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15 January 2019 at 17:39:38 #819504

We are traveling to Vallemaggia in April and I have been searching for good trail maps and descriptions. Any suggestions for particularly helpful websites or other resources?

Also, I keep coming upon references to a 1992 guidebook called Ticino, Switzerland: A Walking Guide by Kev Reynolds. Is a 25+ year old book likely to be mostly accurate? Anyone with experience with this particular book?

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[Slowpoke]

16 January 2019 at 0:34:45 #902230

Hi Araghf –

Welcome to my Swiss Alps !

<<“We are traveling to Vallemaggia in April and I have been searching for good trail maps and descriptions. Any suggestions for particularly helpful websites or other resources?”>>

map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=swisstopo&lang=e n&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo .pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisst opo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege&zoom=4&E=26 94086.37&N=1124082.73

http://www.alpenwild.com/stat icpage/trail-signs-in-the-swiss-alps/

http://www.schweizmobil.ch/en /wanderland/hiking-in-switzerland.html

http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch /

<<” Also, I keep coming upon references to a 1992 guidebook called Ticino, Switzerland: A Walking Guide by Kev Reynolds. Is a 25+ year old book likely to be mostly accurate? Anyone with experience with this particular book?”>>

Kev’s books are the bible(s). They will be almost 100% accurate today.

If there are changes, you can see them in the links that I listed above.

Did not check the list given in the next link, because it is constantly expanding. But, take look here and scroll down:

http://www.myswissalps.com/hi king

http://www.myswissalps.com/hi king/maps

Slowpoke

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16 January 2019 at 17:46:43 #902231

Thanks for these resources! I had found a couple of them, but not all.

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17 January 2019 at 0:24:59 #902232

Not much has changed as regards walking paths so even old books should be OK. For general maps showing official walking routes use the Kummerly and Frey maps – always available locally in Swiss towns and tourist villages in newsagents/bookshops/mountain gear shops

http://www.stanfords.co.uk/Sw itzerland-Kümmerly-Frey-60K-Walking-Maps_SI00000307

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17 January 2019 at 0:28:36 #902233

Online you have:

Swiss geo: map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=ech&bgLa yer=ch.swisstopo.pixel karte-farbe&layers=ch.swisst opo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs. gebaeude_wohnungs_regi ster,ch.bav.haltestell en-oev,ch.swisstopo.swiss tlm3d-wanderwege&layers_visi bility=false,false,fal se,true&layers_timesta mp=18641231,,,&E=26906 26.87&N=1133398.65&zoo m=4

Schweizmobil / Wanderland.ch:

map.wanderland.ch/?lang=en&bgLayer=pk&sea son=summer&resolution= 20&E=2701010&N=1118920 &layers=Wanderland

[Slowpoke]

17 January 2019 at 2:07:16 #902234

H i 1960man –

Why do you prefer the Kümmerly ( with an umlaut over the u) and Frey maps with trails marked over the SwissTopo “Wanderkarte” maps, which of course also have the trails marked?

Slowpoke