France/Italy: IGN Alps Without Frontiers Hiking Maps

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A series covering the Alps in France and Italy, designed to highlight special AsF (Alpes sans Frontières) cross-border hiking routes, produced jointly under the auspices of the European Union by the two country's national survey organizations and Alpine Clubs: Institut Géographique National, Istituto Geografico Militare, Club Alpin Français and Club Alpino Italiano.

Each title consists of a pocket-size guide and a separate fold-out map at 1:25,000. The guides contain descriptions of the routes, divided into stages. They also include descriptions of villages along the routes, listing accommodation and other facilities, plus details of all the mountain huts with opening times, capacity, etc. The maps have cartography of the topographic survey of the two countries. An overprint highlights the AsF routes and other mountain paths, as well as huts, recreational facilities, etc. Each map has a 1-km UTM grid. A list of GPS waypoints is included in the guide.

Each title was originally published in two versions: French/Italian or English/German. From the English/German versions, only the titles listed here remain in print, although stocks of some of them are very low. A few more titles are still available in the French/Italian version. The series was originally intended to extend from the Mediterranean to Lake Geneva, but maps Nos.17 to 20, covering the French/Swiss border were never published and there no plans to have the series completed.

Please note:
Institute Géographique National also publishes several other series of detailed road maps and recreational maps of France for hiking and various outdoor activities, all listed on our website.

• Raised relief maps:
  IGN is renowned for their excellent series of 3-D plastic maps, covering all but the flattest parts of France, from Brittany, Normandy or the Paris region to a truly spectacular map of the Mont Blanc massif. Popular areas such as the Alps, the Pyrenees or Provence are covered at a variety of scales. These superb maps can be a beautiful decoration, an excellent educational aid or an unusual reminder of an interesting holiday. Unfortunately, due to frequent damage in transit to our customers, we are unable to offer these maps on our website. Selected titles are kept in stock, and all others can be ordered for collection from our London shop. Please contact us by e-mail for a full list of titles.