SKI TOURING AND SNOWSHOEING IN THE DOLOMITES – 50 WINTER ROUTES (1st Edition, 2017)
Written by James Rushforth
Review by Dave Brown
The Italian Dolomites: A UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the world's most popular ski destinations. This is a place of beauty, breath-taking scenery and the all-important snow. The Dolomites attracts winter sports enthusiasts, climbers and mountaineers from worldwide and in their thousands.
So, it is with the greatest of welcomes that this, the first English language guidebook to Ski Touring and Snowshoeing is bestowed upon us, detailing 10 areas of the Italian Dolomites, there is plenty to go at.
The premise of this excellent guidebook appears to be ‘have your cake and eat it!’ come to one of the most beautiful and busiest winter sport destinations in the world, but, escape the crowds and explore the peaks, ridges, couloirs, faces and valleys that the best of the Dolomites has to offer. This guidebook offers to show you those places and whet your appetite for adventure in the northern territories of Italy.
There's nothing quite like the search for the fresh tracks and this, James Rushforth's Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites, opens the door to the hidden backcountry of the Dolomites, from easily accessible areas such as Cortina, Arabba, Corvara and Canazei to name but a few; detailing how to get there, the logistics whilst in country, safety, insurance and ski passes and background information on the region's rich history and cultural heritage and importantly, how to use the guidebook.
The guidebook itself, uses the popular grading system combination of alpine grading for ascent and the volo/toponeige for the descent and the routes vary according to difficulty and ranging from 5km to 18km. Thus providing a good range of routes for all abilities and interests of both snowshoeing enthusiast to ski touring aficionado.
There are detailed route descriptions, which are accompanied by 1:50,000 mapping, complimented by
topos showing the line of the route, all presented alongside the author's own inspirational photography, for which James has won over a dozen international photographic competitions alongside a nomination for the Banff Film Festival Book Award for a previously published book.
The routes allow you to discover quaint villages and enchanting mountain vistas whilst on a relaxing snowshoe trek along a tranquil winter valley or get your adrenaline fix whilst on the thrilling descent of a steep couloir in the mountains. The Dolomites of winter boast off-piste adventures at their best and memories that will last a lifetime.
Appendices offer further information useful to planning that includes contact details for local ski schools, mountain guide offices and sports shops as well as glossaries of place-names, terminology and simple translations.
This is an excellent resource that provides information to an area previously guarded by local language guidebooks, now made accessible English speakers.
SKI TOURING AND SNOWSHOEING IN THE DOLOMITES – 50 WINTER ROUTES - by James Rushforth
ISBN: 978 1 85284 7456
PUBLICATION: January 2017
Published by Cicerone www.cicerone.co.uk
Paperback Gloss, Laminated PVC Sleeve 280 pages. Price: £18.95
Written by James Rushforth
Review by Dave Brown
The Italian Dolomites: A UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the world's most popular ski destinations. This is a place of beauty, breath-taking scenery and the all-important snow. The Dolomites attracts winter sports enthusiasts, climbers and mountaineers from worldwide and in their thousands.
So, it is with the greatest of welcomes that this, the first English language guidebook to Ski Touring and Snowshoeing is bestowed upon us, detailing 10 areas of the Italian Dolomites, there is plenty to go at.
The premise of this excellent guidebook appears to be ‘have your cake and eat it!’ come to one of the most beautiful and busiest winter sport destinations in the world, but, escape the crowds and explore the peaks, ridges, couloirs, faces and valleys that the best of the Dolomites has to offer. This guidebook offers to show you those places and whet your appetite for adventure in the northern territories of Italy.
There's nothing quite like the search for the fresh tracks and this, James Rushforth's Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites, opens the door to the hidden backcountry of the Dolomites, from easily accessible areas such as Cortina, Arabba, Corvara and Canazei to name but a few; detailing how to get there, the logistics whilst in country, safety, insurance and ski passes and background information on the region's rich history and cultural heritage and importantly, how to use the guidebook.
The guidebook itself, uses the popular grading system combination of alpine grading for ascent and the volo/toponeige for the descent and the routes vary according to difficulty and ranging from 5km to 18km. Thus providing a good range of routes for all abilities and interests of both snowshoeing enthusiast to ski touring aficionado.
There are detailed route descriptions, which are accompanied by 1:50,000 mapping, complimented by
topos showing the line of the route, all presented alongside the author's own inspirational photography, for which James has won over a dozen international photographic competitions alongside a nomination for the Banff Film Festival Book Award for a previously published book.
The routes allow you to discover quaint villages and enchanting mountain vistas whilst on a relaxing snowshoe trek along a tranquil winter valley or get your adrenaline fix whilst on the thrilling descent of a steep couloir in the mountains. The Dolomites of winter boast off-piste adventures at their best and memories that will last a lifetime.
Appendices offer further information useful to planning that includes contact details for local ski schools, mountain guide offices and sports shops as well as glossaries of place-names, terminology and simple translations.
This is an excellent resource that provides information to an area previously guarded by local language guidebooks, now made accessible English speakers.
SKI TOURING AND SNOWSHOEING IN THE DOLOMITES – 50 WINTER ROUTES - by James Rushforth
ISBN: 978 1 85284 7456
PUBLICATION: January 2017
Published by Cicerone www.cicerone.co.uk
Paperback Gloss, Laminated PVC Sleeve 280 pages. Price: £18.95
