Looking for Switzerland Ice guide book

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 ipfreely 28 Aug 2022

Hi

I'm looking for a good ice climbing guide for Switzerland, Preferably in English but if not at least with good topos, directions etc.
I already have Alpine ice by Mario Sertori.

Thanks

 EwanR 28 Aug 2022
In reply to ipfreely:

The definitive guides are the two Hot Ice volumes - Ost + West by Urs Odermatt

The topos and maps are pretty good but there's a lot of information that you'll miss if you can't read German. 

 Suncream 28 Aug 2022
In reply to EwanR:

I own Hot Ice West but I wouldn't recommend buying it. In addition to being in German, it is missing a lot of popular climbs, and often lacks good directions to approach the crags. These days I always cross reference with another source before trusting it.

There's an awful lot of info on CampToCamp, you can use the filters to look for ice climbs of a given grade range or altitude.

I should also mention Simon Chatelan's new "Dry tooling & mixte Suisse ouest". It's in French and its main focus is mixed climbs, but it includes some ice too. I think it's great.


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