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I'm a bit of a map geek, and seeing as I'm going to the Passportes du Soleil this year, I'd like to buy a proper map beforehand. You know, a foldy up paper one. Around 1:50,000 or even better 1:25,000
The best I can find is a winter hued, ski-ists map, which is mainly to show how all the pistes and lifts link up, but obviously I'd like a summer one with the tracks and trails shown. So, over to you Hive Mind, what ya got?
Ta.
IGN is the french version ordnance survey - you can buy online and get them shipped - you might need to do a bit of cross referencing with resort bike trail maps as I suspect they will not be marked (compare to UK trail centre routes aren't marked on OS maps)
You might need to buy a swiss map for the swiss side
EDIT: [url= http://loisirs.ign.fr/documentArticle.do?idDoc=5283636&siteId=5059600 ]Example, Morzine 1:25000[/url]
Im a map geek and bought one of the IGN ones, they are great and you can get them cheap on Amazon.
But when I was there I found the free maps available from the tourist office were good and to be honest there are so many trails you find you dont use the map. You are either going down hill (fast), or comming back up in a cable car. Just make sure you end up in the correct valley.
That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for, but wanted to avoid buying 2 if at all possible. I was hoping that someone might produce just one covering [url= http://www.avoriaz.com/station-alpes-france/documents/311-portesdusoleil2007-2008-v1ete.pdf ]this[/url] area, both the French and Swiss sides of the border.
edit - actually that IGN map may just sneak most of the swiss side in, by the looks of an index I found.
Thanks trimix, I'm sure I'll pick some up when there, but I like to have one beforehand.