World Mountain Ranges - The Swiss Alps

A comprehensive guidebook to every mountain area in the Swiss Alps. This handy resource includes information for walking, hiking, trekking, climbing and ski mountaineering. Access, accommodation and facilities in the valley bases and full information about Swiss mountain huts is included to help you make the most out of a trip there.

Autorentext

Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone appeared in 1978; he has since produced 27 other Cicerone titles, with more being researched. A member of the Outdoor Writers Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside remains undiminished.

Inhalt

Overview Map; Introduction; About this Book; The Mountain Ranges; Practicalities; When to Go; Weather; Getting There; Getting Around; Accommodation; Mountain Huts; Maps and Guidebooks; Health Considerations; The Mountains; Mountain Activities; Safety Dos and Don'ts; Mountain Rescue; Plant and Animal Life; Environmental Ethics; Information at a Glance; Chapter 1: Chablais Alps; 1:1 Val de Morgins; 1:2 Val d'Illiez; 1:3 Vallon de Susanfe; 1:4 Rhone Valley Approaches; 1:5 Vallee du Trient; Access, Bases, Maps and Guides; Chapter 2: Pennine Alps; 2:1 Val Ferret; 2:2 Val d'Entremont; 2:3 Val de Bagnes; 2:4 Val de Nendaz; 2:5 Val d'Heremence; 2:6 Val d'Herens; 2:7 Val de Moiry; 2:8 Val d'Anniviers; 2:9 Turtmanntal; 2:10 Mattertal; 2:11 Saastal; 2:12 Simplon Pass; Access, Bases, Maps and Guides; Chapter 3: Lepontine and Adula Alps; 3:1 Simplon Pass East; 3:2 Binntal; 3:3 Val Bedretto; 3:4 Valle Leventina; 3:5 Val Verzasca; 3:6 Valle Maggia and its Tributaries; 3:7 Valle di Blenio; 3:8 Vals Calanca and Mesolcina; 3:9 The Northern Valleys; Access, Bases, Maps and Guides; Chapter 4: Bernina, Bregaglia and Albula Alps; 4:1 Val Madris and the Averstal; 4:2 Engadine Valley: Left Bank; 4:3 Val Bregaglia; 4:4 The Bernina Alps; 4:5 The Swiss National Park; Access, Bases, Maps and Guides; Chapter 5: Bernese Alps; 5:1 Alpes Vaudoises; 5:2 Les Diablerets to the Rawil Pass; 5:3 The Wildstrubel Massif; 5:4 Kandersteg and the Gemmipass; 5:5 Blu?emlisalp and the Gasterntal; 5:6 The Kiental; 5:7 Lauterbrunnen Valley; 5:8 Grindelwald and the Lu?tschental; 5:9 Haslital and Grimsel Pass; 5:10 The Southern Valleys; Access, Bases, Maps and Guides; Chapter 6: Central Swiss Alps; 6:1 Uri Alps: Dammastock Group; 6:2 North of the Sustenpass: Titlis Group; 6:3 Glarner Alps; Access, Bases, Maps and Guides; Chapter 7: Silvretta and Ratikon Alps; 7:1 Silvretta Alps: Lower Engadine; 7:2 Silvretta Alps: Prattigau; 7:3 Ratikon Alps; 7:4 The Alpstein Massif; Access, Bases, Maps and Guides; APPENDIX A Glossary of Alpine Terms; APPENDIX B Selective Bibliography; APPENDIX C Index of Maps; APPENDIX D The Swiss 4000m Peaks; Index