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The Barre des Ecrins (4101m), the highest peak in the Ecrins and the only 4000m peak in France south of Mt Blanc. The picture shows the North Face. The North Face and West Ridge (the ridge on the right) is a very popular PD. More challenging is to climb the Barre Noire Couloir (AD), seen here sideways on as a leftward-slanting slim sliver of ice, and then traverse the crest of the peak.

Vibrantly colourful Rockfax style (but better?!) guide to European Cragging. No route descriptions but lots of incredibly useful info and a stunning collection of photographs - hard to believe that they have virtually all been taken by two people (David alias Jingo & Carrie alias Wobbly, Atchison-Jones) - don't these people have to work? 384p.

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An atlas of crags, climbing information and travel tips to France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal and Spain. Well illustrated with maps, diagrams and inspirational colour photos, and a useful source of information for anyone thinking of climbing in these places.

However only the major crags are covered. The French selection for instance consists only of Fontainbleau, Opiere, Gorges du Tarn, The Verdon, The Calanques and Corsica - Jingo Wobbly this ain't.

By Wynand Groenewegen and Marloes van den Berg, edited by Daniel Jaeggi. Card cover, 368 pages.

NB This rock climbing atlas does not contain any route descriptions or topos as the authors wish to encourage you to buy the local guidebooks!

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A monster volume of selected climbs in all the classic French sport-climbing/traditional rock-climbing areas areas such as Orpierre, Boux, the Verdon and Ceou, plus many you've probably not heard of. By Bill Birkett.

Sorry, now out of print - no reprint planned.

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Extremely useful road map of France with all the major climbing areas clearly marked. En Francais naturellement!  

Subtitled "The 600 best icefalls in the Alps".

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 guide, although there are plenty of easier routes in the book, free-standing pillars are also much in evidence which probably puts many of the climbs out of reach of the average climber. But as a book of ideas of where to go and day dream about it is without competition.

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By Mario Sertori. Card cover, 445 pages.

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Fully revised, second edition of a monster guidebook covering a vast range of areas, including: Maritime Alps, Dauphine, 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. By Kev Reynolds. Full colour, paperback, 495 pages.

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Subtitled "by the Classic Routes". Alpine climbing for Munro Baggers. The second edition of this useful guide has a card cover, marker ribbon and 240 pages with some superb colour photos. By Richard Goedeke.

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A comprehensive guide to the classic routes on the 4000m peaks of the Alps by Martin Moran and the Alpine Club. 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 - these include many great ridges and mixed climbs (including many alpine "Granded Courses", and are described in detail. Plastic cover, colour photo topos, marker ribbon, 383 pages.

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Long overdue! A guide to the alps for some-one who just wants to do Mont Blanc (plus a few other things)! Actually it contains descriptions for the ordinary routes up 10 alpine peaks (Gran Paradiso, Roche Faurio, Mt Blanc, Aiguilles Crochues, Aiguille du Tour, Allalinhorn, The Weissmies, Monte Rosa, Mont Blanc de Cheilon and Monte Rosa. Also some of the best Alpine Trekking including two versions of the Haute Route and the Tour de Mt Blanc, plus 19 others. Beautifully illustrated throughout and full of interesting reading for those hut-bound days. Brilliant. By Hilary Sharp, 176p.

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This swanky new guide has over 100 via ferratas; mostly in the Frech Alps but with a few in the Pyrenees and Corsica.

Each route has a clear topo and description with symbols indicating everything from grade to climbing time to exposure rating.
The photography is superb but you may tire of seeing the same two climbing "models" decked out in sponsored gear from Petzl and Beal.

There is an excellent "how to do it" section, with everything you need to know from equipment to techniques.

All in all an excellent new guide. By Jocelyn Chavy and Pjilippe Poulet. Card cover, 143 pages.

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A selection of great canyoning descents of all grades in Spain, France and Italy.

Areas covered include: Sierra de Guara Costa Blanca and Mallorca in Spain, the Haute Provence in France and Sardinia in Italy. There are also a few notes on Corsica. 45 canyons are described along with an extensive section on techniques and equipment.

By John Bull. Lots of colour maps and photos. Card cover, 205 pages.

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Second edition of this selection of walks up to alpine huts (in reality more like hostels) from all over the Alps - and not just the best known areas. Includes 20 walks in France, 45 in Switzerland, 16 in Italy, 16 in Austria, and 2 in Slovenia. By Kev Reynolds. Card cover, colour throughout, 246 pages.

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The famous GR5 footpath runs the full length of the French Alps from the Cote d'Azur to Mt Blanc and the Swiss Border. By Martin Collins.

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Neat little selected guide to Font by Colin Lambton and John "Stone Country" Watson.

Well illustrated with good maps and stacks of photos (click the image for a sample page).

Card cover, 172 pages.

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Translation from the French with lots of pictures and diagrams showing you how to locate and do all those 8bs. By Jo and Francoise Montchausse and Jacky Godoffe, 250p.

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From the authors of Fontainbleau Climbs, Jo & Françoise Montchaussé, Jacky Godoffe, a new guide detailing many of the new boulder problems that have been discovered in recent years in the harder grades of 6 and above. 3000 problems are detailed, and these are problems outside of the circuits so this guide is complementary to the previous guide rather than replacing it. The area is split into geographical zones, sectors and reference boulders, e.g. Nemours > Dame Jouanne > Angle Parfait) in combination with colour codes, which makes it easy to find your way around, and the access maps are extremely precise as to the position of the different boulders. Card cover, 288 pages.

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Not for everyone! Topos to 1789 "straight up" boulder problems at Fontainbleau - the only drawback is that they are all graded from F7a to F8c (ie V6 and harder!). Lots of black & white photos too. By Bart van Raaij. 289 pages, marker ribbon and tough plastic cover.

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About 2500 (out of an estimated 30000) boulder problems described at Europe's premier bouldering spot with the usual Jingo Wobbly dash and style. Carefully designed "challenges" add to the fun though the rather bewildering range of symbols might detract from it a bit. Generally aimed at the mid to lower grade boulderer and so nicely filling a very obvious gap in the market. In French and English with sufficient information also in Italian and German for it to be usable in those languages too. By David Atchison-Jones. Full colour and loads of great photos, quality card cover, 336 pages.

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Nineteen of the major crags in the Bourgogne (Burgundy) area around Dijon, Auxerre and Macon in NW France presented in Jingo Wobbly's colourful topo style with lots of superb photographs - though not as many of Wobbbly as we would like! Crags include Rochers du Parc, Saussois, Surgy, Vieux-Chateau, Hauteroche, Saffres, Geligny, Lantenay, Fixin, Brochon, Chambolle-Musigny, Bouilland, Cormot, Rome Chateau, Remigny, St Denis, Culles les Roches, Vergisson, Solutre. Confusing number of symbols are translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, Czech and Japanese. Notes on local wines and a map of vinyards round off the experience - a fruity little number indeed. By David and Carrie Atchinson-Jones. 336 pages, quality card cover.

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Not a guide, but a classic selection of routes from easy to hard for their day (1973). Superbly illustrated and thoroughly inspiring. Only problem is all the other equally inspired aspirant alpinists encountered en route. Hardback, Gaston Rebuffat, 240p.

This new edition is very little altered from the original, and still includes such classic climbs as the Bonatti Pillar which collapsed completely in 2005. This is still a very inspiring book though. 

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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 13 other slightly difficult routes in the range are described (ie plenty of essential acclimatisation material), as well as basic safety and instructional information. The routes are mainly in France with just one in Italy and a few on the border.

The route list comprises: Buet, Moulin de la Mer de Glace, Aiguille de Toule, Aiguille de la Glière, Tête Blanche, Petit Flambeau, Leschaux Hut, Grand Montets - Lognan Traverse, Vallée Blanche Traverse, Tré la Tête Glacier, Col du Tour Noir, Bérangère. Champex to Le Tour, Aiguille du Belvédère. Aiguille du Tour, Petit Mt Blanc, Aiguilles Marbrées, Petite Fourche, Traverse of the Crochues, Pointe Lachenal, Mt Tondu, Petit Verte, Aiguille de l'M, Aiguille de Midi, The Three Cols, Mont Blanc du Tacul, Traverse of the Aiguille d'Entrêves, Dômes de Miage, Mt Blanc Voie Normale.


This is a new edition with much better maps, diagrams and photo diagrams than the old one had - please click the image to see a sample page. Plenty of good inspiring photos too.

By Francois Burnier & Dominique Potard. 171 pages.

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On the minus side, you could buy Volume 1 of the AC guide to Mont Blanc (listed below) for the same price and get all the information you need to climb all five of these routes, plus a load of other routes on surrounding peaks, many of which would be suitable for acclimatising prior to your attempt on Mt Blanc.
On the plus side this guide is 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 (though we are not guaranteeing this!).
The routes described are:
The Goûter Route (the Ordinary Route).
The Three Monts (ascent from the Midi via Mont Blanc du Tacul and Mont Maudit).
The Grand Mulet Route.
The Pope Route (better known as the Aiguille Grises Route).
The Miage-Bionnassay Route (ascent from Italy via a traverse of the Dômes de Miage and the Aiguille du Bionassay).
A superb production. By François Damilano, card cover, 160 pages.

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Subtitled "Classic Snow, Ice and Mixed Climbs". New 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. By Jean-Louis Laroche and Florence Lelong. Card cover, 95 pages.

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The Mont Blanc Range lying on the borders of France, Italy and Switzerland is by far the most poular 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. By Lindsay Griffin.

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Volume 2 covers the Chamonix Aguilles, including the Dent du Requin, Fou, Blaitiere, and Grepon, also the Argentiere Glacier & surrounding areas and the training ground of the Aiguille Rouges. An excellent comprehensive guide. By Lindsay Griffin.

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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. By Francois Damilano. Card cover, 288 pages.

Volume 1 covers the North-Eastern part of the range, from the Trient area to the Geant area, and includes the Argentiere Glacier.

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As above, but covers the south-western end of the range from the Mer de Glace/Col du Geant southwards. This includes Mt Blanc and the Chamonix Aiguilles. By Francois Damilano. Card cover, 352 pages.

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Michael Piola's topo guides to (mainly) bolted rock climbs on the high peaks of the Mt Blanc Range were once very popular but have long been out of print. Recently he has requipped many of the routes and here is the first of what seems likely to be a series of guides. This one covers climbs on the Vallee Blanche/Mer de Glace side (ie east side) of the Chamonix Aiguilles, from the Aiguiile de Plan to Montenvers Railway Station. These are climbs that are easily accessible from Montenvers and with the Montenvers Hotel and Requin and Envers Huts to use as bases. Most climbs described are bolted and equipped for abseil descents. A large number of climbs is described using excellent clear line topos, and a good range of grades is covered. By Michel Piola (translated by Hilary Sharp). Card cover, some colour photos, 248 pages.

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A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall climbing in the Mont Blanc area. In French but reasonably understandable. Volume 1 covers the Chamonix valley and some Swiss Valleys.

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

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Icehome: online guidebook to various areas in France and Italy - in English.

Ice: Italian icefalls - in Italiano.

Colourful and diagramatic guide to ski-touring and extreme ski-ing and snow boarding in the Mt Blanc Range and Chamonix area. Routes are grade like climbs from F to ED with the aditional ABO (abominablement difficile). Some of the places "route" lines are marked, and first descent photos, are enough to make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. However there are 400 routes in this guide and many of them require no more than modest capabilities. By Anselme Baud. Card cover, 286 pages.

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The Aiguilles Rouges are the range of peaks on the other side of the Chamonix Valley to the Mont Blanc Range. They sit outside of the rainshadow of the major summits and so are often in climbable condition when the higher peaks are not. However, outside of a few popular training climbs such as the Index, this is still an adventurous area with glacier approaches and long (up to 12 pitch) rock routes such as the classic Voie des Dalles (F5c) on the Pouce.

Over 170 major climbs are described on the Chamonix valley side of the range, many of which are quickly accessible via telepherique. Areas covered in this volume are: Brévent, Plampra - Charlanon, Index - Glière - Pouce, Floria - Gapard - Crochues, Belvédère - Chamois - Persévérance, Chézerys.

By Michael Piola. In English with clear line-topos (please click the image to see a sample page). Card cover, 256 pages.

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Les Guides Francais answer to what to do in Cham when it rains.... Which it will.... ! (in English) 5th Edition. By Francois Burnier & Dominique Potard. Paperback with colour photos and topos. 222 pages.

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

By resident British mountain guide Jon de Montjoye. Hand-drawn line topos and colour action photos, card cover, 80 pages.

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Bouldering in the Chamonix area - some 800 problems are described with map type topos (click the image for a sample). By Emmanuel Ratoouis.

In French. A few photos and and lots of topos. Card cover, 80 pages.

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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 (please click the image to see a sample).

In French but with beaucoup de topos and a handy French/English/Italian/German dictionary of climbing terms. 1550 multipitch routes and 3000 single pitch climbs. By Gilles Brunot. Paperback, 296 pages, colour throughout.

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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. Does not cover the Chamonix Valley for which you will need Cascades autour du Mont Blanc Vol 1 (see above). In French and English.

Loads of colour photos and photo-topos. Card cover, 215 pages.

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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). Does not cover the Chamonix Valley for which you will need Cascades autour du Mont Blanc Vol 1 (see above). In French and English.

Loads of colour photos and photo-topos. Card cover, 256 pages.

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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 Ecrin to Zermatt. By Bill O'Connor. Plastic Cover, 250 pages.

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Sorry - out of print. Reprint expected in time for the ski-touring season in 2009. 

A super guidebook with lots of clear diagrams and colour photos on numerous high level ski-tours. Volume 2 covers the Bernese Oberland through to the Stubai, Silvretta and Ortler. By Bill O'Connor. Plastic Cover, 255 pages.

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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. By Hilary Sharp. Plastic Cover, 279 pages.

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Unusual cross between a guidebook and a travelogue, well illustrated with photos, maps and diagrams. It covers a journey on skis from Austria via Switzerland to the French Mediterranean coast undertaken by a group of friends in fortnightly periods over five years. By Peter Seamen. Card Cover, 84 double pages.

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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. The only thing lacking is a map showing the location of each tour.

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'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 (the route involves considerable glaciated sections with crevasses). There is also a section on the completely independent Italian Houte Route, and a chapter on climbing Monte Rosa (4618m), Mont Blanc (4808m) and a number of other peaks. Lots of colour photos, and black and white topos, and masses of other useful information. Please click the image to see coverage.

Card cover, 129 pages.

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Subtitled "the Walker's Haute Route", this guide describes a completely different high level route between Chamonix and Zermatt, some way to the north of the classic Haute Route and avoiding all those nasty glaciers etc. A well produced guide with lots of clear maps and good colour photos. Expect to take a fortnight. Please click the image to see the route covered.

By Kev Reynolds. Plastic cover, 233 pages

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Second Edition. Ten days or so walking tour around the circumference of the entire Mont Blanc Range. Superb looking new edition with colour maps and photographs throughout. By Kev Reynolds. 253 pages. Plastic cover.

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Easy summits for walkers in the Savoie and Haut Savoie, French Alps.

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A 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. By Hilary Sharp. Plastic cover with loads of colour illustrations. 278 pages. Click the image for a sample of one of the maps.

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90 routes 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. By Patrice Labarde, with some good photos by him as well. Card cover 207 pages.

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50 selected valley and mountain walks around Chamonix, St Gervais, Argentiere and Courmayer. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos. Hartmutt Eberlein, 121 pages.

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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. By Janette Norton. In full colour with maps. Card cover, 216 pages.

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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 Sourth book covers the area between Annecy and Chamonix (Faucigny/Haut Giffre, Aravis/Borne) 30 walks are described. By Janette Norton. In full colour with maps. Card cover, 233 pages.

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40 Canyons in France decribed in the area between Geneva, the Chamonix Valley and the Swiss border. French text with topos and lots of colour. Christian Charletty, Gerard Gudefin, Bruno Hugon. Paperback, 160p.
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The Vosges and Jura are the alpine ranges found on the French border north of Lake Geneva. This guide describes a long distance route of 672km based on the GR5 as well as some circular walks. With clear colour mapping and photos. By Kev Les and Elizabeth Smith. Card cover, 269 pages.

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Jurg von Kanel's topo guide to Swiss valley climbs from 3a - 6b (French that is) in the Jura area of Western Switzerland/Northern France has been updated for 2008.

The Jura is the alpine area north of Geneva in the North-West of Switzerland that cuts down into France. The crags described lie north and south-west of Basel. In German, French and now English too. A super guide with lots of good line topos and action photos (please click for a sample page) Card cover, 272 pages.

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Jurg von Kanel's topo guide to Swiss valley climbs from 3a - 6b (French that is) in the west of Switzerland, covers the area south and west of Interlaken, Meringen, and the Grimsal Pass (and includes 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, making it the most useful of these Swiss guides fro "Brits on their annual hols". In German, French and Italian though fairly comprehensible even to an Englishman. Card cover, 312 pages.

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An alpine climbing and walking guide.

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Lots of day tours and multi-day excursions in the Vanoise with excellent diagrams and photos to assist you. By Paul Henderson. Plastic Cover, 185 pages.

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A good pocket guide (in English) with clear descriptions and good topo photos - though one feels that a bit more information could have been included on them. Routes are graded according to difficulty. Covers the major resorts of Val d'Isere, Tignes, Sainte-Foy, Les Arcs, Bourg-Saint-Marice, La Plagne, Champagny, Planay, Pralognan, Courchevel, Meribel and Val Thorens, but none of them in great detail. The major thing lacking is a map showing the location of each tour.

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Nearly a hundred outings ranging from a few hours to four days are described in this area that encompasses the Vanoise National Park. By JW Akitt.

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A guide to the sections of the GR5 and GR55 footpaths that lie in the Vanoise. Excellent maps. In French.

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A circular 12 day walking tour encompassing parts of the GR5 and GR55 footpaths. By Kev Reynolds.

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52 selected day walks in the Vanoise, Taerentaise and Maurienne, including the via ferrata du Diable near Modane (though this is also covered in the French via ferrata guide). A nice little full colour guide with excellent maps. By Iris Kurschener. Card cover, 159 pages.

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Bolted crags in the Vanoise and Ecrin, around the major towns of Briancon and L'Argentiere-la-Bessee. Includes the Ailefroide area. A lot of the climbs are in the harder grades, but by no means all of them. Black and white drawn topos, French text. By Yann, Martine and Jen-Jaques Rolland. Card cover, 264 pages.

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A selected alpine climbing guide by John Brailsford. 400ish pages.

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Aka the Dauphinee. Selected mountaineering routes and walks including GR54 (theTour l'Oisans).

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A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall climbing in the Oisan/Dauphinee area. In French but reasonably understandable. Volume 1 covers Basse Romanche, Eau D'Olle, Lignare Ornon, Villard Reymond, Bourg d'Oisans, Villard Notre Dame, and Alpe d'Huez.

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A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall climbing in the Oisan/Dauphinee area. In French but reasonably understandable. Volume 2 covers Vallee du Veneon, Vallon du Diable, Rampe des Commeres, Vallee de Malaval, Les Freaux and La Grave.

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A walking guide to the Dauphinee (also known as the Ecrin, Oisan, or Massif de Pelvoux). This is a brilliant and beautiful area in South-East France. By Kev Reynolds.

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This guide describes the GR54, a circular walk of the L'Oisans (aka the Dauphinee or Ecrins) Alps. By Andrew Harper.

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A general mountaineering guide. Includes Mt Aiguille.

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The Queyras are the alps lying on the Italian Border, south-east of the Ecrins and north of the Maritime Alps. This guide describes a thirteen day circuit along GR58 and GR541. By Alan Castle.

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Southernmost of the French Alpine areas. Aka the Maritime Alps. A selted mountineering and walking guide.

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Massive topo tome, covering masses of limstone crags along the French med coastal area from Cannes to Monaco, and inland to the col de la Bonette, and the Col de Tende. Loads of colour topos. In French but with an English intro, and multi-lingual symbols. By Jean Claud Raibaud. Card cover, 407 pages.

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Cevennes is a relatively unknown and wild area of the France just west of Provence. Major towns are Florac in the north and Le Vigan in the south. Includes 31 half to full day walks as well as the 4 day circuit of Mont Lozere. By Janette Norton. 117p, card cover.

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Topo guide to rock climbing in the Verdon Gorge, in German, French and English.

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General mountain walking guide to southern France.

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50 selected valley and mountain walks from the Ardeche to the Verdon Gorge and from Mont Ventoux to the Calanques. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos. Thomas Restatt, 143 pages.

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44 canyons described in the area centred around Digne Les Bains in the south of France (the region containing the Verdon Gorge). French text with clear maps and topos and a useful topo deciphering chart. Bernard Gorgeon, Eric Olive, Patrice Tordjman. Paperback, 125p.

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Avignon lies in south-east France not that far from the Mediteranian coast and within fairly easy reach of Grenoble airport. The area is festooned with fine bolted limestone crags and this guide includes details for 52 different cliffs in the area around Mont Ventoux, with 1500 specific routes to 37 different cliffs. There are over 200 colour photos and 119 colour topo diagrams. This guidebook has been specifically designed to help any climber on a first visit to the area. It is also multi-lingual and has major information in English and French. By David Atchison Jones. Card cover, 320 pages.

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Long awaited (at least by the English) - an English language guide to some of France's most famous crags.

A selected guide covering all the best areas from the magnificent walls of Céüse in the north to the impeccable climbing playground of Buoux to the south, this book has a lifetime’s worth of climbing waiting on its pages.

Although the area is renowned for it's harder climbing, there are loads of more reasonably graded routes.

2500 routes are described on numerous crags including Céüse, Sisteron, Volx, Orpierre, Bellecombe, Baume Rousse, Ubrieux, Saint Julien, Saint Léger, Malaucène, Combe Obscure, Les Dentelles de Montmirail, Venasque and Buoux. Inspiring colour topos and action photos throughout. Please click the image to see the area covered.

By Adrian Berry. Card cover 288 Pages

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Sport climbing in South-East France, in the area north and east of Marseille.

Crags covered are Céüse, Ventavon, Orpierre, Châteauneuf-de-Chabre, Volx, Calanques, Sainte-Baume, Toulon, Sainte-Victoire, Meyrargues, La Consolation, Grand Canyon du Verdon (but only a few modern sport crags), Châteaudouble, Châteauvert, Annot, Saint-Auban, Saint-Cezaire, L'Esterel, Gorges du Loup, Saint-Jennet, and Monaco.

In German, with topo diagrams (please click the image to see a map of coverage and a sample topo). By Markus Ixmeier and Timo Marschener. Card cover, 297 pages

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Languedoc is a relatively unknown area of the French Meditteranean coast, similar in character to neighbouring Provence but much less "discovered". Thirty one of circular walks from 6km to 20km in length are described to suit all levels of ability and fitness and it includes the Espinouse Massif (home to the 1000m+ summits of Espinouse, Somail and Caroux. By John Cross. Colour throughout, card cover, 155 pages.

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A 26 day walk through Provence and Ardeche taking in some spectacular gorges including the Verdon. By Alan Castle.

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Walking guide to the Maritime Alps, the highlands of Grasse, the Esterel, the Massif des Maures, the Cote d'Azur and the Calanques. A nice little guide with excellent maps.

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Subtitled "Through the French Pyrenees". 800km over 50 days of walking from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean - what more can be said except that this is a lower level walk than the Classic Spanish High Route and takes in many picturesque villages on the way. A superbly produced guide with lots of colour photos and a plastic cover. By Paul Lucia. 210 pages.

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Stunning photo-topo guide to the winter icefall climbing in this well known area on the French side of the Pyrenees. In French and Spanish, but fairly easy to work out as each route has a colour photo topo. Includes an extra section on alpine couloirs in the area. By Jose I Sidro Gordoto & Joan Quintana i Paredes. Card cover, 235 pages.

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A guide to rock and winter/alpine mixed climbing on the French side of the Eastern Pyrenees (the Pyrenees Orientales), from the border with Andorra to the Mediterranean Sea. A feast for the eyes, with clear colour diagrams and photo-diagrams (please click the image for a sample) and some gorgeous photography. Covers Albères, Haut Vallespir, Vall de Terr, Conflent, Canigou, Cerdagne, Haut Conflent, Capcir, Pays de Sault and the eastern end of Andorra.

In French and English, By Thomas Dulac and Pascal Testas, card cover, 464 pages.

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Comprehensive and huge valley by valley guide to the Haut Pyrenees from the Cirque de Lescun to the Cralitt Massif. Includes access, facilities, walks, treks, mountaineering (includes the standard routes up the classic peaks), climbing (not descriptions though) and ski-ing. By Kev Reynolds. Card cover, excellent colour maps and photos, 461 pages.

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Climbing guide to the Central Pyrenean areas of Pic Midi d'Ossau, Ordesa, Riglos, Vignemale, Valle de Tena and Sierra de Guara.

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The Chaos of Targasonne is an extensive granite bouldering area situated at 1500m on the border of Spain, France and Andorra and not far from the sunsoaked beaches of the Mediterranean. This guide has birds-eye view maps showing the location of the boulders and problems, and lists of problems, but no photo-topos as such.

In Spanish, English and French. By Fred Bertin. Card cover, 110 pages.

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Bouldering in north-west Spain - covering the following areas: Targasonne (actually in France - just), Savassona, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Belines-Malada, Cervià, El Cogul, Albarracín, La Pedriza, Zarzalejo, Burguillo, Navalosa. In Spanish, German and English. Around 4000 problems are described. By Ulrich and Harald Röker.

Colour photo-topos throughout (click the image for a sample page and an inset showing area covered) and quite a lot of photos too plus maps. Card cover, 318 pages.

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More walking than climbing and what there is of the latter is low in the grades. However it does cover the entire range including the classic Pyrenean High Route. This is a revised version of the 4th Edition. By Kev Reynolds, Plastic Cover, 344 pages.

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Interesting guide to snow, ice and mixed Scottish winter style climbing in the eastern Pyrenees in the area immediatetely east of Andorra. In Catalan and French. By Pako Sànchez. Card cover, lots of colour photo topos and maps, 160 pages.

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General mountain guide (little climbing is described). Larrau to Garvarnie Cirque

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General mountain guide (little climbing is described). Gedre to the Garonne Gap.

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General mountain guide (little climbing is described). Ariege, Andorra, Rousillon and Catalonia

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The Pyrenean Haute Route divided into 42 days of walking, scrambling and and mountaineering - now there's a challenge! This is not the GR10 or GR11, but a route staying as close as possible to the watershed of the Pyrenees and crossing the border many times. A beautifully produced guide with colour maps and loads of pictures. By Ton Joosten. Plastic cover, 315 pages.

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The High Level Route the full length of the Pyrenees on the Spanish side is known as La Senda (the Track) or GR11. Described in 44 day stages.

Lots of colour photos and colour maps. By Paul Lucia. Plastic cover, 249 pages.

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Covers the GR10 in full and much of the GR11 but not the High Level Route. Lots of general travel info as well.

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50 selected valley and mountain walks in the Central Pyrenees on the Spanish side of the border. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos. Roger Budeler, 157 pages.

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50 selected valley and mountain walks in the Central Pyrenees on the French side of the border. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos. Roger Budeler, 157 pages.

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Walks, scrambles, via ferratas and treks in the tiny mountainous Pyrenean principality sandwiched between France and Spain. 58 walks, graded for difficulty, are described - these range from less than an hour to all day affairs. Also included is a 6 day circuit of the country, and a chapter detailing the 9 via ferrata that have been created in recent years. All in full colour with good maps and photos. An inspiring guide! By Alf Robertson and Jane Meadowcroft, Plastic Cover, 223 pages.

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Alpine climbing and walking guide giving descriptions and diagrams for many alpine climbs, mainly in the easier grades, as well as information on huts and valley bases. Also includes the famous GR20 High Level Route. By Robin Collomb. Card cover, 136 pages.

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Guide to sport climbing on mainly granite and gabbro all over Corsica with clear colour photo topos and lots of colour photography. In French and English. By Bertrand Maurin and Thierry Souchard. Card cover. 289 pages.

Comment from a customer: "Just to let you know I bought one of these guides from you recently and as it is very new I thought you might appreciate some feedback- it is excellent and very comprehensive. The grades are very consistent, with the exception of one crag (Capu Sacru) where they are alarmingly random. My main criticism would be that it is the least water resistant guide I have ever used and a plastic bag to keep even the slightest rain off of it is essential!"

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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 though still reported to be on sale at the refuge on the Bavellapass. Also in the refuge is what is know as the Livre d'Or - basically a huge two volume new routes book that has loads of topos etc that you can copy out.

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Topo guide to over 20 venues on the Granite, Limestone and Gneiss cliffs of Corsica. In English and Italian. By Maurizio Oviglia. 111p.

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Sorry - out of print. New much expanded editition due October 2009(ish). 

Walk the length of Corsica on this high mountain route. By Paddy Dillon.

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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.

Mainly in black and white with lots of maps and diagrams (please click the image for a sample map). A few colour photos. By David Abram. Card cover, 207 pages.

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Three long distance (two coast-to-coast) and 18 day walks in Corsica. By Gillian Price. Card cover, colour throughout, 159 pages.

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Fifty-six walks, both mountain and coastal, mainly ones that can be done in a day, from all over the island. In colour with lots of colour photos and maps. By Klaus Wolfsperger. Card cover, 158 pages.

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55 classic river runs for kayakers and rafters in France and Italy. By Peter Knowles. Card cover, lots of black and white photos and maps and a few in colour, 213 pages.

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A guide to easier rivers in Southern France, primarily aimed open boat tourers, but also applicable to kayaks. The rivers are ones that are almost guaranteed to have sufficient water is in mid-summer. By Peter Knowles. Card cover, lots of black and white photos and maps and a few in colour, 151 pages.

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