Edited by:
Maurizio Bergamini
We have been waiting for it, and once again this year a new full-bodied volume has arrived in the bookshops, the fourth in the series, dedicated to the Gran Paradiso National Park area, but also to the entire Rhêmes valley and Valgrisenche. We have already extensively covered the author, a personal friend of the Inalto staff, in last year's review (Le Valli del Monte Rosa), and so we can only confirm that the character has not changed: the same passion for his work, the same enthusiasm for exploring the territory, even greater accuracy in describing the itineraries, given that from this year UTM coordinates also make their appearance, useful for those equipped with satellite position-finding devices. As usual, the numbers in the guidebook are considerable: around 340 pages, 99 hikes of varying degrees of difficulty, 2 treks (11 and 5 days), around 30 previously unpublished and circular hikes never described in the past, and countless 'colour' annotations, providing historical information, curiosities or naturalistic flashes. Those who have already purchased the previous volumes in the series will find the same common thread in graphics that have not been renewed, but have certainly been improved: the excursions are catalogued using the usual colour code that classifies them by difficulty. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that they are predominantly medium-easy. The description of the itinerary is, as always, meticulous, perfectly suited to those who are not mountain experts, but who nevertheless do not want to miss out on the pleasure that a beautiful excursion can offer. This is due to the professional scrupulousness of the author, who every summer dedicates several months to walking the area he describes. We have already said it and we confirm it: it seems obvious, but instead the world of mountain publishing is often populated by walkers 'on paper', or rather, 'on the map'! It only remains for us to invite you to put this new guidebook to the test. But if by chance you are not interested in this remnant of the Aosta Valley, do not forget the other alternatives offered by the author himself:
- [[The Mont Blanc Valleys]]
- [[The Aosta, Cogne, l'Avic and Champorcher Mountains]]
- [[The Monte Rosa Valleys]]
- [[The Gran Paradiso Valleys and the Valgrisenche]]
- [[Gran San Bernardo, Valpelline and Conca del Fallère]]
- [[The Valleys of the Matterhorn]]
Taking advantage of our friendship with the author, we can already announce a new volume for next year, this time for true connoisseurs, since it will deal with a much less "national-popular" area, and for this very reason even richer in true discoveries.