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The Swiss Alps

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Cicerone Press Limited, 2012 - Sports & Recreation - 461 pages
Comprehensive new guide by alpine expert Kev Reynolds to every mountain area in the Swiss Alps, Europe, includes information for walking, trekking, climbing, ski mountaineering and all mountain activities. Access, accommodation and facilities in the valley bases and full information about the mountain huts is included. With over 90 detailed maps.
  

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Contents

Overview Map
7
Acknowledgements
8
INTRODU CTION
11
Practicalities
16
The Mountains
31
Chablais Alps
49
PENNINE ALPS
81
LEPONTINE and ADULA ALPS
183
BERNESE ALPS
291
CENTRAL SWISS ALPS
353
SILVRETA AND RÄTIKON ALPS
403
Appendix A Glossary of Alpine Terms
437
Appendix B Glossary of Alpine Terms
439
Appendix C Index of Maps
440
Appendix D The Swiss 4000m Peaks
442
INDEX
449

BERNINA BREGAGLIA and ALBULA ALPS
239
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About the author (2012)

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.

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TitleThe Swiss Alps
Cicerone Series
Cicerone world mountain ranges
World Mountain Ranges
AuthorKev Reynolds
Editionillustrated
PublisherCicerone Press Limited, 2012
ISBN1852844655, 9781852844653
Length461 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Sports & Recreation / Hiking
Travel / Europe / Switzerland
Travel / Special Interest / Adventure
  
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