Walking in the Haute Savoie: North 30 day walks - Salève, Vallée Verte, Abondance, Bellevaux, Morzine

by Norton, J.; Norton, Alan; Harris, Pamela

• ISBN13: 9781852848101
• ISBN10: 1852848103
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-02-28
• Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

Summary

First volume of a 2-part guide to hiking in the Haute Savoie in the French Alps. This guidebook covers the area south of Lake Geneva to the Swiss border including pré-Alp areas Saleve, Chablais, the Valle Verte, with Evian and Morzine amongst places to stay. 30 walks including local summits and ridges, but generally straightforward terrain.

Author Biography

Dr. J. Renae Norton, clinical psychologist/director of the Norton Center for Eating Disorders in Hyde Park, a suburb of Cincinatti, Ohio, is very concerned about the epidemic of obesity among US children. She has two grandchildren & a beloved Canine named Maji. All four walk the talk when it comes to lifestyle: playing outdoors, shooting hoops, gardening, & eating foods that come out of the ground instead of out of a bag. Author available for speaking engagements, etc. www.eatingdisorderpro.com

Alan Norton studied Physics at Edinburgh and Oxford Universities before moving to Geneva to work at CERN on Particle Physics research. Since retirement, he has continued to participate in CERN experiments as a professor at the Italian University of Ferrara. As leisure activities, he has completed many mountain running events at the rear of the field, and helped Janette with walking and map preparation for her guides.

Pamela Harris graduated from Reading University and then moved to Switzerland, where she taught English and Classical studies at international schools in the Geneva area. A long-time member of both the Alpine Club and the Swiss Alpine Club, she has walked and climbed extensively in the mountains of Europe and the Himalayas. For several years she walked with Janette and assisted with previous editions of her guides.