Autumn/Winter 09
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Cicerone
Pyrenean Haute Route
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A lesser known trail - the Cicerone Pyrenean Haute Route is a detailed guide to 800km trek along the Franco-Spanish border, from Hendaye to Banyuls-sur-Mer. The unwaymarked route is described in 45 days, with 500 GPS waymarks, information on villages, mountain huts, guesthouses, hotels and campsites and variant routes to avoid difficult sections. Also ascents of ten classic Pyrenean summits beside the route.
Best times of year to visit: July and August. August can be extremely warm and thunderstorms are an everyday hazard! In June most high mountain passes are still covered with snow but it's a good time for both the first section and, from mid-June on, the final section (if you avoid Pic Carlit). Late August and the first days of September often bring a short period of extremely bad weather but afterwards the first half of September can be exceptionally beautiful. There will be frost at night from the second half of September. Snowfall in the high mountains is not uncommon in September. Be ready for anything!
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£16.00
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Cicerone
Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees - 5th Edition
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This Cicerone guide covers all valleys and peaks from France and Spain, with through routes and peaks to bag.Guidebook of walks and climbs in the Pyrenees, covering both the French and Spanish sides of the High Pyrenees with over 170 walks, multi-day tours, climbing and mountaineering ascents.
Suitable for - Winter in the Pyrenees stretches from November to April. Summer activities between May and October, although snow may hold on into July. Thunderstorms on hot summer afternoons.
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£15.00
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Cicerone
The Hillwalkers Guide to Mountaineering
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A guide to the techniques, gear and skills that the ambitious hillwalker needs to tackle Britain’s classic mountaineering challenges competently. The Cicerone - Hillwalkers Guide to Mountaineering, covers the use of the rope to abseil, belay and protect ascents and descents, placement of protection, gear selection, navigation, survival, scrambling and first aid skills.
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£14.00
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Cicerone
Mountain Weather
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This book does exactly what its says in the title! helps walkers and climbers understand weather in the UK mountains. Helps you to develop the skills to interpret forecasts, understand weather maps, and read the weather so you can make important decisions about acitvities in the hills. Illustrated with weather maps and satellite imagery.
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£12.95
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Cicerone
Tour of Mont Blanc
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This second edition guidebook to the Tour of Mont Blanc, (170km, 105 miles) is a classic walk circumnavigating the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days. The guide follows an established route around the massif, taking the walker into France, Switzerland and Italy. The tour is described in both anti-clockwise and clockwise directions.
Ideal for the seasons - Views of the Mont Blanc range and its glaciers; mountain huts; views from Le Brévent; Mont Blanc tramway; Chamonix
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£12.95
Our Autumn/Winter 2009 range is now online
and in-store so you can get geared up in the latest
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