I've been looking around for a new guidebook for off piste and ski tours in the Chamonix/courmayeur area, however the vamos one seems to be out of print. Anyone want to reccomend a decent alternative (English language ideally)? Ideally covering Cham, courmayeur and the classic stuff in the Vallee Blanche and argentiere basin.
Cheers
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
These two books are more free ride focused but published in Italy in 2013 are upto date and have the off piste decents incl some serious ones described in English. Also Fatmap linked below is like a guide book on your phone complete with maps.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Cheers! I knew I'd seen something like that in the bookshop opposite snells, that was the book I was looking for. Yeah I've got the Fat Map for the Grands Montets, I imagine they've expanded the number of zones since I last looked at it
@hollando, the blue one also covers Chamonix and has a few of the classic tours in it as well. It's good and clear, cost 25 euro I think.
Fat map covers all the ski areas in Chamonix plus the toula glacier, there are also other resorts available. It's very comprehensive and detailed plus has discriptions as well, but is limited to lift served off piste.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
If you look up Francois Burnier on Facebook you can apparently download his vamos guide as a PDF free of charge.