Oberwallis

Author Eric Pointner/Egon Feller
Published Swiss Alpine Club (2012)
ISBN 978-3-85902-310-9

Website bmcshop.co.uk

Review

A comprehensive rock climbing guide to the Eastern Valais. Snow and ice climbs are not included. Most of the climbing described is bolted, in all the guide covers around 2000 routes, with over 250 multi pitch lines at 99 different crags (many not currently in the UKC database). The guide covers Rhone valley crags around Brig and Visp as well as the Zermatt and Saas valleys and Simplon Pass area.

The guide is dual language (German and English) and easy to follow. Topos are almost all black and White photos with numbered routes marked in red. Some colour action photos are also included. 351 pages with crag index/route stats section and area map/key to symbols on the endpapers.


Crags covered by this Guide
Valais crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Baltschiederklause 41 Granite ?
Brandgraben 1 Limestone E
Brig 222 Gneiss all
Brunegg 200 Limestone all
Dri Horlini 36 Gneiss all
Feechi 29 Gneiss SE
Fieschertal 64 Granite all
Finnuplatte 17 - S
Fischzucht 9 Gneiss S
Fluhalp 7 Gneiss S
Gletsch 17 Granite S
Gornerflüe 11 - S
Herr der Ringe 89 Gneiss NW
Ice Age 13 - S
Jegihorn 13 Gneiss all
Joli 14 Limestone SE
Lalden 11 Gneiss S
Lonza 17 - E
Medji 26 Gneiss E
Riffelhorn 27 - all
Saasfelswand 9 Gneiss SE
Simplon Dorf 56 Gneiss E
Simplon Pass 49 Gneiss SE
Weisshorn 5 Gneiss all
Wiwanni 122 Gneiss S
Zeneggen 42 Quartzite E

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