The ''Alpine Club Guides'' (german: Alpenvereinsführer, commonly shortened to ''AV Führer'' or ''AVF'') are the standard series of Alpine guides that cover all the important mountain groups in the
Eastern Alps
Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in t ...
. They are produced jointly by the
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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South Tyrol Alpine Club
The South Tyrol Alpine Club (german: Alpenverein Südtirol), abbreviated AVS, is an association of German and Ladin-speaking mountain climbers in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Founded in 1946, it is sub-divided into 32 sections and 58 local divis ...
s (AVS). They have been published since 1950 by the firm of Bergverlag Rother in Munich, Germany.
The AV guides contain all the routes – hiking trails, mountain hut approaches and summit climbs as well as ice and high mountain routes and '' klettersteigs'' in each mountain range. The descriptions are factual and dry, with few illustrations - rather unlike mountain books by e.g. Walter Pause – and despite introductory sections require general Alpine knowledge and experience. Examples are the ''AVF Allgäuer Alpen'' and the ''AVF
Verwallgruppe
The Verwall Alps or Verwall Group Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, pp. 321-326. . are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps at the border of the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg.
It ...
''.The AV guides are often used as the basis for other publications and complement the Alpine Club maps or other map series.
Fritz Peterka
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin a ...
Granatspitzgruppe
The Granatspitze Group (german: Granatspitzgruppe), sometimes also the Granatspitz Group, is a sub-group of the Central Alps within the Eastern Alps. Together with the Ankogel Group, the Goldberg Group, the Glockner Group, the Schober Group, t ...
Kaisergebirge
The Kaiser Mountains (german: Kaisergebirge, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are ...
''alpin'' (Horst Höfler and Jan Piepenstock)
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Kaisergebirge
The Kaiser Mountains (german: Kaisergebirge, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are ...
Lechtaler Alpen
The Lechtal Alps (german: Lechtaler Alpen) are a mountain-range in western Austria, and part of the greater Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the river Lech which drains them north-ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian stat ...
Ortleralpen
The Ortler Alps ( it, Ortles-Cevedale ; german: Ortler-Alpen; rm, Alps da l'Ortler) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps mountain group in the Central Eastern Alps, in Italy and Switzerland.
Geography
The Ortler Alps are separate ...
(Peter Holl)
* Samnaungruppe (Paul Werner and Ludwig Thoma)
* Silvretta ''alpin'' (Günter Flaig)
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Stubaier Alpen
The Stubai Alps (in German ''Stubaier Alpen'') is a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps of Europe. It derives its name from the Stubaital valley to its east and is located southwest of Innsbruck, Austria. Several peaks form the border betwee ...
Venedigergruppe
The Venediger Group (german: Venedigergruppe) is a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Granatspitze Group, the Glockner Group, the Goldberg Group, and the Ankogel Group, it forms the main ridge of the High Tauern. ...
(Willi End and Hubert Peterka)
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Verwallgruppe
The Verwall Alps or Verwall Group Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, pp. 321-326. . are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps at the border of the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg.
It ...
(Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian and Andreas Weiskopf)
* Wetterstein (Stefan Beulke)
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Zillertaler Alpen
The Zillertal Alps ( it, Alpi Aurine; german: Zillertaler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.
Name
The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.
Geography
Th ...
(Walter Klier)
Out-of-print guides
* Ankogel- and Goldberggruppe (Liselotte Buchenauer und Peter Holl, 1986)
* Brentagruppe (Heinz Steinkötter, 1988)
* Chiemgauer Alpen (Marianne and Helmuth Zebhauser, 1988)
* Dachstein Ost (Willi End, 1980)
* Dachstein West (Willi End, 1980)
* Dolomiten: Cristallogruppe (Jürgen and Angelika Schmidt, 1981)
* Dolomiten: Marmolada (Heinz Mariacher, 1983)
* Dolomiten: Rosengartengruppe (Heinz Mariacher, 1988)
* Dolomiten: Schiaragruppe (Richard Goedeke, 1981)
* Hochschwab (Günter and Luise Auferbauer, 1990)
* Kitzbüheler Alpen (Georg Bleier and Kurt Kettner, 1984)
* Loferer und Leoganger Steinberge (Nikolaus Stockklauser and Adi Stocker, 1991)
* Lienzer Dolomiten (Hubert Peterka and Willi End, 1984)
* Rätikon (Günther Flaig, 1974)
* Rieserfernergruppe (Werner Beikircher, 1983)
* Rofangebirge (Rudolf Röder, Ernst Schmid and Rudger v. Werden, 1983)
* Schobergruppe (Walter Mair, 1979)
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Tannheimer Berge The Tannheim MountainsSchweizer Alpen-Club (SAC) sind das Pendant der AV-Führer für das Gebiet der Schweizer Westalpen. Die SAC-Führer beschreiben ebenfalls alle Gipfel, Wege und Anstiegsrouten eines Gebietes. Ähnlich zu den Alpenvereinsführern sind auch hiervon regelmäßig mehrere Bände vergriffen und auch das Erscheinungsbild mutet nicht mehr ganz zeitgemäß an. Das tut jedoch der inhaltlichen Qualität keinen Abbruch.
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