Alpine Ski Mountaineering Western Alps: Volume 1 Contributor(s): O'Connor, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 185284373X ISBN-13: 9781852843731 Publisher: Cicerone Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Cicerone Winter and Ski Mountaineering S |
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BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering - Travel | Europe - Western - Sports & Recreation | Skiing |
Dewey: 796.935 |
Series: Cicerone Winter and Ski Mountaineering S |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 4.36" W x 7.04" L (0.72 lbs) 224 pages |
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Publisher Description: Ski mountaineering guidebook to the Western Alps including the classic Haute Route, Chamonix to Zermatt, tours in the Ecrins, Vanoise, Haute Maurienne, Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc, Valais and Urner Alps. The European Alps offer some of the finest and most accessible ski mountaineering in the world. A combination of magnificent and varied terrain, an enviable snow record, excellent public transport, unrivalled hut system and long ski season make them a focus for mountaineers and skiers throughout the world. Volume 2 of this Alpine Ski Mountaineering series covers the Central and Eastern Alps. The routes described will provide a lifetime's ski mountaineering for the average skier, with rewards and challenges for all levels of ability. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Connor, Bill: - Bill O'Connor is an internationally qualified(IFMGA) mountain and ski guide based in the Lake District. He spends up to eight months of the year abroad, at least three of which are spent off-piste skiing and touring in the Alps. A former Head of Outdoor Education at both Marlborough College and Loughborough University he has spent the last twenty-five years guiding. |
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