Book description
This guidebook describes 70 mountain walking routes in the Écrins
National Park in south east France. Easily reached from Grenoble, the
Massif des Écrins is one of the most spectacular regions in all the
Alps. Most of the area is a national park, containing bold mountains
hung with glaciers, and more than 100 summits over 3000m high. The park
offers a profusion of alpine flowers, and romantic old villages and
hamlets huddle in the valleys. This is mountain country par excellence,
but hundreds of kilometres of well-marked trails and a network of alpine
huts make it accessible to walkers. The highest peaks form a block at
the very heart of the range, with a diverse assortment of valleys
surrounding or spreading from it - Vallée de la Romanche, Vallée de la
Guisane, Vallée de la Vallouise, Valgaudemar, Valjouffrey and Vallée du
Vénéon. For this second edition of the guide, Kev Reynolds has chosen
the best routes from each of these valley bases. This guide describes 70
full- and half-day walks in France's largest national park, suitable for
all experienced walkers, from alpine novices to experts, with useful
information on refuge accommodation and all other aspects of walking in
the region. Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and
lecturer whose first title for Cicerone Press (Walks and Climbs in the
Pyrenees) appeared in 1978. He has published many books on the Alps, a
series of trekkers' guides to Nepal and, nearer to home, several guides
on walking in southern England. A member of the Alpine Club, Austrian
Alpine Club and the Outdoor Writers' and photographers' Guild, he is
also first honorary member of the British Association of European
Mountain Leaders.
