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From the Park's peaks to the Cathedral's spires
(Vogogna, 06 Mag 24) Following the many requests we have been receiving for months from the Park Authority, we are glad to announce that three excursions to the Milan Cathedral's Cava Madre in Candoglia di Mergozzo have been organised even this year.
The first date is set for Thursday 27 June, when you will climb ...
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PN Val GrandeFollowing the recent expansion of the protected area, the Val Grande National Park Authority considers it appropriate to communicate important news on fishing activities and wild boar management in the new territories
(Vogogna, 19 Apr 24) Some articles have been published about fishing, which might have led people to believe that this activity, in the Toce stretches, could be carried out in the same way as before the expansion: this is not the case. One of the main aims of the Val Grande National Park is to preserve biodiversity, and...
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PN Val Grande(Vogogna, 16 Ago 23) The Park Authority informs that, due to the dry season, some springs located near the bivouacs are dry.
In particular, the springs of:
Bocchetta di Campo
Colma di Premosello
Lidesh
Ragozzale
while in Mottac the reserve is now running out.
We take this opportunity to remind you that the sp...
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PN Val GrandePhoto by Susanne Jutzeler, Schweiz 🇨🇭 suju-foto from Pixabay
The event on Thursday 6 October
(Vogogna, 19 Set 22) The MuLM, the world's longest museum, of which the Park is a part with the emerging Pink Marble and Granite Museum in Mergozzo, is offering an extraordinary experience, completely free of charge, in the middle of Candoglia and Ornavasso marble quarries on Thursday 6 October.
The event will be inclu...
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PN Val Grande(Vogogna, 30 Mag 22) We inform hikers that, from 8 to 12 June 2022, the largest bivouac at In la Piana will be closed because it will be used for the Chiovini Path, celebrating its 24th edition this year.
The Chiovini Path is the trek that, every year, retraces the paths used by the partisans to escape from the roundup...
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PN Val Grande(Vogogna, 03 Mag 22) With the end of the health emergency, the bivouacs managed by the Park Authority are now fully usable again.
However, we point out that:
The toilet next to the Scaredi bivouac is closed,
The toilet in the Colma di Premosello bivouac should not be used, due to lack of water,
All the bivouacs lo...
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PN Val Grande(Vogogna, 20 Ott 21) Warning: due to the ongoing pandemic, accessing all Park's bivouacs is forbidden, except in cases of proven emergency. Furthermore, we inform you that:
The bivouac located in Pian di Boit is currently entrusted to the Società Cooperativa Valgrande for building operations, therefore the acces...
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PN Val GrandeConstruction sites along Traversata Bassa (Low Crossing) of Val Grande and in the Ompio - Corte Buè – Cicogna area. Transit closure decrees issued.
(Vogogna, 17 Ago 21)
With the decision of the Director no. 117 dated 12.05.2021, this Authority has established the adjudication of the extraordinary maintenance works of the path In La Piana - L'Arca – Orfalecchio – P.te Velina that will start today, on Tuesday 17 August. The estimated duration o...
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PN Val GrandeVelina Bridge (photo by Giancarlo Parazzoli, PNVG Archive)
(Vogogna, 13 Nov 20) Due to the health emergency, the Park must be attended in compliance with national and regional regulations related to Coronavirus, that are always updated.
All the bivouacs managed by the Park Authority should not be accessed, as they cannot be attended safely. These structures can only be accesse...
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PN Val GrandeThe attendance of the Val Grande
(Vogogna, 15 Ott 20) The exceptional weather conditions that occurred in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola area on 2nd and 3rd October also heavily affected the territory of the Val Grande, causing landslides and tree falls on large portions of the Park’s path network.
The Park’s path network is therefore difficult ...
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