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Main Index : Walking and Climbing Guides : Climbing Guides : Climbing Guides: British Isles Winter Climbs: Ben Nevis & Glencoe (Ref. Code. CICERONENEVIS) Ben Nevis; the peaks of Glen Coe and the surrounding mountains give some of the best snow and ice climbing anywhere in Europe, when the conditions are right. So popular and well known is Ben Nevis, that in recent years climbers from as far afield as Poland, Australia, France, Italy and the USA have been seen trudging the delights of the 'famous' Allt a'Mhuilinn approach. Hamish MacInnes and Yvon Chouinard have made films of winter climbing on Ben Nevis, as have French guides, who continue to bring clients back each year. Justifiably a good 'tick' on any discerning world traveller's itinerary... N.B. Please choose 'Books #-# days' when in the checkout to specify the correct shipping criteria.  Click here for more...   Price:  £15.00  Quantity: Scottish Rock Climbs (Ref. Code. ISBN 0 907521 86 X) SMC Scottish Rock Climbs. This guide details more than 1200 of Scotland's best rock climbs from Orkney to Galloway. Routes range across the grades, on many different rock types in a wide variety of locations from mountain cliffs and lowland crags, to sae-cliffs and sea-stacks. Supplementing the descriptions are full colour photo-diagrams, 25 colour maps and plans and more than 60 action photographs.    Price:  £21.00  Quantity: Winter Climbs: Cairngorms (Ref. Code. CICERONECAIRNG) This eagerly awaited fifth edition of Cicerone's highly successful Winter Climbs in the Cairngorms guide has been completely updated by the author - climber and instructor Allen Fyffe. The major climbing areas in the Cairngorms provide some of the finest winter climbing in Britain. From the remote corries of Braeriach and Beinn a'Bhuird to the magnificent cliffs of Lochnagar and Creag an Dubh Loch and the readily accessible Northern corries of Cairngorm, every aspect of winter climbing is to be found. There are long, varied routes and short technical test-pieces; there are pure ice climbs and buttress and mixed routes to rival any in the country... N.B. Please choose 'Books #-# days' when in the checkout to specify the correct shipping criteria. Click here for more...   Price:  £15.00  Quantity: Winter Climbs In The Lake District (Ref. Code. CICERONELAKD) Every known winter climb from every part of the Lake District is described – nearly 1000 routes in all. These range from classic high-mountain gullies and buttresses on crags such as Scafell, Pillar, and Great Gable to frozen watercourses and icefalls including Great Gully on the Wasdale Screes, Launchy Gill, Low Water Beck and Cautley Spout. And, of course, popular venues like Great End and the Eastern Coves of the Helvellyn Escarpment are described in detail. Included too are several routes in outlying Cumbria. There are also sections on winter equipment, winter climbing and conservation, climbing walls, accommodation, and a first ascent list that includes masses of interesting historical research. All ruggedly bound in a handy pocket-sized format.  Click here for more...   Price:  £17.95  Quantity: Symonds Yat Climbing Guide (Ref. Code. ClimbersClubGu) BACK IN STOCK! A comprehensive guidebook to the limestone crags of Symonds Yat. It includes an introduction to the area and how to get there, route descriptions, and various maps and photographs. As with all the Climbers' Club Guides, you cant go wrong! If you require any other climbing or scrambling guides by the Climbers Club or Cicerone, please email us at sales@themapcentre.com N.B. Please choose 'Books #-# days' when in the checkout to specify the correct shipping criteria.    Price:  £10.00  Quantity: The Mountains of England and Wales: Volume 1 Wales (Ref. Code. 9781852843045) There are 188 mountain summits in Wales which reach the height of 2000ft. This book describes how to ascend them all in a series of 49 walks. By completing all the walks the reader will ascend all the Welsh two thousanders.     Price:  £12.99  Quantity: The Mountains of England and Wales: Volume 2 England (Ref. Code. 9781852840372) There are 439 summits in England and Wales which reach the height of 2000ft (generally accepted as the height at which a hill becomes a mountain), and it is the ambition of many walkers to climb them all. There are 251 such summits in England, and this book describes how to ascend them all in a series of 58 walks. The summits that achieve this magical height (and rise above their surroundings by at least 50ft) are described by region, from the Lake District to the Chevoits,on to the North Pennines and Yorkshire Dales, and finally to the Peak District and Dartmoor. They include some of England's most famous peaks, such as Blencathra, Great Gable and Coniston Old Man in the Lakes, and Kinder Scout in the Peak District. But others have no name on the OS maps and await discovery by the ardent 'peak-bagger'.     Price:  £12.99  Quantity: Cicerone - Cotswold Way (Ref. Code. CIC-COTS) The Cotswold Way traces a 102 mile (164 km) route down the western edge of the Cotswolds. This new edition of Cicerone's popular guide takes account of improvements brought about for the route's planned launch as a National Trail , and is the perfect companion to a memorable long walk. Features include: -Full route details of the Cotswold Way split into 13 stages for both the southbound and the northbound walkers. -Notes on places and items of interest along the way. -OS mapping and the author's own colour photographs.    Price:  £12.00  Quantity: Lower Wye Valley (Ref. Code. ISB 9780901601797) The 432 pages are printed in full colour throughout in the new Climbers’ Club guidebook design, and the book is generously illustrated with maps, photodiagrams, and a wide selection of action photos.    Price:  £19.50  Quantity: Snow & Ice Techniques (Ref. Code. CICERONESNOWICE) The impact of the ice revolution on the greater sport of mountaineering has been considerable. The ascent of vertical frozen waterfalls in Canada and the United States has added The Ice Climbing Game to Lito Tejada Flores' Classic concept of games climbers play. The impact has, however, been far greater than the development of a specialized area of expertise; the standard of mixed climbing has risen, alpine ascents are much faster and alpine Himalayan climbing has also fully utilised the new technology. Debates rage fiercely on the new ethics of ice climbing which the technology has raised, and climbers now focus on speed of ascent as their measure of technical competence and superiority over their peers... N.B. Please choose 'Books #-# days' when in the checkout to specify the correct shipping criteria. Click here for more...   Price:  £7.99  Quantity: