Here, at last, is the essential companion to the eastern part of Canada's national trail. Profiling 30 separate sections, crossing 6 provinces, and traversing more than 900 km of trail, this guide for the adventurous offers a connoisseur's sampling of the finest components of eastern Canada's Trans Canada Trail. (from publisher's website)
What is the longest, most exciting hiking and cycling trail in the world? It can only be The Great Trail. Spanning the entirety of Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic Oceans, this improbable route covers 24,000 kilometres.The Best of The Great Trail is the essential companion to this national trail. In volume 2, Michael Haynes completes his two-book set on The Great Trail, leading hikers and cyclists through thirty "must-see" trails of Western Canada in five provinces. (from publisher's website)
Chamonix is the most famous climbing area in Europe. Nowhere else has as much quality rock, spectacular peaks and varied mountaineering history. For most climbers a trip to Chamonix is an integral part of their climbing and mountaineering career. When there you want to try everything; perfect granite rock routes, magnificent long ridges, intimidating north faces and then also have some valley sport climbing for the ‘rest days’. Or maybe you just want to tick Mont Blanc.For the first time ever, all this is available in a single publication from Rockfax with hundreds of routes ranging from short sport ticks to the best multi-day adventures. It is illustrated with some amazing photo-topos, superb maps and with excellent detailed descriptions. For Rockfax this has been one of our most exciting challenges to date. Doing justice to this vast area with it many iconic climbs and mountain routes and great variety of climbing is no small task. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Chamonix logistics
Chamonis climbing
Glacier du Tour
Glacier d'Argentiere
Glacier de Talefre
Grandes Jorasses
Envers des Aiguilles
Plan de l'Aiguille
Aiguille du Midi
Helbronner
Mont Blanc du Tacul
Mont Blanc
Tre la Tete
Aiguilles Rogues - Brevent
Aiguilles Rogues - Index
Chamonix Valley sport climbing
Route index
Mountain route index and tick list
Crag general index
ISBN
9781873341575
Accession Number
AC635
Call Number
DQ841 B67 C43
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publisher information - able to download digital version on app