Book Review

Mont Blanc and the Aiguilles Rouges

— Anselme Baud

Here's a gem worth finding: Anselme Baud's guide to skiing the French Alps, in English, featuring hundreds of classic backcountry skiing and randonnee routes, from easy to expert to far, far, beyond.

Followers of French extreme skiing will be enthralled with Baud's descriptions of routes like the Arete de Peuterey, or the Nant Blanc, which border on the ultimate difficulty rating: "abominable difficile."

Mont Blanc and the Aiguilles Rouges - Anselme Baud

Mont Blanc & Aiguilles Rouges

And don't miss—in his own words, with illustrations—Baud describing the turn he and Patrick Vallencant developed that enabled them to descend Chamonix's ultra-steep couloirs.

Color photos abound in this wonderful guidebook. What more could you ask for?

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