Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso
Herbetet pastures - Refuge Vittorio Sella
Introduction
Spectacular and classic route, perhaps the most beautiful of the group for the observation Gran Paradiso from the side of Cogne. Beauty and aerial crossing that links the pastures to the Refuge is a journey of great satisfaction and panoramic views. Not totally easy itinerary for which, in some places, you need a firm foothold and a head for heights. Some artificial features help overcome the most difficult. Despite its length, can also be considered a variant of access to Rifugio Vittorio Sella, whose "normal" access path is rather monotonous, exhausting and, especially, often clogged with too many hikers. The Vittorio Sella Refuge is often overcrowded and, worse, given the ease of access, is joined by noisy groups who make this place unbearable at times and certainly a far cry from the silence of the mountains and the environment of a National Park which is the Gran Paradiso.
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Col Rosset
Introduction
Col Rosset takes its name from a band of typically colored rocks on Nivolet side (actually a more appropriate name would be ... Col Giallet because of this yellow band) and is ideally situated between the valleys of Rhemes and Savarenche as privileged balcony on the Gran Paradiso. This crossing, in itself long enough, (coming from the Refuge Benevolo one has to face a biggest drop since a long stretch is downhill) becomes a great ride between the two valleys with the way through the entire plan Nivolet (about 7 km. in length), and offers considerable appeal and the chance to observe the flora and fauna of the National Park. Unfortunately (as in so many hikes in the Valle d'Aosta is often the case) there is another side of the coin: reaching the refuge Savoy quite close to the Col Nivolet on a summer day, coming from the hill, is an experience nothing short of shocking. We know that from the valley of Piedmont Locana (called Orco valley too) cars are allowed to reach this site and then anyone can imagine what the emotional impact for hikers coming from high altitudes to find themselves suddenly surrounded by polluting vehicles and chattering crowds of "sunday tourists" that invade every corner of available land and flock to shelters like normally people do in the bars of the big cities at happy hour time. And this is, unfortunately, a forced a passage that partially ruins the aesthetics and satisfaction of this great journey.
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Becca Traversiere
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Gran Nomenon
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Bivouac Alessandro Martinotti
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Un vecchio incontro
I found an old shot taken during a walk in the italian Alps.
Quality is not good, but the picture reminds me a really strange meeting.
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