Book description
A guide to the classic Chamonix to Zermatt trek, from Mont Blanc to the
Matterhorn, in the northern slopes of the Pennines Alps, described in 14
stages. In two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest
collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most
spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote
hamlets, wander flower meadows and forests, skirt exquisite tarns that
turn mountains on their heads, and clamber beside glaciers. The way
intrudes on lonely stone-filled corries, with marmots along the boulders
and ibex on the heights, and provides a surprise around every corner.
The route crosses 11 passes, gains more than 12,000 metres in height and
is a strong contender for the title of Most Beautiful Walk in Europe.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and now includes the
exciting two-day Europaweg - a true high-level path that carries the
Haute Route way above the Mattertal and into Zermatt - a worthy
conclusion to a great trek. Reprinted with updates in April 2011. Kev
Reynolds, author of this guide, is a freelance writer, photojournalist
and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for
Cicerone Press (Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978; he
has since produced 27 titles for the same publisher, with others being
researched at present. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the
Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the
countryside remains undiminished after a lifetime's activity, and he
regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through
his lectures.
