Walking in the Alps

The most comprehensive guidebook about Alpine walking in the Alps in the last
fifty years!
Suggests many thousands of possible routes, and covers the range from the
Maritime Alps of southern France to the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Walks vary
from undemanding to long and tough, and everything in between. Each alpine
area is comprehensively described with suggestions for walks, maps and photos.
Each alpine area is comprehensively described with suggestions for walks which
will stimulate the imagination. Details of guidebooks and maps are given.

Like its namesake this book sets out to describe some of the loveliest Alpine
regions from the point of view of the walker who is, after all, in the most
favoured position to witness and enjoy mountain scenery in all its abundant
variety. Only the mountain walker, the individual with good general fitness, a
modicum of scrambling experience and an eye for the hills, can move far enough
and at the right pace to enjoy the full range of wonders that the Alps so
generously offer.

This book is a definitive guide to the many thousands of possible routes, with
a geographical span that ranges from the Maritime Alps of southern France to
the Julians of Slovenia, from Italy’s Gran Paradiso to the little-known
Türnitzer Alps of eastern Austria, and from the ice-bound giants of the
Bernese Oberland to the green rolling Kitzbüheler Alps and the bizarre towers
of the Dolomites of South Tirol, showing the amazing diversity of this
wonderful mountain chain. There are walks to suit every taste: gentle and
undemanding, long and tough, and everything in between.
2nd edition 2010