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Cordee Books Northwest Highlands Guidebook: This comprehensive guide for hillwalkers details routes on 295 mountains in North-West Scotland north of the Great Glen. The area includes Ardnamurchan, Ardgour,Knoydart, Glen Shiel, Glen Affric, Glen Cannich, Monar, Applecross, Coulin, Torridon, Loch Maree, The Fannaichs, Beinn Dearg, Coigach, Assynt and Sutherland.; £22.00

Cordee Books Walking in the Alps Guidebook: Kev Reynolds, doyen of Alpine writers, has brought out 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. Every region of the Alps is covered in detail;walks and tours given in mouthwatering profusion. Chris Bonington agrees," The most comprehensive book about the Alps in the last fifty years,"he says. This is an essential volume for the Alpine traveller. What a present for Xmas! What a present at any time!; £20.00

Cordee Books Scottish Hill Tracks Guidebook: Walking Guidebook to Long Distance Walking Routes on Tracks and Rights of Way in Scotland A revisal of the 4th edition of the popular guidebook to long distance walking routes on tracks & rights of way in Scotland. This edition contains changes to 80 of the 300 routes when the 4th edition was first published, along with other updated information and a summary of the access code that will accompany ScotlandÆs new access legislation. A new index makes for easier route finding in the book. Included with the book is a specially designed map which shows the lines of all the routes described in the guidebook and is an invaluable aid to planning walking expeditions to suit everyone. A joint publication by the Scottish Rights of Way & Access Society and the Scottish Mountaineering Trust means that this is the definitive walking guide for long distance walking routes on tracks in Scotland. The route descriptions will be reliable and up to date. Already a strong seller, this new edition brings us up to date with route changes and information on access legislation.; £16.00

Cicerone The Cairngorms: Walks, Trails and Scrambles Guidebook: In over 100 walks this first Cicerone walking guide to the Cairngorms explores the region's 23 Munro summits and also the smaller viewpoint hills outside the main range. For the adventurous there are the best of the area's rocky scrambles, and the classic through-routes used by cattle-drovers and Queen Victoria. For others there are easy, sandy trails wandering among the tall pines and along the banks of the great rivers Spey, Nethy and Dee. Britain's biggest mountain range is special in several ways. There's the granite plateau, and an Arctic ecosystem of gravel, boulders and late-lying snow. There are the glacial glens and high corries, where green lochans lie below great crags of the plateau rim. And at the hill foot grows the ancient Caledonian forest. Along with the main Cairngorm range between Speyside and Deeside the book covers Lochnagar. It complements Cicerone's winter climbing guide to the region.; £12.95

Cicerone Walking the Munros: Southern, Central and Western Highlands Vol. 1 Guidebook: This first volume of a two-part series of guides to the Munros covers the southern, central and western highlands, Glencoe, Lochaber and Mull, and details routes for these 139 exciting and challenging mountains. A comprehensive introduction provides the history of the Munros and includes vital practical information to make your quest as successful as possible. The key features are: includes comprehensive information on tackling this famous collection of mountains, such as weather conditions, access, and the geology of the area; detailed route descriptions around each of the 139 Munros (all the popular routes included), with sketch map for each route; all routes prefaced by a wealth of information about Gaelic names, accommodation and access; useful 10-figure grid refererences for key points such as summits and start point of awkward descent lines; travel and other information on making the most of your walks and your stay in the area; appendix listing all the Munros covered in the guide; outstanding full-colour photography; and, hard-wearing, waterproof PVC cover. Part of a two-part series; volume 2 covers the northern Munros.; £12.00