Adventuring in the Alps : France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, Slovenia Book

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	xiii
	Tourist Information	xv
	Transportation	xvi
	Geography of the Alpine Region	xviii
	Climate	xix
	Plants and Animals	xxii
	What to Take and What to Wear	xxv
	Passports, Visas, and Customs	xxvii
	Maps and Guidebooks	xxviii
	Huts, Hostels, and Mountain Inns	xxix
	Winter Walking and Ski Touring	xxx
	Walk Grading System	xxxi
I	France and Switzerland
	Chamonix and Mont Blanc	3
	Grand Balcon Sud--Part of the Tour du Mont Blanc	6
	Grand Balcon Nord and the Mer de Glace	10
	Geneva	13
	La Dole--A High Point of the Swiss Jura Mountains	15
	Les Voirons--The French Side of Lake Geneva	19
	Mont Saleve--The Most Beautiful Outlook Near Geneva	24
	Zermatt	27
	A Walk in the Shadow of the Matterhorn	31
	Views of Monte Rosa, Switzerland's Highest Peak	35
	Up the Trift Valley to Trift and the Mettelhorn	39
	Interlaken and the Berner Oberland	41
	Kleine Scheidegg and the North Face of the Eiger	45
	From First to Faulhorn	50
	A Panoramic View of the Berner Oberland	56
	Zurich	59
	Rigi--A Spectacular View of Three Lakes	62
	Albishorn--A Mountain Walk in the Outskirts of Zurich	68
	Three of Switzerland's Fifty Most Beautiful Walks	72
	A Walk along the Lageren--the Eastern Outpost of the Swiss Jura	73
	Hohenklingen Castle--Above Picturesque Stein-am-Rhein	75
	A Much-Loved Walk above the Agerisee with Extensive Views of the Swiss Mittelland	77
II	Germany
	Munich	83
	Along the Edge of the Ebersberger Forest	87
	To the Top of Wallberg, High above Tegernsee	91
	Through Field and Forest to the Andechs Monastery and Beer Hall	95
	Through the Valley of the Mangfall	99
	A Walk along the Beautiful Ammersee to the St. Ottilien Monastery	102
	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	104
	An Easy Walk to the Famous Partnachklamm	108
	A High Alpine Walk to the Spectacular Gorge of the Hollental	110
III	Austria and Liechtenstein
	Innsbruck	119
	Along the Goetheweg to Pfeishutte	122
	On the Patscherkofel, Innsbruck's Favorite Mountain	126
	Climb the Rinnenspitze, a 3000-meter Peak	131
	Along the Ski Tracks of the Olympians	134
	Salzburg	137
	Over the Salzburger Hochthron to the Schellenberger Ice Caves	140
	The Konigssee--Germany's Most Spectacular Alpine Lake	144
	Eisriesenwelt--The World of the Ice Giants	148
	Up the Kehlstein to Hitler's Eagle's Nest	151
	Vienna	153
	The Lainzer Tiergarten--A Royal Hunting Preserve in the Vienna Woods	156
	Through the Vineyards to Kahlenberg and Grinzing	159
	Through a Forest of Giant Beech Trees to Greifenstein Castle	163
	A Ride to Timberline on a Clanking Cog Railway	165
	Hoher Lindkogel--The Highest Peak in the Southern Vienna Woods	171
	Vaduz	173
	Exploring the Alps and Castles of Liechtenstein	177
	The High Country of Liechtenstein	178
IV	Italy and Slovenia
	Verona and Bolzano	183
	In the Shadow of the Geislerspitz	186
	Around the Drei Zinnen, the Quintessential Dolomite Peaks	190
	Milan	195
	A High Alpine Walk in the "Neglected" Ticino	197
	A Funicular Ride to the Picturesque Hill Town of Bre	203
	A Walk in the Lake District of Southern Switzerland	206
	San Giorgio--A Walk in Dinosaur Land	210
	Ljubljana	215
	Views of Triglav, Slovenia's Highest Mountain	219
	Lake Bohinj--The Southern Approach to Triglav	221
	Conversion Tables	225
	Key to Map Symbols	227
	Glossary	229
	Bibliography	249
	Index	253