Description
Alpine trips beyond the best-known areas.
South of Lake Geneva lies a varied hiking area with small villages, valleys and mountain ridges. Walking in the Haute Savoie: North opens up a holiday where you can combine great day trips with time to explore the places you stay. The book is the first part of a two-volume work on Haute Savoie.
30 trips from Salève to Morzine.
The routes cover Salève, Chablais, Vallée Verte and the valleys around Abondance and Morzine, among others. They are approximately 7–14 kilometres long, with estimated times from two to seven hours. Maps at 1:50,000 and graded descriptions make it easier to compare elevation difference, terrain and expected effort.
A practical companion for your hiking holiday.
The guide covers bases such as Évian-les-Bains, Morzine, Abondance and Bellevaux, and offers advice on transport and accommodation. Background on history, nature and local attractions adds more content to your hiking days. You can use the book to plan a stay around a single base or choose trips for a longer journey through the Alps.
Who is the book suitable for?
The selection ranges from easier hikes to more demanding mountain trips. Some of the most challenging routes have exposed sections, partly secured with cables, and require you to be comfortable with heights. Spring, summer and autumn offer different experiences; snow conditions and altitude determine which trips are feasible.
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 these compact books for hiking, trekking and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Janette Norton, Alan Norton and Pamela Harris. English language. 264 pages. Third edition, published in 2017. ISBN 9781852848101.
