Classic selection of routes from easy to hard for their day (1973). Superbly illustrated and thoroughly inspiring.

A great guide to all the major alpine peaks with lots of information about their easier routes of ascent. Superb colour photos.

A comprehensive guide to the classic routes on the 4000m peaks of the Alps. The guide is written for the summer mountaineer and as well as the easy and popular (not to say overcrowded) voie normals, includes virtually all the other routes on each peak that are not pointless or dangerous. Out of print - new edition due May 2012.

Clear guide to the five easiest routes up Mt Blanc. Chocabloc with superb photos, and so much information and topos on each route that it should be impossible to make a route finding error on a clear day.

The Mont Blanc Range lying on the borders of France, Italy and Switzerland is by far the most popular with British mountaineers. Volume 1 covers Mont Blanc, Mont Brouillard, Mont Rouge de Peuterey, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc du Tacul, Grande Jorasses. Also the Mont Blanc Italian satellite peaks. An excellent comprehensive guide to selected climbs in the range giving a good range of snow, ice, mixed and rock routes.

The Mont Blanc Range lying on the borders of France, Italy and Switzerland is by far the most popular with British mountaineers. Volume 2 covers the Chamonix Aguilles, including the Dent du Requin, Fou, Blaitiere, and Grepon, also the Argentiere Glacier and surrounding areas and the training ground of the Aiguille Rouges. An excellent comprehensive guide to selected climbs in the range giving a good range of snow, ice, mixed and rock routes.

Rockfax for the alps! Clear colour photo topos and routes described via the glacier basins rather than by peak, make this easier to use than the AC guides, however some of the route descriptions are brief to the point of taciturnity and pure rock climbs (even quite famous ones) are not included. Volume 1 covers the north-eastern part of the range, from the Trient area to the Géant area, and includes the Argentière Glacier.

Rockfax for the alps! Clear colour photo topos and routes described via the glacier basins rather than by peak, make this easier to use than the AC guides, however some of the route descriptions are brief to the point of taciturnity and pure rock climbs (even quite famous ones) are not included. Volume 2 covers the south-western end of the range from the Mer de Glace/Col du Géant southwards. This includes Mt Blanc and the Chamonix Aiguilles.

A glossy guide aimed at alpinists seeking lower grade snow, ice and mixed climbs in the Mont Blanc range. 21 classic routes are described (ranging in grade from F to D) with up to date details of current glacial topography! Simple topos and inspiring photos.

A very handy little guide for anyone who wants to climb Mt Blanc and doesn't fancy forking out for the pair of AC guides. Mt Blanc's Ordinary Route, together with 15 other "easy", and 14 other "slightly difficult" routes in the range are described (ie plenty of essential acclimatisation material), as well as basic safety and instructional information.

Translating as "The Other Side of the Aiguilles", this is a guide covering climbs on the Vallée Blanche/Mer de Glace side (ie east side) of the Chamonix Aiguilles, from the Aiguille de Plan to Montenvers Railway Station. The guide is in English throughout and features over 250 routes ranging from 5+ to 8a.

The Aiguilles Rouges are the range of peaks on the other side of the Chamonix Valley to the Mont Blanc Range. Over 170 major climbs are described on the Chamonix valley side of the range, many of which are quickly accessible via telepherique.

A super guidebook with lots of clear diagrams and colour photos on numerous high level ski-tours, including the classic Haute Route, as well as selection of day tours. Volume 1 covers from the Écrin to Zermatt.

Peter Cliff's excellent little guide to the classic Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt and its many variations is a must for the mountaineer or ski-mountaineer planning this superb trip. This guide covers the classic high level route, six main variations, and many minor options, for both ski mountaineers and the competent mountaineering walker.

An excellent and inspiring photo topo guide to the Haute Route, the week long ski tour from Chamonix to Zermatt. It describes the Classic (northern) Route, the Historic (southern) Route the Purist's Route (no taxis involved) and the Reverse Route from Zermatt to Chamonix.

Unusual cross between a guidebook and a travelogue, well illustrated with photos, maps and diagrams. It covers an enourmous journey on skis from Austria via Switzerland to the French Mediterranean coast undertaken by a group of friends in fortnightly periods over five years. Very entertaining, funny and informative - it contains a wealth of useful information for the ski mountaineer, and not just on the route taken.

An excellent pocket guide (in English) with clear descriptions and good topo photos. Routes are graded according to difficulty. Covers all sides of the range and is probably a more useful guide for the "average British skier" than the more extreme Baud guide.

Seventy excursions on "tennis raquets" with lots of clear diagrams and colour photos in the areas of Cluses Sallanches, Chamonix, Martigny, Aigle, Sion & Visp, and Aosta.

Detailed topo guide to icefalls in the alpine ares of France, Switzerland, Slovenia and Italy, well illustrated with photos, photodiagrams and maps and in English throughout. As a book of ideas of where to go and day dream about it is without competition.

A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall and mixed climbing to the west of Mont Blanc area, from St Gervais-Les-Bains to Annecy, and extending northwards as far as Cluses and south to Ugine. Very useful for Brits as this is the area that you drive through on your way to Chamonix.

A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall and mixed climbing to the north of Mont Blanc, from Sallanches to Lac Léman (Lake Geneva).

A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall climbing in the Mont Blanc area. Volume 1 covers the Chamonix valley and some Swiss valleys. Includes the lower Argentière Glacier.

A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall climbing in the Mont Blanc area. Volume 2 covers the Valdigne and Val de Cogne areas around Courmayer on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.

Topo guide to bolted valley and mountain crag climbs from F3a - F6b in in the centre and west of Switzerland, covering the area south and west of Interlaken, Meringen, and the Grimsal Pass (and including these areas too). It includes a selection of crags from the Bernese Oberland, and the Valais (Wallis) Alps (Zermatt, Sion), many crags around Martigny, and even a dozen venues in the Chamonix and Annecy areas of France, making it the most useful of these Swiss guides for "Brits on their annual hols".

Useful guide for Brits visiting Switzerland covering multi-pitch granite alpine type routes up to grade 6; these may require glacier approaches and/or descents. Covers the south of the country.

A nicely produced guide to all (well some of) that wonderful limestone you see when driving from Geneva to Chamonix. Mainly sport climbing, but some crags may require a small rack. Superb photo and line diagrams.

A guide to many of the low lying, easily accessible, bolted (and hopefully, sunny) crags in the Chamonix area, from Le Fayet in the West to Barberine and Giétroz just over the Swiss border in the East. It covers all the crags and bouldering of note in the Chamonix and Vallorcine valleys plus a few routes in the high mountains that are easily accessible via the lift system. A very useful guide to have to hand if the weather turns poor in the high mountains (which it inevitably will!)

Useful little guide to sport climbing on the crags of Barbarine and Giétroz in the Vallorcine Valley on the Franco-Swiss border between Chamonix and Martigny (and about 25 minutes drive from either).

Bouldering in the Chamonix area - some 800 problems are described with map type topos. Many of these are relatively new problems and so lack the polish some of the more established classics have acquired. A useful guide to have to hand for when you get rained of the high peaks.

Subtitled, "Bouldern im herzen der alpen" - ie a bouldering guide, mainly to the alpine regions of Switzerland, but the cover extends as far south as Ailfroide in the French Dauphinee, and as far east as Sellapass in Austria.

Fully revised, second edition of a monster guidebook/reference work covering a vast range of European alpine areas, including: Maritime Alps, Dauphiné, The Graians, Mt Blanc Range, Pennine Alps, Bernese Oberland, Central Swiss Alps, Lepontine Alps, Bernina Alps, The Dolomites, Ortler Alps, Silvretta Alps, Oztal Alps, Stubai Alps, Zillertal Alps, Austrian Alps, and the Julian Alps.

Second edition of this selection of walks up to alpine huts from all over the Alps - and not just the best known areas.

Easy summits for walkers in the Savoie and Haut Savoie, French Alps. Areas covered are: Chablais - Faucigny, Aiguilles Rouges, Bornes, Aravis, Bauges, Beaufortain and Vanoise-Tarentaise. 100 routes are described.

The Haute Savoie is the beautiful mountain area to the west of Chamonix, between Chamonix and Annecy in the south, and up to Lake Geneva in the north. The North book covers the area south of Lake Geneva (Saleve, Vallee Verte, Chablais). 30 walks are described.

The Haute Savoie is the beautiful mountain area to the west of Chamonix, between Chamonix and Annecy in the south, and up to Lake Geneva in the north. The South book covers the area between Annecy and Chamonix (Faucigny/Haut Giffre, Aravis/Borne) 30 walks are described.

Despite the sub-title, this guide describes a completely different high level route between Chamonix and Zermatt, some way to the north of the what most mountaineers would deem the Classic Haute Route, and avoiding all those nasty glaciers etc. A well produced guide with lots of clear maps and good colour photos.

More commonly known as the Tour du Mont Blanc (even amongst Brits), this is a ten day or so walking tour around the circumference of the entire Mont Blanc Range and a very popular walking tour famed for its magnificent scenery.

A beautifully illustrated guide to the high and low level walks on the French and Italian sides of the Mt Blanc Range. 50 walks are described together with 4 multi-day treks.

Ninety routes, all day walks, from France, Italy and Switzerland, but all in the Mt Blanc region. The maps are colourful if a little simplified, but then you should have a map as well anyway (and it does tell you which one), and the descriptions are concise with no extraneous material.

50 selected valley and mountain walks around Chamonix, St Gervais, Argentière and Courmayer. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos.