Essential guidebook of walks & climbs in the Pyrenees, with over 170 day walks, multi-day walks, climbing routes & mountaineering ascents. Covers valleys & peaks on both sides of the border with France & Spain, with through routes & peaks to bag, as an introduction to one of Europe`s finest mountain ranges. The active walker, trekker & climber is spoilt for choice. There are exquisite valleys & passes to wander & summits of 3000m & more within the reach of most hill walkers. The landscape is full of diversity & contrast, with Alpine-style peaks, small glaciers, deep gorges & more than a thousand mountain lakes. The range is also known as the `flower garden of Europe`, & the wildlife
Includes:: various species rarely seen elsewhere on the continent. Since the first edition appeared in 1978, Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees has become accepted as the authoritative guide to the range & has been continuously updated & in print. For centuries the Pyrenees were dismissed as holding little of importance to the climber & mountain walkers ignored them almost completely. But all that has changed & the Pyrenees have now become the focus of attention for mountain activists of all degrees of commitment. The guidebook divides the range into 21 sections, including Andorra, the Ordesa National Park, the Carlit Massif, Gavarnie & the Cirque du Lescun to name a few. Each area
Includes:: practical information on travel, accommodation & mountain refuges, as well sketch mapping. Between short, half-hour walks, to 12-day treks & 25 summits, this guidebook will help any walker, climber or trekker experience the best of the Pyrenees.