Walking is unquestionably the best method of exploring,
and it is the mountain walker for whom journeys in the
Alps reveal some of the finest views, the greatest
contrasts. This book then is a definitive guide to the
many thousands of possible routes, with a geographical
span that ranges from the Maritime Alps of southern
France to the Julians of Slovenia, from Italy's Gran
Paradiso to the little-known Turnitzer Alps of eastern
Austria, from the ice-bound giants of the Bernese
Oberland to the green rolling Kitzbuheler Alps and the
bizarre towers of the Dolomites of South Tirol, showing
the amazing diversity of this wonderful mountain chain.
There are walks to suit every taste: gentle and
undemanding, long and tough, and everything in between.
Written by Britain's most respected authority on the
Alps, this is a fully updated edition of this important
book.