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.
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1: THE MARITIME ALPS
Hut to Hut in the Alpes Maritime
Summary
2: DAUPHINÉ
Queyras
Tour du Queyras
Massif des Écrins
Tour de l’Oisans
Vercors
Summary
3: THE GRAIAN ALPS
The Western Graians
Tour du Mont Pourri
Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise
Tour of the Vanoise
The Eastern Graians
Grande Traversata del Gran Paradiso
Alta Via della Valle d’Aosta No 2
A Traverse of the Graian Alps
Summary
4: THE MONT BLANC RANGE
Tour du Mont Blanc
Chablais, Faucigny & Dents du Midi
Summary
5: THE PENNINE ALPS
Tour des Combin
The Walker’s Haute Route
The Eastward Traverse of the Italian Valleys
Summary
6: THE BERNESE ALPS
The Northern Valleys
Multi-day Circuit of the Lütschental and Lauterbrunnental
Tour Wildstrubel
The Southern Flank
Bernese Alps Glacier Tour
Oberland Passes
Summary
7: THE CENTRAL SWISS ALPS
The Eastern Bernese Alps
Tour of the Göschenertal
The Western Uri Alps
Uri-Rotstock Circuit
The Eastern Uri Alps & Glarner Alps
A Tour of the Hürital & Bisistal
Summary
8: THE LEPONTINE ALPS
A Tour of Ticino
Summary
9: THE BERNINA ALPS
The Bregaglia Alps
The Bregaglia Circuit
Sentiero Roma
The Bernina Massif
The Engadine Valley
Summary
10: ADAMELLO-PRESANELLA-BRENTA
Adamello-Presanella
An Adamello Circuit
The Brenta Dolomites
A Tour of the Central Brenta
Vie Ferratae
Summary
11: THE ORTLER ALPS
A Tour of the Ortler Alps
Summary
12: THE SILVRETTA ALPS
The Verwall Group
The Rätikon Alps
Rätikon Höhenweg Nord
The Silvretta Alps
Tour of the Southern Silvretta
The Silvretta Traverse
Summary
13: THE ÖTZTAL ALPS
Across the Central Ötztal Alps
Hut to Hut in the Ventertal
Gurglertal-Ventertal Hut Tour
Two-Day Cross-Border Tour
Across the Alpi Venoste
Summary
14: THE STUBAI ALPS
The Stubai High Route
Summary
15: THE ZILLERTAL ALPS
Zillertal Hut Tour
Summary
16: THE EASTERN AUSTRIAN ALPS
The Hohe Tauern
The Venediger Höhenweg
A Tour of the Glockner & Schober Groups
The Niedere Tauern
Hut to Hut in the Schladminger Tauern
The Gailtal & Carnic Alps
Summary
17: THE NORTHERN LIMESTONE ALPS
Allgäuer Alps
Lechtal Alps
A Lechtal High Route
Wettersteingebirge & Mieminger Kette
Karwendelgebirge
Hut to Hut Across the Karwendelgebirge
Rofangebirge (Brandenberger Alps)
Kaisergebirge
Berchtesgadener Alps
Tennengebirge
Dachsteingebirge
Tour of the Gosaukamm
A Dachstein Circuit
Totes Gebirge
Summary
18: THE DOLOMITES
Sassolungo & Puez-Odle Groups
Catinaccio & Latemar
Sella Group
Marmolada Group
Pale di San Martino
Civetta & Pelmo
Sorapis & Marmarole
Monte Cristallo
Dolomiti di Sesto
High Level Routes
Alta Via 1
Alta Via 2
Alta Via 4
Summary
19: THE JULIAN ALPS
The Julian Alps of Slovenia
The Julian Alps of Italy
Summary
Over de auteur
A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drove Kev's desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months every year in various high-mountain regions researching guidebooks made him The Man with the World's Best Job.
Kev enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone from the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds. 'A Walk in the Clouds' is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He was also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide 'Trekking in the Himalaya' and Cicerone's celebratory anniversary compilation 'Fifty Years of Adventure'.
A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also wrote and illustrated brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lived with his wife in a small cottage among what he called 'the Kentish Alps', with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travelled throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he wrote about through a series of lectures.
Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks.
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