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Itineraries
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Nature Trails
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They are signaled itineraries which, with the help of a brochure and some signals on the ground, give the visitor the opportunity to learn something about the environment and the local realities. At the moment, you can find them only on the Piedmont slope, but they will be soon prepared also on the Valle d'Aosta slope. |
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Vallone del Roc
Noasca (Valle Orco)
The "sentiero natura del Roc", a lateral valley of the Valle Orco, develops in an environment where the centuries-old presence of man has left precious historical evidences, like the quarters, the woods, the shape of the fields, and the terracing.
Moreover, the elements of the natural landscape, such as fauna, flora, geological formations protected by the Park offer interesting learning opportunities. The itinerary follows a well-signaled path leaving upstream from Noasca and arriving - through a ring-route - at the country ward Pianchetti. The average length of time is of 3 hours. |
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Noasca (Valle Orco)
The aim of this "sentiero natura" is to introduce to the reading of the landscape and its several aspects. It is situated at the borders of the Park, and it represents a useful preview to prepare in the best way to a visit to the Park and to understand its meaning and importance.
Along the itinerary going from the town of Noasca along a ring-route on the opposite side of the stream, a series of panels illustrate the fascinating world of nature through pictures, drawings, schemes, and tables. |
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I Sensi in gioco
Ceresole Reale (Valle Orco)
On 22nd November 2002, the "sentieri natura" prepared for disabled people (blind people) have been tested, after 10 years from the initial project.
The more than one kilometer long guided itinerary, with a modest steepness, can be gone through by blind people and by people who have difficulty in walking thanks to the handrail. It can also be gone through by wheelchair led by a guide. It is the first path for disabled people in the Park.
The project was realized thanks to a contribution of Conai (Consorzio Nazionale Imballaggi) to carry out some actions of environmental compatibility through the use of products made of recycled and recyclable materials.
- Location: Ceresole Reale - Bg. Capoluogo (1,620 m)
- Features: the itinerary develops for about one kilometer, with a modest slope and a large forest trail
- Walking time: 1 hour
- Difficulty: T
- Opening period: from May to the end of September
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The bottom of the valley
Chanavey (Val di Rhêmes)
12 stop points for a naturalistic itinerary which follows the bottom of the valley from Chanavey, where the visitor center is situated, to Pellaud.
Among the aspects illustrated in the brochure about the path, there are the ancient settlement techniques of the alpine villages, the life in the wetlands of the Park, the small secrets of the birds of the wood.
The itinerary is flat, it is easy and it can be gone through also without a particular training.
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Colle della Losa
(Valle Orco-border with France)
It is an international path linking the two national parks of Gran Paradiso and of Vanoise, and the Valle dell’Orco with Val d’Isère through the homonymous hill, one of the rare practicable passes among the two parks.
The itinerary can be gone through only in the middle of the summer, and only by expert excursionists, since there are some very difficult stretches where you must use chains and fixed ropes.
It is a 5-hour-long itinerary leaving from the Lago del Serrù to Pont Saint-Charles in Val d’Isère, and with 750 meters of difference in height uphill: it touches the wetland of Pian della Ballotta, goes beyond the Colle della Losa, where you will find an orienteering panel giving the opportunity to indentify the summits in the distance, and it goes through some areas where the wild goat spends the summer. |
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Eaux Rousses (Valsavarenche)
From Eaux Rousses the route follows the ancient path leading to the hunting residence of Orvieille, going ahead to the alpine summer pasture lying above it, for a length of about two-hour walk.
A brochure gives you the opportunity to know something more about the 11 stop points situated along the path, from the red ferruginous spring of Eaux Rousses to the creation of the ancient dry stone walls, from the conifer woods to the glacial morphology of the valley, from the "pioneer" plants covering the most extreme environments to the ancient hunting residence of Orvieille. The route ends in one of the most beautiful panoramic points of the Park, from which it is possible to see the whole Gran Paradiso massif, from Gran Nomenon to Tresenta. |
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Ring-route to Mont Seuc
Cogne
15 stop and observation points for a naturalistic itinerary leaving from the arrival station of the cableway to the summit of Mont Seuc, and then it descends along the woods through a ring-route.
During the climb you will enjoy a wonderful view over the Valnontey and the glaciers of the Massif of Gran Paradiso. |
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Hiking Itineraries
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- Rifugio Jervis
- Departure: Ceresole Reale - Borgata Villa (1,586 m)
- Arrival: rifugio Jervis (2,250 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 664 m
- Total walking time: 4 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from June to October
- N.B: the departure can also take place from the location Chiapili di Sotto, necessary time for the uphill route 2,00 hours.
- Vallone del Roc
- Departure: Noasca Bg. Capoluogo (1,058 m)
- Arrival: Noasca Fraz. Pianchette (1,188 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 533 m
- Total walking time: 3.30 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from April to November
- N.B: the itinerary coincides with the sentiero natura "Vallone del Roc" - the descriptive brochure is available in the Visitor Centers.
- Vallone di Piantonetto
- Departure: Lago di Teleccio (1,917 m)
- Arrival: Alpe Muanda di Teleccio (2,217 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 300 m
- Total walking time: 1.45 hours
- Difficulty: T
- Advisable period: from June to September
- N.B: check the accessibility of the dam through the road owned by the A. E. M.
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- Lago di Dres
- Departure: Ceresole Reale - Villa Poma (1,584 m)
- Arrival: Lago di Dres (2,087 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 503 m
- Total walking time: 3.30 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from June to October
- Valle di Ribordone
- Departure: Sanctuary of Prascondù (1,321 m)
- Location: Colle del Crest (2,040 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 719 m
- Total walking time: 4 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from June to September
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- Piamprato - Colle Borra
- Departure: Piamprato (1,551 m)
- Arrival: Colle della Borra (2,578 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 1,027 m
- Total walking time: 5 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from June to September
- Campiglia S. Besso
- Departure: Campiglia Soana (1,350 m)
- Arrival: S. Besso, Grange Arietta (2,288 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 950 m
- Total walking time: 6.30 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from July to September
- N.B: check the accessibility of the path between Alpe la Balma and Grange Arietta
- Forzo - Boschietto - Boschettiera
- Departure: Molino di Forzo (1,159 m)
- Arrival: Boschettiera (1,486 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 327 m
- Total walking time: 2.30 hours
- Difficulty: T
- Advisable period: from April to November
- N.B: for B. Davito (2,360 m) it is necessary to consider a further uphill path of about 2.30 hours; only 1 hour to get to the Grange Pian Lavina
- Ronco C.se - Nivolastro - Andorina - Chiapetto
- Departure: Ronco Canavese (948 m)
- Location: Chiapetto (1,143 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 552 m
- Total walking time: 3.30 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from May to November
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- Lillaz - Alpe Bardoney - Lago Loie
- Departure: Lillaz (1,617 m)
- Arrival: Lago Loie (2,354 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 737 m
- Total walking time: 5 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from June to October
- Valnontey - Rifugio Vittorio Sella - Alpeggio Herbetet
- Departure: Valnontey (1,666 m)
- Arrival: Laghetti del Lauson (2,656 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 1,050 m
- Total walking time: 8 hours
- Difficulty: EE
- Advisable period: from July to September
- N.B: it is a traverse.
- Sylvenoire - Chantel - bivacco Gontier - A. Gran Nomenon
- Departure: Sylvenoire (1,324 m)
- Arrival: A. Gran Nomenon (2,309 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 985 m
- Total walking time: 5 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from July to October
- Lillaz - casotto dell'Arolla
- Departure: Lillaz (1,617 m)
- Arrival: Alpeggio dell'Arolla (2,258 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 640 m
- Total walking time: 3.30 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from June to October
- Valnontey - Valmianaz - Pont de l'Erfaulet
- Departure: Valnontey (1,666 m)
- Arrival: Pont de l'Erfaulet (1,830 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 164 m
- Total walking time: 3 hours
- Difficulty: T
- Advisable period: from June to October
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- Eau Rousse - A. Levionaz
- Departure: Eau Rousse (1,666 m)
- Arrival: A. Levionaz Dessous (2,648 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 982 m
- Total walking time: 6.30 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from July to September
- Degioz - Orvieille - Laghi Djouan
- Departure: Dégioz (1,540 m)
- Arrival: Laghi Djouan (2,516 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 976 m
- Total walking time: 7 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from July to September
- Rifugio Chabod
- Departure: Alpeggio Pravieux (1,834 m)
- Arrival: Rifugio Federico Chabod (2,750 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 916 m
- Total walking time: 4.30 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from June to September
- N.B: you can continue the excursion with the traverse to the mountain hut Vittorio Emanuele II
- Rovenaud - Maisoncles
- Departure: Rovenaud (1,461 m)
- Arrival: Maisoncles (1,863 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 402 m
- Total walking time: 2.30 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from June to September
- Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II
- Departure: Pont Valsavarenche (1,960 m)
- Arrival: Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele (2,732 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 772 m
- Total walking time: 4 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from June to September
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- Thumel - rifugio Benevolo
- Departure: Thumel (1,879 m)
- Arrival: rifugio Benevolo (2,285 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 406 m
- Total walking time: 3 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from the half of June to September
- Chanavey - Casotto del Sort - Chaussettaz
- Departure: Bruil (1,723 m)
- Arrival: Casotto del Sort (2,295 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 590 m
- Total walking time: 4 hours
- Difficulty: E
- Advisable period: from July to September
- Vaudaletta - Col Leynir
- Departure: Thumel (1,879 m)
- Arrival: Col Leynir (3,084 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 1,205 m
- Total walking time: 7 hours
- Difficulty: E/EE
- Advisable period: from July to September
- N.B: The difficulty in the final stretch of the path must be carefully evaluated.
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- Bruil - Alpe Entrelor
- Departure: Bruil (1,723 m)
- Arrival: Pian de la Feya (2,403 m)
- Uphill difference in height: 680 m
- Total walking time: 4 hours
- Difficulty: T/E
- Advisable period: from July to September
- N.B.: the eventual uphill stretch to the hill Entrelor presents difficulties in its final part (EE)
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