Hiking guide - Summits of the Pyrenees, the most beautiful snow races & rock | Rando Editions (French)

A selection of races - snow and / or rock - in the mountains accessible to live the adventure of Pyrenean peaks without moderation.

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Ten years after a first work published by the Glénat editions, François Laurens has hitched this new opus for mountaineers wishing to climb the emblematic peaks of the Pyrenees. The conditions evolve, the practices also, and the selection of itineraries proposed today has been upside down. Of course, some classics remain, both they are part of the Pyrenean heritage. The new races take into account the overall level of climbers that have increased, and often less remote from cars and accessible in the day. Few of them are fully equipped, most lines make it possible to become familiar with the installation of equipment. These climbing, in addition to being pure moments of pleasure, are also great training courses before going to explore wildest traffic routes in high mountains. In the Pyrenees as elsewhere climate change has also evolved the practice. For several years, with the sudden variations of temperatures, it is better to stand ready to go on a suitable time in a snow or ice run, because the optimal conditions never last very long. Conversely, taking advantage of the Spanish Sierras or Southern Faces, we can almost climb dry rock throughout the year.
You will understand, you will find in these pages enough itineraries to first improve your mountaineer practice, before you start the assault of some great classic pathways of our beautiful Pyrenean chain. All this, of course keeping in mind the idea of ​​enjoying the simple pleasure of being in the mountains.