Publisher's Synopsis
Essential guidebook of walks and climbs in the Pyrenees, with over 170 day walks, multi-day walks, climbing routes and mountaineering ascents. Covers all valleys and peaks on both sides of the border with France and Spain, with through routes and peaks to bag, as an introduction to one of Europe's finest mountain ranges. A full-colour guide, with mapping and inspirational photography throughout, the guide includes 21 Pyrenean regions across the range from Lescun through to Andorra and Ax-les-Thermes. The active walker, trekker and climber is spoilt for choice. There are exquisite valleys and passes to wander day after day, and summits of 3000m and more within the reach of most hill walkers. The landscape is full of diversity and contrast, with Alpine-style peaks, small glaciers, deep gorges and more than a thousand mountain lakes. The range is also known as the 'flower garden of Europe', and the wildlife can rarely be seen elsewhere on the continent. Since the first edition appeared in 1978, Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees has become the authoritative guide to the range, and has seen many new editions and changes to reflect the boom in interest in the area. It is the ideal companion to explore the Pyrenees to their full.
