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The Ecrins National Park contains some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the whole Alpine range. This book describes 70 routes for active walkers.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl Bound
This guide is well up to Kev Reynolds' usual standard. He describes a good selection of walks in all areas of the Ecrins National Park, with clear descriptions and lots of excellent photos.
The only minor criticism would be that none of the walks in the area we visited (Brianconnais) go to the tops - only to cols or refuges - although some of the mountains are easily accessible to walkers.
That said I recommend this book for pleasurable, informative, pre-holiday reading as well as practical on the spot use.
The only minor criticism would be that none of the walks in the area we visited (Brianconnais) go to the tops - only to cols or refuges - although some of the mountains are easily accessible to walkers.
That said I recommend this book for pleasurable, informative, pre-holiday reading as well as practical on the spot use.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl Bound
This book basically describes approach routes to huts where you can start climbing routes and recycled parts of the GR51 guide. Kev Reynolds has made no effort to find walking routes (circular, multiday etc.) in their own right. Buy a map and speak to the Ecrins tourist office people and you'll have a better day out than any of the "walks" in this.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl Bound
As someone with several decades of walking experience and using different guides this is not one I would recommend. If you are after day walks then maybe this is the book for you. However, if you want to check out specific refuges in this nation park, plan a multi-day trek, travel by public transport or get a good overview of how to link the different areas of this region then this is definitely NOT the book for you. It has no index, so once you have read about something it is hard to find it again. The book provides the most limited information on getting to different valleys if you don't have a car and compared with other books in the Cicerone series we find Kev Renolds' books extremely un-userfriendly. By contrast the Cicerone guides by Allan Hartley have proved much easier to navigate and to be recommended. However, a word of advise. Whatever guide you buy, order a 1:50:000 or 1:25000 map at the same time as without it, anyone planning more than a day walk will struggle.
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