Cicerone Press: 295 books
Navigation
Using your map and compass
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
This practical handbook to navigation - the techniques of using map and compass - will help you master the key skills necessary for walking and mountaineering in the mountains. As a small, pocket guide, this is an ideal companion to take into the hills, and since practice will make perfect, time spent...
The GR5 Trail - Vosges and Jura
Schirmeck to Lac Léman, and the GR53
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Guidebook to a principal north-south long-distance walking route through eastern France, traversing the Vosges and the Haut-Jura plateau along the GR5/GR53. The 687km (427-mile) waymarked path traverses the entire length of the Vosges, and then climbs up onto the plateau of the Haut-Jura before dropping...
Tour of Mont Blanc
Complete two-way trekking guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
The essential guidebook to the 105-mile Tour of Mont Blanc trek in the Alps. One of the best of the world's classic walks, which circumnavigates the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days through France, Switzerland and Italy. The walk has all the excitement of the high mountains yet none of the worry...
The Northern Caminos
The Caminos Norte, Primitivo and Inglés
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
This guidebook is a comprehensive, pocket-sized guide to walking the pilgrimage routes through northern Spain to the sacred city of Santiago de Compostela. The Camino del Norte is an 817km five-week coastal route from the town of Irún, close to the French border. Its alternatives are the Camino Primitivo...
The Coast to Coast Walk
St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Guidebook and Ordnance Survey map booklet to the Coast to Coast Walk. The route stretches some 188 miles (302km) from St Bees on Cumbria's west coast to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire. It is suitable for most fit walkers and can be comfortably walked in around a fortnight. The full Coast to Coast...
Unjustifiable Risk?
The Story of British Climbing
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
To the impartial observer Britain does not appear to have any mountains. Yet the British invented the sport of mountain climbing and for two periods in history British climbers led the world in the pursuit of this beautiful and dangerous obsession. Unjustifiable Risk is the story of the social, economic...
by Pete Hill
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Written by one of the UK's top mountain instructors Pete Hill, this guidebook, covering all the basic rock climbing skills and climbing equipment, is invaluable not only for beginners but also for climbers wanting to increase their technical knowledge of climbing single- and multi-pitch routes. Rock...
by Paddy Dillon
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
This guidebook to walking on the Scilly Isles at the south-western edge of Britain includes 11 day walks and 4 boat trips, perfect for a fortnight away from it all. The walks are between 2 and 16km long, and explore the larger islands such as Tresco, St Martin's, St Mary's, St Agnes and Bryher as...
St Oswald's Way and St Cuthbert's Way
With the Northumberland Coast Path
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
This guide describes two long-distance trails through the unspoilt scenery of Northumberland and the Borders. St Oswald's Way begins at Heavenfield and its 97 miles take in rolling farmland and the Simonside Hills before reaching the vast sandy beaches of the coast. The 62 mile St Cuthbert's Way begins...
by Richard Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
This walking guidebook describes 30 day walks all over the Isles of Harris and Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides. The walks range from 2 to 14 miles (4-22km) in length, and are easily accessible from Stornaway or Tarbert. Routes vary from short strolls to long wilderness hikes, high-level and low-level,...
by Keith Fergus
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Guidebook to walking the Ayrshire Coastal Path and Arran Coastal Way on the western coast of Scotland. The Ayrshire Coast Path is a 94-mile route from Glenapp in the south to Skelmorlie in the north. Also described is the Arran Coastal Way, which circumnavigates its way round that island for 60 miles...
The Hebridean Way
Long-distance walking route through Scotland's Outer Hebrides
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Officially launched in 2017, the Hebridean Way offers walkers the opportunity to experience the magic of Scotland's Outer Hebrides in one inspirational journey. The waymarked route stretches 247km (155 miles) from Vatersay to Stornaway, linking ten major islands of the archipelago by means of causeways...
The UK's County Tops
Reaching the top of 91 historic counties
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
This inspiring guide describes 82 walking routes to the highest points (?tops') of the UK's 91 historic counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, from Inverness-shire's Ben Nevis (1344m) to Huntingdonshire's Boring Field (80m), visiting 10 national parks and numerous Areas of Outstanding...
The Mountains of Montenegro
A Walker's and Trekker's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
This guidebook to Montenegro includes day-walks and multi-day treks throughout the Dinaric Alps, ranging from 1 hour to 5 days, with a selection of circular and linear routes, with variants and extensions. The 17 walks and trekking routes take in Montenegro's five national parks as well as other areas...