Tour of Mont Blanc - Kev Reynolds

Tour of Mont Blanc

Complete two-way trekking guide

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Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2014 | 3rd Revised edition
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-85284-672-5 (ISBN)
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An essential guidebook for anyone walking the Tour of Mont Blanc. The 170km circuit typically takes 11 days to walk around the Mont Blanc massif. The TMB is recognised as one of the world's classic trek. The book describes both anti-clockwise and clockwise directions, with variants and information about huts, refuges and facilities en route.
The third edition of this popular guidebook to the 105-mile Tour of Mont Blanc. One of the best of the world's classic walks, which circumnavigates the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days. The walk has all the excitement of the high mountains yet none of the worry of altitude sickness. It crosses numerous cols with stunning views of spectacular snow and rock peaks and accommodation along the route is plentiful. The 'official' Tour du Mont Blanc follows an established route around the main block of mountains containing not only Mont Blanc but its principal allied summits such as Verte, Chardonnet, Gouter, Géant, Jorasses, d'Argentière, Dolent and numerous others. The author describes the tour both in the traditional 'anti-clockwise' direction and the 'clockwise' direction. There are several alternative routes that subsequently link, and these are also described. The routes have been created to give the very best perspective and appreciation of the whole region. At every opportunity recommendations are made that will bring the walker into closer contact with the area. This guide is in full colour, with points of interest, accommodation details and natural history of the region covered. This edition includes new routes around Courmayeur and Arnuva and to Lac Blanc.

Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone appeared in 1978 and he has since produced over 30 others. Kev's passion for mountains and countryside remains undiminished after a lifetime of activity.

Introduction

The Tour of Mont Blanc
The Route
Clockwise or Anti-Clockwise?
Suggested Itineraries
How to Get There
When to Go
Accommodation
Languages
Maps and Waymarks
Notes for Walkers
Safety in the Mountains
Using the Guide
Information at a Glance

The Tour of Mont Blanc - Anti-Clockwise

Stage 1 Les Houches - Bionnassay - Les Contamines
Alt Stage 1 Les Houches - Refuge de Miage - Les Contamines
Stage 2 Les Contamines - Croix du Bonhomme - Les Chapieux
Stage 3 Les Chapieux - Col de la Seigne - Rifugio Elisabetta
Stage 4 Rifugio Elisabetta - Courmayeur
Stage 5 Courmayeur - Rifugio Bonatti
Stage 6 Rifugio Bonatti - Grand Col Ferret - La Fouly
Stage 7 La Fouly - Champex
Stage 8 Champex - Alp Bovine - Col de la Forclaz
Alt Stage 8 Champex - Fenêtre d'Arpette - Col de la Forclaz
Stage 9 Col de la Forclaz - Col de Balme - Tré-le-Champ
Alt Stage 9 Col de la Forclaz - Refuge Les Grands - Tré-le-Champ
Stage 10 Tré-le-Champ - La Flégère
Stage 11 La Flégère - Le Brévent - Les Houches

Places and Items of Interest on the TMB
The Story of Mont Blanc

The Tour of Mont Blanc - Clockwise

Stage 1 Champex - Ferret
Stage 2 Ferret - Grand Col Ferret - Rifugio Bonatti
Stage 3 Rifugio Bonatti - Courmayeur
Stage 4 Courmayeur - Rifugio Elisabetta
Stage 5 Rifugio Elisabetta - Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme
Stage 6 Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme - Les Contamines
Stage 7 Les Contamines - Bionnassay - Les Houches
Alt Stage 7 Les Contamines - Refuge de Miage - Les Houches
Stage 8 Les Houches - Le Brévent - La Flégère
Stage 9 La Flégère - Col de Balme - Trient
Stage 10 Trient - Alp Bovine - Champex
Alt Stage 10 Refuge Les Grands - Fenêtre d'Arpette - Champex

Appendix A Accommodation
Appendix B Useful contacts
Appendix C Further reading
Appendix D French-English glossary

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.2.2014
Zusatzinfo Over 50 maps and profiles and 80 colour photos
Verlagsort Kendal
Sprache englisch
Maße 116 x 172 mm
Gewicht 310 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Reisen Reiseführer Europa
ISBN-10 1-85284-672-0 / 1852846720
ISBN-13 978-1-85284-672-5 / 9781852846725
Zustand Neuware
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