The ski tour of superlatives: 105,199 vertical meters and a distance of 1760 km! These are the phenomenal facts of a phenomenal ski tour, on which the authors set off from the Mediterranean and actually carried their skis all the way to Vienna.
And the fact that the authors themselves needed several winters to complete this super tour in no way diminishes their achievement, as they consistently did without the support of an accompanying team or the use of motorized transport on their longitudinal crossing of the Alps.
The Super Haute Route follows sections of the Haute Route from Zermatt to Mont Blanc, which is popular among ski tourers. In addition, the Super Haute Route runs through many regions that are rarely visited, especially in winter.
Very few readers are likely to complete the entire ski tour, the stages of which are described in detail and are easy to understand. But even those who only want to tackle sections will find the Super-Haute-Route guide, which comes in the proven quality of the tour guides from Panico-Verlag, a good book that opens up many new tour options for the keen tourer.
The only shortcoming of the book are the sometimes very old-fashioned pictures, but this only slightly detracts from the positive overall impression.