450 pages of the best icefall climbing Europe has to offer - France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and Italy are all covered. Every icefall has a colour photo-topo, the guide is packed with fantastic action shots and each venue has ‘Rockfax’ style symbols denoting the length of the pitch / pitches, the overall difficulty, the approach time, the venues aspect, its altitude and details on the descent. All the popular areas are covered, Chamonix and La Grave in France, the Aosta Valley in Italy and Kandersteg in Switzerland plus a whole host of lesser know venues in Austria and Slovenia - the guide has been compiled with the help of some of Europe’s leading ice-climbers including Patrick Gabarrou, Ueli Steck and Peter Podgornik.