Eastern Alps

Dieter Seibert. The Eastern Alps, spanning the Swiss, Austrian and Italian borders, contain scores of superb snow and ice peaks. This guide describes the classic snow routes on the principal peaks between Eastern Switzerland and the Yugoslav border. The best mountains have been selected from seven guidebook areas and can be tackled by any glacier-trained party.It is a body of information that will allow a mountaineer to move easily from range to range during a holiday to sample many of the lesser known regions of the Alps. The beauty of these ranges cannot be overstated.