This post describes maybe the most amazing experience I have ever had, Parinacota trekking in the border between Chile and Bolivia. This upland in the north of Chile is fantastic. Endless lands with alpaca and small villages with amazing volcanoes that sprout out as mushrooms. These volcanos are extremely high and very wild. Very few people dare climbing them even though they do not present any particular technical difficulty. Hiking … Read more…
Have you ever tried to do a Via Ferrata? Basically Via Ferrata allows you to go where it would be impossible or very difficult with some artificial help. Ferro in italian means Iron. In the mountain some steps and an iron rope is settled to allows people to proceed in security. Maybe the most beautiful and for sure the more spectacular Via Ferrata we have in our territory is the … Read more…
Hiking in the middle of the Night is a mystic experience! The forest is full of beautiful noises of the wind blowing in the leafs. It is necessary to know the way but the experience of night hiking is very pleasant. The idea was to break the routine of the week days spending every single hour outside of the office in the middle of nowhere. In the Italian Alps, more … Read more…
Countless shelters, refuges and bivouacs populate the alps. The highest shelter in Europe is Capanna Margherita, at the Top of Gnifetti Peak (4554 m) in the Monte Rosa Mountain Massive. Here there are one the largest glaciares mass of Europe and sleeping in Capanna Margherita is an amazing experience. It’s like sleeping above the entire world. Hiking there is not particularly difficult: the path is not particularly steep even though … Read more…
Children wisdom come from their ability to live the present moment. Carpe diem like Oratium said, it’s easy to understand but very difficult to live effectively. What I noticed in my experience living with children in the forest between Thailand and Myanmar was that the children, was that thier happiness and joy came from this ability of thinking about the present only. When children grow up they are forced to … Read more…
Sourela Peak is a perfect example of 12months a year hiking. Hiking the alps offers for every season a different trekking and experience . What we faced on sunday was the winter version, snowshoeing. Alps beauty is the ductility of the activity you can do. Andes are wilder, Himalayan landscapes are more spectuacular but Alps offer a very huge choice and opportunities all year long for everybody, not only for … Read more…
With Easy Trekking Gourmet, Trekking Alps wants to approach all the people who is willing to live the mountain environment without great effort. Mountain hiking is tiring and we think getting tired is important to really live the harsh environment of the Alps. Anyway many people want to relax during the holidays, so we prepared a trekking which is perfect also for those people who don’t want to spend all … Read more…
Nature is not the only beauty of Italy: Italy has history pulsing in all its territory. Nature and History are the topic of this post. In italian mountains you can find a lot of historical places and villages. Near Torino, the Susa Valley is the easiest geographical connection with France. This valley is full of fortresses and castles where the French and Italians fought in the World War. And the … Read more…