Walks and Treks in the Maritime Alps (eBook)

The Mercantour and Alpi Marittime Parks

Gillian Price (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016 | 2. Auflage
224 Seiten
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-78362-366-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This guidebook describes 18 day walks and 6 long distance routes. The treks include a 5-day traverse of the French Mercantour National Park and a 7-day traverse of the Alpi Maritime Park, and the walks range from 6 to 20km in length. The routes are suitable for novices and experienced trekkers alike.

Autor

Gillian Price was born in England but has lived in Venice for many years. Gillian has steadily explored the mountain ranges of Italy, and Corsica, and brought them to life for visitors in a series of outstanding guides for Cicerone. She is an active member of the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) and Mountain Wilderness.

Inhalt

Introduction

The Maritime Alps

Walking

Rock engravings

Plantlife

Wildlife

Exploring the Maritime Alps

Information

Access

When to go

Accommodation

Dos and don'ts

What to take

Maps

Emergencies

Using this guide



The walks

1 Fontanalba Rock Engravings Circuit

2 Mont B&##xe9;go Loop

3 Vall&##xe9;e de la Roya to Vall&##xe9;e de V&##xe9;subie Trek

4 Upper Vall&##xe9;e de la Gordolasque

5 Lacs de Prals Circuit

6 Ancient Passes above Madone de Fenestre

7 Vallon du Haut Bor&##xe9;on Circuit

8 Lacs Bessons

9 Around the Argentera

10 Lac des Adus Loop

11 The Great Lakes Tour

12 The Alpi Marittime Trek

13 The Valasco Tour

14 The Fremamorta Loop

15 Rifugio Bozano

16 Rifugio Remondino and Lago di Nasta

17 Vallone di Lourousa

18 Traversing Colle di Fenestrelle

19 Rifugio Pagari Loop

20 Vallon del Vei del Bouc

21 Gorge della Reina

22 Vallone degli Alberghi

23 Costa di Planard

24 The Border Forts



Appendix 1 French-English and Italian-English glossaries

Appendix 2 Walk summary table

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 107 colour photos, 26 maps
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Europa
• Schlagworte: Boreon • Casterino • Entracque • France • hike • Italy • Martin Vesubie • Tende • Terme Valdieri • Vernante
• ISBN-10: 1-78362-366-7 / 1783623667
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78362-366-2 / 9781783623662