Alpine Ski Mountaineering: Volume 2 - Central and Eastern Alps

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  • Author: Bill O'Connor
  • Publisher: Cicerone Press
  • Catalogue: 113182
  • Size: 12x17cm
Bill O’Connor’s Cicerone guide to Alpine Ski Mountaineering - Volume 2 - Central and Eastern Alps, is part of a two-book series detailing some of the most extensive and accessible ski mountaineering in the world. Volume 2 covers a selection of the best high-level ski tours in the Central and Eastern Alps in the Bernese, Urner, Albula and Bernina Alps of Switzerland as well as classic tours through the Silvretta, Otztal, Stubai and Ortler regions of Austria and Italy. The routes that the guide focuses on are suitable for the average ski mountaineer as well as those for seek more challenging Alpine routes. A combination of varied terrain, enviable snow record, excellent public transport, unrivalled hut system and a long ski season makes the Alps a focus for mountaineers and skiers worldwide.

The guide is organized into 11 Tours - the Bernese Alps West, Bernese Oberland North, Bernese Oberland 4000ers, Urner Alps Traverse, Tour Soleil, Albula Alps traverse, Bernina High-Level Route, Silvretta Traverse, Otzal High-Level Route, Stubai High-Level Route and the Ortler Grand Circuit - each divided into different daily stages to help structure the route. A general outline of the entire Tour begins each section and Information Boxes at the start of each daily stage give details on Ascent, Descent, Principal Aspect, Difficulty and Time. A comprehensive introduction provides important information on the hut system, avalanche awareness and accidents, Helicopter rescue, a safety strategy for ski mountaineering, grading and difficulty and equipment list. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by sketch diagrams mapping the route in addition to colour photographs illustrating some of the dramatic Alpine landscapes.