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Rick Steves Switzerland Guidebook
9th edition: May 2018 Next Edition 2020
In-depth information on trip planning, the best sights, hotels, restaurants, tourist offices, transportation, telephones, festivals and holidays, Internet, weather, survival phrases, easy-to-follow maps, and outdoor tips for scenic trains, lifts, hiking, mountain biking and skiing.
9th edition: May 2018 Next Edition 2020
In-depth information on trip planning, the best sights, hotels, restaurants, tourist offices, transportation, telephones, festivals and holidays, Internet, weather, survival phrases, easy-to-follow maps, and outdoor tips for scenic trains, lifts, hiking, mountain biking and skiing.
SWISS Bernese Oberland - Newly Revised 5th Edition - A Travel Guide with Specific Trips to the Mountains, Lakes and Villages with New Section on the Cities, Towns and Villages Paperback – July 1, 2013
The bernese alps (a walker's guide) by Kev Reynolds
Over 100 routes in the Bernese Alps are described in this third edition of Kev Reynolds' popular guide. It is an indispensable companion to a region that boasts famous peaks such as the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.But there are lesser-known mountains too that are just as scenically dramatic, and in their shadow peaceful villages and seemingly forgotten hamlets are lodged in spectacular locations. Add to that the romantic valleys, lakes, flower-filled meadows and a network of mountain huts and rustic inns for those who want to experience the Alps of the Victorian pioneers, and you'll understand why the Bernese Alps seduce the connoisseur back year after year.All this, and more, is available to the mountain walker, and this indispensable guide will enable you to explore the very best of the Bernese mountain wonderland.
Over 100 routes in the Bernese Alps are described in this third edition of Kev Reynolds' popular guide. It is an indispensable companion to a region that boasts famous peaks such as the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.But there are lesser-known mountains too that are just as scenically dramatic, and in their shadow peaceful villages and seemingly forgotten hamlets are lodged in spectacular locations. Add to that the romantic valleys, lakes, flower-filled meadows and a network of mountain huts and rustic inns for those who want to experience the Alps of the Victorian pioneers, and you'll understand why the Bernese Alps seduce the connoisseur back year after year.All this, and more, is available to the mountain walker, and this indispensable guide will enable you to explore the very best of the Bernese mountain wonderland.
Via Ferrata Switzerland: Rother Walking Guide by Iris Kurschner
Switzerland may be small, but with the largest glaciers, the largest number of 4000ers and the most beautiful lakes, it is the classic alpine country. However, with respect to via ferrata, Switzerland remained until recently a wallflower and it was not until 1993 that the Tälli, the first real via ferrata, was created on the sheer southern faces of Gadmer Flue. Then nothing happened for many years, but the ferrata-virus has lately seized even Switzerland with great impact. The beauty of the new via ferratas which are being created is that, although they are constructed in the character of the sport via ferrata in France, they are usually not as generously engineered so that you can enjoy contact with the rock and have to think about where the next foothold is. Moreover, the majority of the via ferrata and secured paths described in this Rother guide follow, for the most part, alpine mountain routes and offer a successful combination of enjoyable hiking, climbing and panoramic views.
The spectrum is extremely diverse and extends from easy to very difficult, from the action-packed gorge parcours (Alpine gorge in Saas Fee, Gorner gorge near Zermatt) to the panoramic route onto a 3000er (Jegisteig), from high alpine (Salbit-Kettenweg) to bold sporting (Fürenwand-Klettersteig) or hair-raisingly athletic (Via ferrata San Salvatore). Top of the list for outstanding routes with regard to the scenery and grading are without doubt the Braunwalder via ferrata in the eastern Swiss canton of Glarus and the Daubenhorn via ferrata near Leukerbad in the Valais. Some wide-ranging via ferrata have been constructed in Engelberg (Vierwaldstätter alps) and it appears to be blossoming into the ferrata Mecca. The area with the largest number of via ferrata is the Bernese Oberland with 12 routes and the Valais with 19 routes.
All of the 32 via ferrata in Switzerland as well as the 23 beautiful secured paths, amongst them a 5 day walk, are described in much detail and are accompanied by a small detailed map. A precise grading system helps you to pick out a route more easily. Concise information about the starting points, height gain and walking times, grade and bases help with the planning of the routes as well as route finding up the mountain.
Switzerland may be small, but with the largest glaciers, the largest number of 4000ers and the most beautiful lakes, it is the classic alpine country. However, with respect to via ferrata, Switzerland remained until recently a wallflower and it was not until 1993 that the Tälli, the first real via ferrata, was created on the sheer southern faces of Gadmer Flue. Then nothing happened for many years, but the ferrata-virus has lately seized even Switzerland with great impact. The beauty of the new via ferratas which are being created is that, although they are constructed in the character of the sport via ferrata in France, they are usually not as generously engineered so that you can enjoy contact with the rock and have to think about where the next foothold is. Moreover, the majority of the via ferrata and secured paths described in this Rother guide follow, for the most part, alpine mountain routes and offer a successful combination of enjoyable hiking, climbing and panoramic views.
The spectrum is extremely diverse and extends from easy to very difficult, from the action-packed gorge parcours (Alpine gorge in Saas Fee, Gorner gorge near Zermatt) to the panoramic route onto a 3000er (Jegisteig), from high alpine (Salbit-Kettenweg) to bold sporting (Fürenwand-Klettersteig) or hair-raisingly athletic (Via ferrata San Salvatore). Top of the list for outstanding routes with regard to the scenery and grading are without doubt the Braunwalder via ferrata in the eastern Swiss canton of Glarus and the Daubenhorn via ferrata near Leukerbad in the Valais. Some wide-ranging via ferrata have been constructed in Engelberg (Vierwaldstätter alps) and it appears to be blossoming into the ferrata Mecca. The area with the largest number of via ferrata is the Bernese Oberland with 12 routes and the Valais with 19 routes.
All of the 32 via ferrata in Switzerland as well as the 23 beautiful secured paths, amongst them a 5 day walk, are described in much detail and are accompanied by a small detailed map. A precise grading system helps you to pick out a route more easily. Concise information about the starting points, height gain and walking times, grade and bases help with the planning of the routes as well as route finding up the mountain.