Description
Five valleys with Briançon as a central point.
The Briançonnais features an extensive network of valleys, providing access to diverse parts of the French Alpine landscape. This guide covers Clarée, Cerveyrette, Ayes, Durance, and Guisane, with additional options near Vallouise and Montgenèvre. This offers a wide selection for combining walks with time in Briançon’s historic urban environment or exploring multiple bases during a single holiday in the region.
Forty walks with varying demands.
The selection ranges from shorter strolls to more extensive full-day mountain excursions. The grading system facilitates comparing options and choosing based on experience and daily fitness. You can use this guide for a more relaxed holiday with selected walking days or for a more active stay, where different valleys offer new landscapes and highlights daily throughout your journey.
Maps and practical route information compiled.
Descriptions and maps support navigation and help in understanding the connections between starting points, passes, and destinations. Practical information makes it easier to organize your days. The guide thus offers an alternative to planning solely around the most well-known locations, helping you find walks that suit both your chosen base and the interests of your walking companions during your stay in the region.
Choose walks by altitude and season.
Lower valleys and high mountain routes can present very different conditions simultaneously. Snow, weather, and ascent should be considered alongside the description before setting out. This guide is suitable for walkers who desire a regional selection of routes and wish to adapt their plans en route, allowing for the choice of a different valley or a gentler route when current conditions necessitate it on the day of the walk.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher emerged from climbers and mountaineers who wished to share their thorough knowledge of routes – a tradition that continues to characterize the publisher’s books on walking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Andrew McCluggage. English language. 240 pages. First edition, published in 2018. ISBN 9781852848880.
