Corsica

Mountainous Mediterranean island.

Alpine:

West Col - Corsica Mountains

£13.50

An alpine climbing and walking guide to the high mountains of Corsica giving descriptions and diagrams for many alpine climbs, mainly in the easier grades, as well as information on huts and valley bases. Also includes a chapter on the famous GR20 High Level Route.

 

Rock Climbing, Canyoning & Via Ferrata:

Editions del'Envol - Guide d'escalade en Corse, Vol 1

Not available in UK

Rock climbing guide to the Massif de Bavella in Corsica. Topos and photodiagrams help, but a knowledge of French is essential to use this guide. Sorry - no longer available in the UK.

 

FFME - Falaises de Corse

£34.95

Guide to some fantastic sport climbing on mainly granite and gabbro all over Corsica with clear colour photo topos and lots of colour photography.

 

Bouldering:

Corsica Bloc (Bouldering in Corsica)

£23.95

Bouldering at ten differents sites scattered around Corsica. The usual mix of plan topos plus lists of problems and colour action photos.

 

Walking:

Cicerone - GR20 - Corsica

£14.95

A guide to walking Corsica’s GR20, known as the toughest GR route in Europe. It makes a complete traverse through the high mountains, sometimes with hands-on scrambling. Covering 190km, the GR20 can be completed by fit walkers in about two weeks.

 

Trailblazer - Corsica Trekking - GR20

£11.99

Comprehensive guide to the famous GR20 High Level Route, and indeed to the whole of Corsica, with sections on its history, geology, flora and fauna etc, plus a guide to the major towns of Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Corte and Porto-Vecchio.

 

Cicerone - Walking in Corsica

£12.00

Three long distance (two coast-to-coast) and 18 day walks in Corsica.

 

Rother - Corsica

£12.99

A walking guide to Corsica describing 70 walks, both mountain and coastal, and mainly ones that can be done in a day, from all over the island.