Best Enlgish Language guidebooks for Chamonix?
Posted:
Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:40 pmby emppeng27
So I'm wondering what is the best up-to-date english language guidebook (or guidebooks)for alpine routes in the Chamonix/Mont Blanc area. I only know of the Damilano guides - which I hear are comprehesive but only include mixed snow and ice climbs, no pure alpine rock routes - and the new The Mont Blanc Range: Classic Snow, Ice, and Mixed Climbs - which I hear is geared toward easier stuff. Are there others?
Posted:
Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:51 pmby Charles
In times gone by these were written by Rob Colomb I think. The were then good, I can only think that they still are
http://www.mapsworldwide.com/alpine_club_guide_books_2515pub0.htm
Posted:
Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:16 pmby signorellil
These were written by Lindsay Griffin. Still good (in the updated edition), but not state of art anymore.
Posted:
Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:28 amby Diego Sahagún
I have both Mont Blanc books and an old version of
this one too, wich is good for hiking routes. BTW, Lindsay Griffin's books are still in
www.amazon.com
If you want a good and big book look for The Mont Blanc Massif: The 100 Finest Routes by Gaston Rebuffat
Posted:
Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:34 amby Charles
Diego Sahagún wrote:I have both Mont Blanc books and an old version of
this one too, wich is good for hiking routes. BTW, Lindsay Griffin's books are still in
www.amazon.comIf you want a good and big book look for The Mont Blanc Massif: The 100 Finest Routes by Gaston Rebuffat
Is Gaston rebuffat in print again? That was a classic indeed!
Posted:
Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:46 amby Diego Sahagún
I don't know. You can find it in
www.amazon.com
Posted:
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:43 amby Charles
I would take it carefully though. It was written a while ago now (he´s been dead a while) and if it´s not been updated some of those routes will be totally different now.
Posted:
Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:52 pmby alexey
Griffin is the best allround option, enough for a lifetime of good climbing. Piola's rock guides are good and show plenty of newer routes, but of 2 volumes I've only seen one in English and I'm not sure they are still in print. Last summer I've seen more specialised multipitch guides in stores in Chamonix, but for alpine climbing Griffin is obviously the best. I can also testify to topos of harder rock routes in Griffin being easier to read and follow than Piola's.
Posted:
Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:08 amby Diego Sahagún
charles wrote:I would take it carefully though. It was written a while ago now (he´s been dead a while) and if it´s not been updated some of those routes will be totally different now.
In 2005 Desnivel updated it, in Spanish:
http://desnivel.com/editorial/novedades ... hp?o=13874