Alpine Points of View: A collection of images of the Alps

From the Maritime Alps behind Nice, to the sun-washed Julians of Slovenia, the Alpine chain is one of the most scenically diverse and exciting ranges on earth. With glacier and snowfield, meadow, scree and rockface, its subtle beauty is revealed in a variety of landscape features, while peaks such as Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau are mountains of which dreams are made and ambitions forged. But the best of the Alps are not the sole preserve of the climber, as this collection of photographs proves. The winding trail taken by walkers and trekkers leads to countless vantage points that unfold scenes of heart-stopping splendour, and Alpine addict Kev Reynolds has selected a hundred of his favourites - chosen from four decades of exploration in every corner of the range. Alpine Points of View seduces the reader out of the armchair and into Europe's premier range with illustrations and text creating creams to be turned into reality.

Table of Contents:
ALPS UPON ALPS Pra Gra above Arolla, Pennine Alps Vanoise flower meadow Dairyman at work on an alp Alpine marmot Refuge de Vallonpierre, écrins massif Snowpeak riding a cloud, écrins massif Combin massif, Pennine Alps Pers glacier basin, Piz Palü, Bernina Alps Dents du Midi at sunset, Pennine Alps THE SOUTH-WEST ALPS Lac de Trécolpas, Vallée du Boréon La Meije from the hamlet of Les Hières Vallon des étançonsVallon de Bonne Pierre Dôme de Neige des écrins Mont Gioberney Icefall on the Glacier Blanc Glacier Noir Bosse de Clapouse, above Ailefroide Village scene, Bourg d'Arud Col de la Muzelle Lac des Vaches and La Grande Casse Plan du Lac Vallon de la Rocheure Grande Ciamarella and l'Albaron Herbétet-Paradiso massif Lago de Lauson Mont Blanc from Col de la Seigne The balcony trail above Val Veni Aiguille de Tré la Tête Reflections of Mont Blanc Col de Voza and the Chamonix Aiguilles Grands Charmoz above Montenvers The Drus from Les Praz Aiguilles Verte and Drus Mont Blanc from the Grand Balcon Sud THE CENTRAL ALPS Lac de Fenêtre Storm clouds over Lac de Fenêtre Silhouettes outside Cabane du Mont Fort Mont Blanc floats on a raft of mist Mont Blanc de Cheilon Eastward view from Pas de Chèvres Moiry glacier and Pointes de Mourti Icefall of the Moiry glacier Sunset clouds, Cabane de Moiry Tsijière de la Vatse and the Moming glacier Cabane d'Ar Pitetta Ober Gabelhorn and the Zinal glacier Grande Cornier and Dent Blanche Bishorn and Weisshorn from the Turtmanntal Nadelhorn, Dom and the Ried glacier Jungen, above St Niklaus Mist wreaths over the Mattertal The Matterhorn from Höhbalmen Dent d'Hérens from the Schönbiel hut The Schwarzsee Ober Gabelhorn from the slopes of the Matterhorn iew from the Hörnli hut terrace The Mischabel wall from Plattjen Strahlhorn, Rimpfischhorn and the Allalin glacier Gspon and the Bietschhorn Val d'Osura Lepontine stream and water-worn slabs Haymaking in Valle di Peccia Lago di Sambuco Val Roseg headwall Alpe Fora and Monte Disgrazia The Silsersee and Piz Corvatsch Piz Cristanas, Val Sesvenna The Eiger, seen from Grosse Scheidegg Tackling the Rots Gufer below the Schreckhorn hut Finsteraarhorn and Fiescherwand The Gspaltenhorn above Mürren The Lauterbrunnen Breithorn The Rottal hut The descent to Oberi Bundalp The Bietschhorn, seen from below the Lötschenpass Faldumalp in the Lötschental Weritzalp, on the Lötschentaler Höhenweg Gletscherstafel Wall Reflecting pool in the Göschenertal Chelenalp hut Lunersee from the Schesaplana THE EASTERN ALPS Taschachferner from the Fuldaer Höhenweg Ice pool below the Wildspitze The Kalkkogel massif Grunausee and the Wilder Freiger The Kuchelmooskar basin below the Plauener hut Stilluptal from above Mayrhofen Sunset colours from the Hundstein Sun-bleached peaks above Werfenweng Val Brenta Alta Sella Group above Passo Gardena Dolomitic rock fingers near Passo Cir Mont de Seura Rifugio Locatelli Tre Cima di Lavaredo Monte Cristallo The Carnic, Karawanken and Julian Alps The Seven Lakes valley Prisojnik

About the Author :
Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojounalist and lecturer whose first title for Cicerone Press (Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978, and is still in print. He has published many books on the Alps, a series of trekkers' guides to Nepal and, nearer to home, several guides on walking in southern England. A member of the Alpine club and the Outdoor Writers' Guild, he is also the first Honorary Member of the British Association of European Mountain leaders. Most winters find Kev travelling around Britain sharing his love of wild places through his lectures.