Walking in the Alps. Kev Reynolds

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      WALKING IN THE ALPS

      BY

      KEV REYNOLDS

      About the Author

      Kev Reynolds is a freelance author, photojournalist and lecturer whose first title for Cicerone Press (Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees) was published in 1978, and has been in print ever since. He has produced many books on the Alps, a series of trekkers’ guides to Nepal and, nearer to home, several guides on walking in southern England. He also contributes regular features for the outdoor press, writes and illustrates brochures for tourist authorities, and occasionally leads walking or trekking holidays in various high mountain regions. The first honorary member of the British Association of European Mountain Leaders (BAEML), and a member of the Alpine Club, Austrian Alpine Club and Outdoor Writers’ Guild, Kev’s enthusiasm for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, remains undiminished after a lifetime’s activity. When not trekking or climbing in one of the world’s great mountain ranges, Kev lives among what he calls ‘the Kentish Alps’, and during the winter months regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures. Check him out on www.kevreynolds.co.uk.

      Cicerone guides by the same author

      The Swiss Alps

      Trekking in the Alps

      Trekking in the Himalaya

      Trekking in the Silvretta & Rätikon Alps

      A Walk in the Clouds

      Abode of the Gods

      Walks in the Engadine – Switzerland

      Walking in the Valais

      The Bernese Alps

      Central Switzerland

      Ticino – Switzerland

      The Jura (with R. B. Evans)

      Chamonix to Zermatt – the Walker’s Haute Route

      Alpine Pass Route

      Tour of Mont Blanc

      Écrins National Park

      100 Hut Walks in the Alps

      Tour of the Vanoise

      Alpine Points of View

      Annapurna – a Trekker’s Guide

      Langtang, Gosainkund & Helambu

      Everest – a Trekker’s Guide

      Manaslu – a Trekker’s Guide

      Kangchenjunga – a Trekker’s Guide

      Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees

      The Pyrenees

      The Wealdway & Vanguard Way

      Walking in Kent

      Walking in Sussex

      The North Downs Way

      The South Downs Way

      The Cotswold Way

      Tour of the Jungrau Region

      Tour of the Oisans

      Walking in Austria

      © Kev Reynolds 1998, 2005

      2nd edition 2005

      Reprinted 2010 and 2017 (with updates)

      ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 476 9

      ISBN-10: 1 85284 476 0

      1st edition 1998 (ISBN 1 85284 261 X)

      Reprinted 1999

      Printed in Europe on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      For my wife, without whose love and support this book would never have been written

      Updates to this Guide

      Readers are advised that, while every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Please check Updates on this book’s page on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/476/updates) before planning your trip. We would also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.

      Front cover: Walkers in the Ar Pitetta glen above Zinal in the Pennine Alps. The backing wall of ice-clad mountains runs from the Weisshorn to Lo Besso.

      CONTENTS

      PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

      INTRODUCTION

      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 Combins

      Tour of the Matterhorn

      The Walker’s Haute Route

      The Eastward Traverse of the Italian Valleys

      Summary

      6: THE BERNESE ALPS

      The Northern Valleys

      A tour of the Jungfrau region

      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

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