Walking Holidays in Balcony Trail

and Italian Alps Club(CAI) and presents very clear paths and new signs all over the track. This trekking is developed in the highest part of the Susa Valley, the main valley between France and Italy and is quite unique. In fact, the Balcony Trail has quite long walking but little high difference. Basically, all the other trekking proposal present quite steep up hiking and more than 700m of high difference per day while the balcony trail can be considered as a long forest walking holiday. This trekking has also a strong historical soul: if you are interested in cultural sites we can visit the beautiful Exiles fort and Sacra di San Michele.

Balcony Trail: Dolce Vita in the Italian Alps

Some of the day hiking are shorts and extra hiking can be arranged according to on the energy left by participants. We can wander in the neighborhoods of the shelters discovering the beautiful Madonna del Cotolivier fort near Rifugio La Chardouse and the Black Lake near Mautino Hut. The Chaberton Peak(3100m) where a big fort is waiting for us in the summit will be our big mate during most of the hiking as it is dominating the scene on the opposite side of Susa Valley.