This pocket field guide to identifying 230 common Alpine flowers is packed with all the information you need to recognise your favourites while out in the mountains. Designed for the non-specialist, this little handbook is arranged by colour & also

Includes:: a glossary of flower parts & an introduction which describes the amazing lengths that these tiny gems go to to survive at altitude. Alpine expert author Gillian Price says: ` It never ceases to amaze me that such tiny plants can spend months on end buried under metres of snow & ice
- weathering temperatures as low as minus 25i??C
- then sprout back to life when things thaw out & warm up. In springtime you can spot the fragile violet petals of the Alpine Snowbell pushing their way through snow
- they contain an anti-freeze that enables them to melt it. Masters of adaptation & survival, alpine flowers can trap insects, store precious water, expel excess minerals & fool insects.` Each flower entry

Includes:: a clear photograph & essential description along with its name in English, Latin, German, French & Italian & interesting information about the origins of some of the more curious flower names. Each one is also indexed by its English & its Latin name so you can follow up a hunch about a name or find out more about a flower.






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Alpine Flowers Nature Guide from Kompass, specialist in publishing walking maps of central Europe, presented in a handy pocket format & showing colour photos of 70 alpine flowers, each with a description. Information on each flower gives its Latin name, family, character (size, colour, leaf pattern, etc), flowering time, habitat, distribution & special remarks (poisonous, medicinal, and/or protected). Additional information

Includes:: notes on the altitude belts of alpine areas, various habitats (rock crevices, scree, etc), plant parts including flower shapes & leaf margins, etc. The guide has two indexes, arranged by the English & the Latin names. The guide

Includes:: alpine flowers found not only in the Alps but also in other parts of Europe including the Pyrenees, the Carpathians, the Apennines & parts of northern Europe.



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Map No. 825, Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area
- Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Wilderness Areas & Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests, WA,
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This is a complete introduction to Alpine mountaineering. If you are planning your first trip to the Alps or anxious to improve on your performance on previous trips, you need this book. Even seasoned Alpinists will benefit from Bruce`s clarity & depth of experience. Everything you need to know is here & none of the issues are ducked, from dealing with hut guardians to moving roped together. The first part of the book deals with the knowledge & techniques you will need. The second part consists of a choice of good routes to help you gain experience. In this guidebook-style section the route length is included together with the area, where to stay, access, map & kit requirements & the full route descriptions. The chapters are: Going Alpine; About the Alps; Objective Dangers; Weather; Kit; Technical Equipment; Alpine Movement; Protecting Yourself; Glacier Travel; Speed vs Security; Navigation; Rescue; Via Ferrata; Planning an Alpine Trip; Am I Ready?; &, Guidebook. ...

Accomplished & renowned walker Kev Reynolds’ Cicerone guide to the Alpine Pass Route is a comprehensive guide to some of the most spectacular routes in the Swiss Alps. The Alpine Pass route traverses Switzerland from east to west, taking in 362km of mountain & valley & crossing a total of 16 passes. The walker is able to observe the snow-capped peaks & the variety of passes that range from the slender crest of the Richetli to the broad tourist-thronged Kleine Scheidegg or the rocky crest of the Bunderchrinde & the grassy saddle of the Blattipass; making this long distance route ideal for walkers of all standards. The guide is organized into 15 stages taking in the entirety of the route. A detailed introduction provides information on the generalities of the Alpine Pass route, the journey itself, getting there & back again, accommodation, paths & way-marks & tips about safety in the mountains. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by colour line drawings mapping the route ahead as well as colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region. ...

This map is useful for picking out the national parks, which are shown fairly clearly. Motorways are clearly depicted, but the other main roads are not differentiated much from each other & the names of major cities are not emphasised enough, giving the map a rather cluttered appearance. However, scenic routes are shown, as are railways, & places of interest are highlighted. Intermadiate driving distances are marked & main railways are included in the map detail. The area covered extends from Dijon & Marseille in the west to Vienna & Zagreb in the east. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals. The map also

Includes:: simplified plans of major cities & the index booklet

Includes:: a driving distance table.



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Bill O’ Connor’s Cicerone guide to Alpine Ski Mountaineering
- Volume 1
- Western Alps, is part of a two-book series detailing

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Bill O’ Connor’s Cicerone guide to Alpine Ski Mountaineering
- Volume 2
- Central & Eastern Alps, is part of a two-book series

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This pocketsize handbook covers everything from equipment & clothing, weather, accommodation & navigation to avalanches, glacier skiing, crevasse rescue & first aid.

Includes:: sections on maps of alpine countries, avalanche & weather bulletins, mountain rescue, insurance & addresses.

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Map No. 1170, Alpnach, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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