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France: Natural Rock Climbing Sites Map
| Series: | France: IGN Thematic Tourist Maps |
| Sheet reference: | 909 |
| Publisher: | IGN (France Survey) |
| Catalogue number: | 50597 |
| Scale: | 1:1,000,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A general road map of France with an overprint highlighting natural rock-climbing sites, including bouders and Via Ferrata. Many sites within easy reach from Britain; in Normandy or Brittany, or the...
Monte Perdido - Vignemale - La Munia
| Series: | Spain: Editorial Alpina Walking Maps |
| Sheet reference: | 9 |
| Publisher: | Editorial Alpina |
| Catalogue number: | 168760 |
| Scale: | 1:30,000 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 6 - 8 weeks |
One of the titles in an extensive series of walking maps covering the Pyrenees, Catalonia, and other popular hiking areas in Spain, including Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada and parts of Andalucía, Mallorca...
The Alpine 4000m Peaks - By the Classic Routes
| Author: | Richard Goedeke |
| Publisher: | Baton Wicks |
| Catalogue number: | 117515 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
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 practical...
La Porta del Cel Hiking Circuit
| Publisher: | Editorial Alpina |
| Catalogue number: | 162439 |
| Scale: | 1:25,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A 65-km long, cross-border hiking circuit rising to the summit of the Pica d’Estats (3143m). The map, from the publishers of an extensive hiking series for the Spanish Pyrenees, has contours at 10m...
| Author: | Nigel Shepherd |
| Publisher: | Cordee |
| Catalogue number: | 39432 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
Practical climb descriptions, access information, photographs over printed with routes and simple maps for 24 climbs in the Chamonix area. Covers the Chamonix Valley, Sallanches Valley, Bargy and Aravis...
| Author: | Fergus Fleming |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Catalogue number: | 100270 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
“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 realms...
Mont Blanc Massif (Vol.I): Selected Climbs
| Author: | Lindsay Griffin |
| Publisher: | Alpine Club |
| Catalogue number: | 19718 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A selection of hut based climbs at both high and low altitude. Many of the popular routes are described in detail. More remote routes are described in less detail, reflecting the fact that these are...
Mont Blanc Massif (Vol.II): Selected Climbs
| Author: | Lindsay Griffin |
| Publisher: | Alpine Club |
| Catalogue number: | 19672 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A selection of hut based climbs at both high and low altitude. Many of the popular routes are described in detail. More remote routes are described in less detail, reflecting the fact that these are...
Valais Alps West: Selected Climbs
| Author: | Les Swindin |
| Publisher: | Alpine Club |
| Catalogue number: | 73581 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
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 extremely...
When the Alps Cast their Spell
| Publisher: | Neil Wilson Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 127886 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In “When the Alps Cast Their Spell” the mountaineer and writer Trevor Braham illustrates aspects of the character and achievements of some of the early Victorian climbers, and their response to the...
| Series: | France: IGN Tourism and Outdoor Leisure Maps |
| Sheet reference: | 82011 |
| Publisher: | IGN (France Survey) |
| Catalogue number: | 201254 |
| Scale: | 1:15,000 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Detailed topographic map with contours at 10m and bold relief shading, covering the Calanques between Marseille and Cassis in two sections: Massif de Puget and Massif de Marseilleveyre, with Ile Riou...
Alpine Ski Mountaineering Volume 1 - Western Alps
| Author: | Bill O'Connor |
| Publisher: | Cicerone Press |
| Catalogue number: | 112337 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
A selection of the finest high level ski tours in the western Alps, in areas as diverse as Ecrins, Vanoise, Haute Maurienne, Grand Paradiso, Mont Blanc and Valaise, and aimed at all levels of ability...
Alpine Ski Mountaineering Volume 2 - Central & Eastern Alps
| Author: | Bill O'Connor |
| Publisher: | Cicerone Press |
| Catalogue number: | 113182 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
A selection of the finest high level ski tours in the central Alps, aimed at all levels of ability.
Pyrenees West: Larrau to Gavarnie Cirque
| Author: | Arthur Battagel |
| Publisher: | West Col Productions |
| Catalogue number: | 21145 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Pyrenees Central: Gèdre to the Garonne Gap
| Author: | Arthur Battagel |
| Publisher: | West Col Productions |
| Catalogue number: | 20078 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
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