Hill Walking
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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
Walking in Mallorca
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Covering a vast area, the Cicerone - Walking in Mallorca guidebook details 80 varied walking routes around the island of Mallorca, mainly in the rugged Serra de Tramuntana. Enables walkers to explore the island’s diverse terrain – from rugged mountains to remote valleys and breathtaking cliff coastlines.
Ideal for walking year round, but expect to get pretty hot in summer. Over 300 sunny days per year. Climate in spring, autumn and winter gives ideal conditions.
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£15.00
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Cicerone
Walking in Berenese Alps
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This Cicerone guide book is ideal for the beginner or those looking for a little adventure. Over 100 routes are described in this guidebook to walking the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, home to the famous Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. Routes for all abilities lead to lesser-known mountains, romantic valleys, lakes, flower-filled meadows and mountain huts. Describes the area from the Haslital in the east to the Col du Pillon in the west.
May to end September is the best weather (but watch out for summer thunderstorms); huts manned in summer months
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£14.00
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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
Chamonix to Zermatt the Walker's Haute Route
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Described as one of the most beautiful treks in Europe. The Chamonix to Zermatt route is in the shadow of great peaks from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, the Chamonix to Zermatt route skirts the northern slopes of the Pennine Alps. Described in 14 stages (180km, 11 passes and 12,000m of ascent and descent).
Ideal for Alpine summer walking – mid-June to mid-September. Snow could remain on higher passes well into July.
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£12.95
