The High Mountains of the AlpsA comprehensive portrait -- in text and glorious color photos -- of the topography and climbing history of the highest peaks in the Alps. Includes technical advice for popular routes. |
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Aiguille Verte Allalin Almer approach arête ascent August bergschrund Bernese Alps Bill O'Connor Bionnassay Bivouac Breithorn Brenva Brouillard Chamonix climbers corniced Couloir crevasses Dave Wynne-Jones Dent du Géant descent Dôme Dufourspitze East Face East Ridge Fiescherhorn Finsteraarhorn Flank foot four-thousander glacier tour GLETSCHER Gnifetti Goûter Grand Gendarme Grandes Jorasses Grindelwald guides Hörnli HUTS/OTHER BASES Johann John Allen Jungfrau Konkordia Lagginhorn Lenzspitze Liskamm MAPS/GUIDEBOOKS Matterhorn metres Mischabel mixed climbing Mönch Mönchjoch Mont Blanc Monte Rosa Monte Rosa Hut mountain Nadelhorn névé Normal Route North Face North Ridge North-East Face North-West Ridge party peak Peuterey pitches reached Ridge PD RIDGES/FACES Rifugio Rimpfischhorn Rochefort rock climbing rope Saas Fee Schreckhorn Sella Signalkuppe ski tour ski-mountaineers slopes South Face South Ridge South-East Ridge South-West Spur Staffed steep stonefall summit Swiss Täsch Täschhorn traverse upper VALLEY BASES Weisshorn Weissmies West Face West Ridge Whymper Willi Burkhardt Zermatt