Name: Chamonix to Zermatt By Kev Reynolds
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Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker's Haute Route by Kev Reynolds

From Chamonix to Zermatt, and Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn - in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote hamlets, wander flower meadows and forests, skirt exquisite tarns that turn mountains on their heads, and clamber beside glaciers. The way intrudes on lonely stone-filled corries, with marmots along the boulders and ibex on the heights, and provides a surprise around every corner. The route is more than 180 kilometres long. It crosses 11 passes, gains more than 12,000 metres in height and is a strong contender for the title of Most Beautiful Walk in Europe. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and now includes the exciting two-day Europaweg - a true high-level path that carries the Haute Route way above the Mattertal and into Zermatt - a worthy conclusion to a great trek.

Chamonix to Zermatt Reviews

'The Walker's Haute Route, as described in this book, never quite reaches three thousand metres on any of its passes, it requires no technical mountaineering skills, avoids the vast majority of the glaciers which skiers slide across, but offers some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in Europe. ... Kev Reynolds knows these areas well. He's walked them for years and yet always manages to bring a freshness and vitality to his writing, a rare thing amongst modern guidebook writers.' (Cameron McNeish, TGO) 'This new book by Kev Reynolds describes the least hazardous of the high routes. Although this route is for those who are accustomed to mountain walking, actual mountaineering skills are not really necessary. The book is filled with masses of information and sketch maps, and illustrated by a good selection of photos.' (Austrian Alpine Club Newsletter)

About Kev Reynolds

A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drives Kev's desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months each year among various high mountain regions researching guidebooks, makes him The Man with the World's Best Job; a title he aims to keep by remaining active for another 100 years at least. Kev has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone since the 1970s, producing walking and trekking guides to the Pyrenees, Alps and Himalaya, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds and he has several more books in the pipeline. A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, he also writes and illustrates brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lives with his wife in a small cottage among what he calls 'the Kentish Alps' with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travels throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he writes about through a series of lectures. Check him out on www.kevreynolds.co.uk

Preface to the Third Edition Introduction The Walker's Haute Route Getting There and Back Again Accommodation Weather Notes for Walkers Paths and Waymarks Safety in the Mountains Flora and Fauna Recommended Maps Using the Guide The Route Stage 1: Chamonix Argentiere Stage 2: Argentiere - Col de Balme - Trient Alternative Stage 2: Argentiere - Col de Balme - Les Grands - Col de la Forclaz Stage 3: Trient - Fenetre d'Arpette - Champex Alternative Stage 3: Trient - Col de la Forclaz - Alp Bovine -Champex Stage 4: Champex - Sembrancher - Le Chable Stage 5: Le Chable - Clambin - Cabane du Mont Fort Stage 6: Cabane du Mont Fort - Col Termin -Col de Louvie - Col de Prafleuri - Cabane de Prafleuri Alternative Stage 6: Cabane du Mont Fort - Col de la Chaux - Col de Louvie - Col de Prafleuri - Cabane de Prafleuri Stage 7: Cabane de Prafleuri - Col des Roux Col de Riedmatten - Arolla Alternative Stage 7: Cabane de Prafleuri - Col des Roux - Cabane des Dix Alternative Stage 7a: Cabane des Dix - Pas de Chevres - Cabane des Aiguilles Rouge/Arolla Stage 8: Arolla - Lac Bleu - Les Hauderes -La Sage Stage 9: La Sage - Col du Tsate - Cabane de Moiry Alternative Stage 9: La Sage - Col de Torrent - Barrage de Moiry/Grimentz Stage 10: Cabane de Moiry - Col de Sorebois - Zinal Alternative Stage 10: Barrage de Moiry - Col de Sorebois - Zinal Stage 11: Zinal - Forcletta - Gruben Alternative Stage 11: Zinal - Hotel Weisshorn Alternative Stage 11a: Hotel Weisshorn - Meidpass - Gruben Stage 12: Gruben - Augstbordpass - St Niklaus Stage 12a: St Niklaus - Gasenried Alternative Stage 13: St Niklaus - Tasch - Zermatt Stage 13: Gasenried - Europa Hut Stage 14: Europa Hut - Taschalp - Zermatt Appendices Appendix A: Walks from Zermatt Appendix B: Climbing from Zermatt Appendix C: Useful Addresses Appendix D: Bibliography Appendix E: Glossary Route Summary

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GOR001621270

ISBN 13

9781852843274

ISBN 10

1852843276

Title

Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker's Haute Route by Kev Reynolds

Author

Kev Reynolds

Series

Cicerone Guide

Condition

Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Cicerone Press

Year published

20010818

Number of pages

204

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Chamonix to Zermatt Kev Reynolds

Chamonix to Zermatt by Kev Reynolds

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Chamonix to Zermatt Summary

Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker's Haute Route by Kev Reynolds

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