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Fully revised and updated with all sorts of new walks; accurate descriptions of lowland and alpine trails, extended trips and easy day walks; high quality, two-colour route maps; extensive planning advice with details on transport and accommodation; and an easy-to use French, German and Italian language guide.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
As someone who lives in Switzerland, I went on many mountain hiking trips. The routes suggested in this book are in my opinion really the top that Switzerland has to offer.
The directions are clear and up to date, and we never even used additional maps.
One thing you have to consider is, the time estimations and difficulty levels of the hikes are for experienced people in good physical shape. It doesn't count stops to enjoy the view, rest, eat, take pictures, etc. So you will have to find out for yourself how long it really takes... But once you figure it out, it is the best book in this category, and although I have several hiking books this is the one I use the most.
The directions are clear and up to date, and we never even used additional maps.
One thing you have to consider is, the time estimations and difficulty levels of the hikes are for experienced people in good physical shape. It doesn't count stops to enjoy the view, rest, eat, take pictures, etc. So you will have to find out for yourself how long it really takes... But once you figure it out, it is the best book in this category, and although I have several hiking books this is the one I use the most.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
I have been living in Switzerland for a few years and bought this book to get some ideas on where to go walking during my weekends. There are over 50,000 km of marked hiking trails in Switzerland, so I just wanted a few pointers on where would be nice to go and guidelines as to how long walks should take.
For where to go - everywhere I have been is beautiful, I haven't taken any walk from this book and been disappointed by the scenery. However, as to how long walks should take - that depends on how serious a hiker you happen to be!
I'm not a fitness fanatic by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm not unfit either - I do a reasonable amount of 'after-work' exercise. But I have to say, I've only attempted the 'Easy' and 'Easy-Moderate' walks, and have found them pretty tough going. What is described as 'an easy days walk' I have found pretty tiring, and 'gentle downhill stretches' have left my legs aching for days!!
I took an 'Easy-moderate' walk in Ticino just last weekend, which is described as a 'Days walk which could made into two days'. I made it into two days (as it took half a day to get there). The walk involved climbing up through rocks (arms as well as legs needed), crossing through rivers (at one point taking off shoes and socks as the rocks in it were too far apart to jump between) and crossing through snowfields (in July, at 2000 meters). None of this was described in the book!
However, nobody comes to the Alps for a stroll, and so long as you're prepared to serious hiking, you'll love it. And be well rewarded with awe-inspiring scenery.
The books biggest strength is the suggestions on where to stay, particularly the mountain inns and huts. I tend to use the book now as a guideline on where to go, and follow the sign-posted tracks rather than stick too much to directions from the book. It's a lot easier!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This book - whilst probably in need of an update now - has accompanied us on a number of walking holidays to this country. We have seldom needed additional maps and the transport and accomodation suggestions are first class. It is so excellent not to have to try and work in a circuit to get back to the start and the car! One can easily walk from somewhere to somewhere else and get back to ones accomodation easily using the worlds best transport system. There is a good mix of walks including a number outside the usual hiking areas. The author I suspect is very fit and I would join other reviewers in urging caution if following suggested timings as these tend to be ambitious for the less than super-human - however nearly all Swiss walking signs (certainly those at major junctions) show the distance to the next place of any significance in terms of time required not distance and these are often paced more for us mere mortals. Have not attempted any of the hard category walks yet but have not at any time felt unsafe or overly exposed. All walks in the Alps or for that matter even the Yorkshire Dales need to be taken seriously and walkers need to have the equipment and knowledge to cope with what can be thrown at them - especially by the weather - in addtion to this all walkers need to know there is no shame or dishonour in turning back - we have done twice due to unexpected snow and despite the grumpy faces it was the correct thing to do! Follow these rules and the book you should be both safe and very happy...
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Too many innaccuracies
This book tries to cover far too much. Many of the easy walks are of little interest to anyone who really likes hiking, whereas many of the walks graded moderate or higher require... Read more
Published on 2 April 2005 by D. Smith
A good sampling
We took one of the hikes, which had a lovely view over the Lago Maggiore. The selection is eclectic and comes no where near covering the entire country, but the pointers for maps... Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2003 by Andrew Hoffman
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