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Planning a trip to The French Alps? Browse our collection of The French Alps guide books and maps below; our collection includes travel guides from renowned publishers as well as specialist, hard-to-find publications. We also feature recommended holiday reading and all your essential travel accessories.

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    “Another Long Day On The Piste” is one of those travel-writing books that is funny, refreshing, and full of wit that will have you shaking with laughter.

    Will Randall has gone to live in a village...
    • Publisher: Abacus
  2. £20.00
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    White Weekends

    by Tom Robbins
    Tom Robbins’ “White Weekends” is the definitive guide to ski breaks in Europe, offering expert advice and insider knowledge on where to go, how to get there, and where to find the best après-ski fun....
    • Publisher: Transworld Publishers
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    Selected climbs in the western part of the Valais Alps, where there are many peaks between 3000-4000m and some, like the Matterhorn, over 4000m. Routes described are of all grades, from easy to...
    • Publisher: Alpine Club
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    A guide specifically to ski mountaineering in the Mont Blanc Range and Pennine Alps, covering the High Level Route through Chamonix, Zermatt and Saas Fee. Includes photographs and diagrams with ski...
    • Publisher: West Col Productions
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    This pocketsize handbook covers everything from equipment and clothing, weather, accommodation and navigation to avalanches, glacier skiing, crevasse rescue and first aid. Includes sections on maps...
    • Publisher: West Col Productions
  6. £12.99
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    Killing Dragons

    by Fergus Fleming
    “Killing Dragons” is the most hair-raising, hilarious account of the birth of mountaineering ever written.

    Above the pastures of Switzerland, it was long believed, dragons and ghosts inhabited the...
    • Publisher: Granta Books
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    Easy ascents of 100 mountains in Savoie and Haute-Savoie. A summary details the maps you will need, the height of the mountain, approximate time, and the terrain of each ascent, then there is a...
    • Publisher: Cordee
  8. £12.95
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    Once the reserve of only the most determined Alpinists, lifts, huts and modern equipment have opened this route up to any reasonably fit and competent hill-walker. This guide covers the classic...
    • Publisher: Cordee
  9. £18.99
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    Batôn Wick’s guide to the Alpine 4000m Peaks by Richard Goedeke details the classic mountaineering routes of the Alps’ highest peaks. With routes for all abilities, the guide is a good resource of...
    • Publisher: Baton Wicks
  10. £24.95
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    Val d'Isere - Tignes Off Piste

    by Jean-Luc Steiger
    Val D’isere-Tignes Off Piste describes the best off-piste descents in Val-d’Isere and Tignes. The ultimate skiing or snowboarding experience, going off-piste allows you to discover the fantastic...
    • Publisher: Editions Vamos
  11. £17.50
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    Wonderful hand-drawn panorama of the Alps on a map over two metres long, presenting the mountains in a 3-D effect, with snow covered peaks, valleys, lakes, etc. Viewed from the north towards the...
    • Publisher: MairDumont
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    Street plan of Annemasse, part of an extensive series covering French cities and towns from Blay-Foldex, the country’s largest, oldest and most experienced publisher of urban mapping. The plans...
    • Publisher: Blay-Foldex
    • Scale: 1:12,500
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