Popular winter sports areas of Switzerland in a new series of waterproof & tear resistant Winter Maps from Hallwag with extensive information for ski & snowshoe tours, cross-country tracks, sledge tracks, winter hiking routes, tourist facilities, etc, printed on waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Detailed, contoured topographic base has additional colouring to indicate slope gradients between 30-35° & over 35°. Very extensive overprint highlights ski & snowshoe tours, annotated with numbers cross-referenced to descriptions provided on the reverse of the map. Also marked are easy/medium/difficult downhill slopes, hors piste routes, cross-country ski routes indicating night tracks, sledge tracks, & winter hiking paths. The maps show ski & chair lifts, cable car lines, etc, & also indicate locations of secluded hotels, Friends of Nature hostels, restaurants, ski schools for children, other sport facilities, etc. For GPS Swiss national grid is drawn at 1-km intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse each title has details of the ski snowshoe tours highlighted on the map. All the text here is in German but much of the information is conveyed by symbols, including the degree of difficulty, duration, etc. For snowshoe tours route profiles are also provided.

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Popular recreational areas of Switzerland on sturdy, waterproof & tear-resistant, contoured & GPS compatible maps at 1:50, 000 from the Hallwag/Kümmerly + Frey group, with each title highlighting 33 recommended hiking trails, including their route profiles, grading for the severity of the terrain & the degree of fitness it requires, etc. The cartography provides an excellent picture of the terrain through contours at 25-metre intervals enhanced by shading, graphic relief for exposed rock, & colouring for glaciers & woodlands. All local footpaths are on the maps, but the overprint specifically highlights 33 trails selected by the publishers in collaboration with Geo-tracks. The colouring of each trail indicates the degree of fitness needed, from “no physical shape required” to “extremely high level of physical fitness necessary”. The trails start near a railway station or a bus stop (the colouring of the road network indicates routes with public transport & locations of individual bus stops). The maps have the lines of the Swiss national grid at 1-km intervals. On the reverse each trail has a route profile, its grading according to severity of the terrain & the degree of fitness required to attempt it, details of length & approximate timing, the change in altitude on assent & descent, plus a brief description. Map legend

Includes:: English; all the text on the reverse is in German. Each title also

Includes:: a code for a free download onto a smartphone.USEFUL TIP: the same cartography, reduced slightly to 1:60, 000, is used in Kümmerly + Frey’s hiking series covering the whole country on light, waterproof & tear-resistant maps with highlighting for all the waymarked trails rather than, as in this series, just a selection of 33 special routes recommended by the publishers.



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Ice & Glaciers map in the Swisstopo’s “ Once & Today” series, presenting on one side a map of Switzerland during the Last Glacial Maximum, with on the reverse topographic maps & aerial photos of the country’s five well-known glaciers to show the extent of the retreat of the ice cover. On one side is a map of the whole country at 1:540, 000 during the Last Glacial Maximum 20, 000 to 11, 500 years ago. The map has contours at 200m intervals both on the glaciers & the ice-free area & shows names numerous mountain peaks as well as locations of present day main towns. On the reverse five of the country’s well known glaciers: the Great Aletsch Glacier, the Trift Glacier, the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, the Morteratsch Glacier & the Gorner Glacier near Zermatt, are each shown on two topographic maps, from present day & from mid-1800s, plus on two aerial photos. Map legend & the accompanying text include English. For the list of other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Switzerland’s four main hiking areas: Bernese Oberl&, Valais/ Wallis, Graubünden with the Engadine Valleys, & the canton of Ticino on contoured & GPS compatible maps at 1:120, 000 from Kümmerly + Frey, excellent for planning walking holidays. The maps have contours at 100-metre intervals, enhanced by shading & graphic relief to provide a vivid presentation of the terrain. An overprint highlighting walking trails distinguishes between hiking paths, more strenuous mountain routes & alpine sections. Symbols indicate locations of mountain huts, Friends of Nature houses, youth hostels, campsites & selected isolated inns, interesting natural curiosities, etc. Picturesque towns or villages are prominently highlighted & the maps also show roads with public transport facilities plus, of course, railways & all forms of mountain transport (cable cars, chair lifts, etc). The maps have Swiss national grid lines at 5km intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Maps with the official “ Cycling in Switzerland” routes, published in co-operation with the Association for Transport & Environment. The aim of the series is to present a network of routes with as few problems as possible caused by motor traffic. The maps have a detailed base, with contours plus graphic relief & shading providing an excellent representation of the terrain. Routes are classified according to the density of motorized traffic, the difficulty of the terrain, & road restrictions. Unsurfaced roads are indicated, gradient marks show steep inclines, & local danger spots are highlighted. The maps show facilities for transporting cycles by train, bus, ferries, mountain railways, chair lifts, & cable cars. Border crossings indicate those open only to hikers & cyclist during daylight hours. Bike rental facilities are marked & towns with special bicycle-friendly accommodation are highlighted. Other tourist information

Includes:: various types of accommodations (campsites, youth hostels, “ Friends of Nature” houses, etc), viewpoints, picnic sites, swimming pools, & places of interest. Each title covers an area of Approx. 60 x 42 km (37 x 26 miles). The maps have a 1km grid for GPS users, with latitude & longitude shown as margin ticks. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse, an index of towns & villages also lists names of geographical features such as mountains, alpine passes, glaciers, etc. Also provided is general information on the country’s long-distance cycling routes & on transporting bikes by train (text

Includes:: English).* From summer 2008 new editions of these maps will be printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper.*





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Switzerland on three indexed touring maps at 1:200, 000 from Michelin, each with street plans of major cities showing access routes & main streets, plus a distance table. The maps also indicate places with entries in Michelin’s annual Red Guides to hotels & restaurants. Topography is presented by relief shading & colouring for woodlands, plus names of mountain ranges, peaks, passes, etc. Road network, classified according to the number of lanes, indicates motorway services & rest areas, full & partial interchanges, road width, load & height limits, steep gradients, dangerous or difficult sections, seasonal closures & entry restrictions, etc. Scenic routes are highlighted. Railways, funiculars, cable car lines, etc. are shown, as well as car ferry lines. Symbols indicate places of interest, sport & leisure facilities, etc. Names of cantons & their boundaries are marked. The maps have no geographical coordinates. The index is next to the map. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title

Includes:: street plans of major cities showing road access to the centre & naming main streets which are also listed in a short index, plus a distance/driving times table.



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Railways & public transport map of Switzerland published jointly with the SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen), showing standard & narrow gauge railways, rack railways, cable cars, chair-lifts, coach/trolley bus services, & ferries. Official timetable numbers are shown on each route & railway stations are indicated. Also highlighted are Publi Car zones: localities which have no regular public transport & in which a car rental service is provided instead. The relief shading of the base map is subdued in order to not distract from the main information, & additional symbols depict conventional features e.g. antiquities, monuments, natural features of interest, motels, campsites, spas, etc. No geographical coordinates are shown. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse of the map is an extensive index of localities, which also indicates places with Mobility Car Sharing & bicycle hire facilities. The accompanying booklet, which now

Includes:: English, provides tips for traveling around the country by public transport, with website addresses & other contact details of various organizations. The booklet also

Includes:: plans of the public transport networks in 12 main cities, plus plans of their railway stations (in Zurich both the main station & Enge) indicating various facilities, including car & bike hire points, & all the nearby bus & tram stops.





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Swiss topographic survey at 1:100, 000 from Swisstopo, highly regarded for it superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, ...

Four topographic maps from the Swiss national survey organisation. The maps skilfully present Switzerland`s mountainous terrain, with contours at 100-metre intervals enhanced by graphic relief & shading, rather than offer more specific tourist information. A grid in steps of 20`shows latitude & longitude, with margin ticks for the Swiss national grid. Map legend is in German, French or Italian only. ...

Topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from 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 published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation (SAW/FSTP/FSS). 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 is 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
- reference Nos. ending in T)
- HIKING editions: an overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, indicating 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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