Vallée l´Arve

French is compulsory and then this outstanding collection of route suggestions for the French East opens up.The 206 multi-pitch routes vary in length between 100m and 450m. The difficulties are between 4a and 6a+ on the French scale. Scale, i.e. a moderate level. No crampons or ice axe are required to access the individual walls or routes. The routes are well equipped and well secured. The climbing guide provides comprehensive information on each individual pitch of each route and always includes a graphic topo. In the middle section of the book, photos show the beauty of the routes. A route overview and a map are provided on the first pages of the guide. At the end, the routes are listed according to their difficulty, with a small box so that you can tick off the tasks you have completed. A good source of ideas for longer routes in the areas: Aiguilles Rouges, Bornes-Aravis, Beaufortin, Vanoise, Chartreuse-Vercors, Belledonne, Oisans, Cerces. 335 pages language french edition 2020 H. Galley

The Arve Valley is located in the Haute-Savoie department and is therefore a French mountain region. The town of Bonneville, halfway between Chamonix and Genève, lies at the center of this climbing region. A total of 51 climbing locations spread over 5 areas are presented and described in this excellent guide. Precise route descriptions, topos, approach sketches and pictograms, which really leave no questions unanswered, make the guide easy to use even without any knowledge of French. At the front of the book, all the pictograms used are presented and immediately used to provide an overview of all 51 areas. This allows you to quickly recognize which area corresponds to your own wishes and abilities or not! In addition, a trilingual glossary is provided on the opening pages, which translates the most important terms used in the guide into German and other languages. The 2018 edition has 1260 routes with a total of 2760 individual lengths. Everything is on offer: sport climbing, sporty or classic multi-pitch routes. Routes with expedition character, ...260 pagesLanguage FrenchGlossary English / Italian / German2018 editionG. BrunotEkiproc