard
40 Mont Buet by the Normal Route
41 Refuge de Loriaz
42 Emosson from Loriaz
43 Mont Buet by the north ridge

Chapter 7 - Courmayeur
44 Punta della Croce
45 Mont Fortin
46 Mont Chétif
47 Col and Lac Liconi
48 Mont de la Saxe
49 Tête Entre Deux Sauts
50 Tête de Ferret

Chapter 8 - Multi-day Treks
50 Vallorcine to Plaine Joux
51 Tour des Aiguilles Rouges
52 Vallorcine to Servoz
53 Italian Val Ferret Circuit

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.6.2007
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 116 x 172 mm
• Gewicht: 380 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• ISBN-10: 1-85284-414-0 / 1852844140
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85284-414-1 / 9781852844141
• Zustand: Neuware