Walks and climbs in the Pyrenees

Guidebook describing 170 routes for walks, climbs and multi-day treks on both
sides of the Pyrenees, including a circuit of Andorra’s Frontier Peaks.

The 3000m summits are within reach of any hill walker and offer a variety of
terrain. The day walks range from 30 minutes to 9 hours and the multi-day
walks from 2 to 12 days.

Essential guidebook of walks and climbs in the Pyrenees, with over 170 day
walks, multi-day walks, climbing routes and mountaineering ascents. Covers all
valleys and peaks on both sides of the border with France and Spain, with
through routes and peaks to bag, as an introduction to one of Europe’s finest
mountain ranges.

The active walker, trekker and climber is spoilt for choice. There are
exquisite valleys and passes to wander and summits of 3000m and more within
the reach of most hill walkers. The landscape is full of diversity and
contrast, with Alpine-style peaks over 3000m, small glaciers, deep gorges and
more than a thousand mountain lakes. The range is also known as the ‹flower
garden of Europe›, and the wildlife includes various species rarely seen
elsewhere on the continent. Since the first edition appeared in 1978, Walks
and Climbs in the Pyrenees has become accepted as the authoritative guide to
the range and has been continuously updated and in print. For centuries the
Pyrenees were dismissed as holding little of importance to the climber and
mountain walkers ignored them almost completely. But all that has changed and
the Pyrenees have now become the focus of attention for mountain activists of
all degrees of commitment.

The guidebook divides the range into 21 sections, including Andorra, the
Ordesa National Park, the Carlit Massif, Gavarnie and the Cirque du Lescun to
name a few. Each area includes practical information on travel, accommodation
and mountain refuges, as well sketch mapping. Between short, half-hour walks,
to 12-day treks and 25 summits, this guidebook will help any walker, climber
or trekker experience the best of the Pyrenees.