Location
The story
Traverse and ascents in the Gran Paradiso group, Italy's first national park (1922) and cradle of Savoyard alpinism. The day includes Roccia Viva, Bec du Vallon and Tête de Montcorvé — satellite peaks of the 4,061 m Gran Paradiso — with base at Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II, a historic hut built in 1884 and rebuilt in 1961. The terrain is mixed: glacier, recent moraines destabilised by glacial retreat, and III/IV grade rocky ridges. The park was founded to protect the ibex, which now repopulates the high pastures. Dawn photographs, when the glacier turns pink and the first ibexes trace the skyline, justify every hour of walking.
Important Notice
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