Maps and guides
| These maps are essential to those who want to hike outside the paths or in bad weather conditions (snow, fog) in the French Pyrenees: |
| IGN Top 25, Gavarnie, 1748 OT, scale
1:25000 IGN Top 25, Vignemale, 1647 OT, scale 1:25000 IGN Top 25, Neouvielle, 1748 ET, scale 1:25000
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| For the less ambitious traveller a map on a slightly larger scale might be more economical. This map also covers, with pretty much detail, the Parque de Ordesa, and for this reason it is a nice addition to the maps mentioned above: |
| Carte de Randonnées, Pyrénées carte
no.4, scale 1:50000
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| For the Spanish Pyrenees there only maps scale 1:50000 kaarten, with only limited detail: |
| Cartographia Militar de Espana, Serie
L, Bujaruelo, no. 30-8 (146), scale 1:50000
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| Guides which I have in use, and find very nice: |
| Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees, Kev Reynolds, Cicerone Press, 3rd ed. 1993, ISBN 1 85284 133 8, All important crossings and (serious) climbs in the central and high Pyrenees, plus info about huts etc. |
| Pyreneeën, M. Stenchlak en A. Meijerman, Elmar, ISBN 90 6120 685 5, (Dutch) routes in the Parc National des Pyrénées and the Parque Nacional de Ordesa. Warning: what these guys consider to be a one day journey might take up to two days! |
| Pyrenäen, G. Rumplmair, Bergverlag Rother, 2e ed. 1982, ISBN 3 3501 2701 0, (German), the Pyrenees version of the well known AV Führer. Although a little out of date, it proposes fine routedescriptions for experienced hikers and climbers. |
| Le Tour du Mont Perdu, Benard Clos et al., Randonnées Pyrénéennes SA, 1995, ISBN 2 905521 97 X, (French), a walk around the Mont Perdu in 6 days, plus a number of outings. Nice photographs. Nice to have. Available in the local shops. |
| Fleur des Pyrénees, Philippe Mayoux, Rando Editions, 1996, ISBN 2 84182 017 3, (French), a neat little pocket book with photos of the most common flowers. Extremely cheap, and available everywhere, even in the supermarket. |