Description
An overview from western valleys to eastern mountains.
Switzerland offers many different alpine landscapes, with extensive glacier areas, distinctive mountains, and valley bases with varying options for visitors. The book is organized into regional chapters and provides a combined picture of the country’s mountain areas. This makes it useful when comparing well-known destinations such as Zermatt and the Bernese Oberland with lesser-known alternatives further east in the country.
Opportunities for several types of mountain holiday.
The guidebook covers walking, trekking, climbing, and ski mountaineering, offering more than a typical collection of day trips. You get an impression of what the regions and valley bases are suited for. This is useful when choosing a destination with multiple activities or planning different types of trips across several touring seasons, rather than just finding one specific route to a well-known summit.
Valley bases, huts, and practical reference points.
Information on access, accommodation, and mountain huts supports the broader area overview. The book helps identify relevant routes and connections that can be investigated further. It is therefore a planning and reference work, rather than a detailed step-by-step guide to every ascent, and should be supplemented with local maps and specific route information when finalizing the concrete plan before the trip.
For readers who want to choose a region with care.
Altitude, season, and skill requirements vary considerably between the options described. The guide is suitable for independent mountain enthusiasts who want a broad foundation and can use the overview to find further information. Current opening times, snow conditions, weather, and reservations must be assessed separately, so that an inspiring idea becomes a plan matching the experience and capacity of the party on the trip in question.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher grew out of a community of climbers and mountain people who wanted to share thorough knowledge of their routes – a tradition that still shapes the publisher’s books on walking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Kev Reynolds. English language. 464 pages. First edition, published in 2012. ISBN 9781852844653.
