Book description
An inspirational walking guide to 20 summer treks in the European Alps
in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France and Slovenia, by 8 Alpine
trekking experts, including the classics such as the Tour of Mont Blanc
and lesser-known routes like the Traverse of the Slovenian Alps. All the
rich scenic diversity for which the Alps are renowned is celebrated
here. The talented writers and photographers brought together to produce
this book have, between them, explored every corner of Europe's premier
mountain range, written dozens of guides and, in some cases, led
trekking holidays there in order to share their enthusiasm for the Alps
with other walkers. The treks included are: (best-known) Tour of Mont
Blanc, Tour of the Matterhorn, Tour of Monte Rosa, Walker's Haute Route,
Tour of the Jungfrau Region, Tour of the Vanoise and Dolomites AV 1
& 2; (longer trans-Alpine routes) GR5 (Lake Geneva to Nice), Eastern
Alps E5, Italian Alps GTA and the Traverse of the Slovenian Alps; and
(for the Alpine adventurer) Alpine Pass Route, Tour of the Oisans, Tour
of the Queyras, Tour of Mont Ruan, Stubai High Route, Zillertal High
Route, Gran Paradiso AV2 and the Rätikon Höhenweg. Kev Reynolds, this
guide's contributing editor, first visited the Alps in the 1960s. He has
returned there almost every year since, to walk, trek or climb. A true
authority on all things Alpine, he has written over a dozen guides to
the region. The contributors to this guide - Justi Carey, Alan Castle,
Roy Clark, Paddy Dillon, Allan Hartley, Gillian Price and Hilary Sharp -
all share just as much enthusiasm for, and experience of, Europe's
premier mountain range.
