Gran Paradiso Mountain Hiking Area

The Gran Paradiso National Park is well known all over the world for its beautiful alpine scenery and wildlife

The Gran Paradiso peak with its 4061 meters above the sea level is the only 4000 meters peak entirely in Italy and the fauna and flora that live at its base are among the richest biodiversity in Europe.

The paths in the Gran Paradiso mountain hiking area are very well marked and pretty easy to walk by, but is also possible to organize high mountain environment trekking where you’ll need to be prepared for a wild and not easy paths. The mountain hiking environment in Gran Paradiso, as the name suggest, is pretty amazing. Green meadows towered by glaciers and wildlife pretty easy to spot. This place will be hard to forget when you’ll be back home.

Together with Gran Paradiso National Park we also describe the hikes in the nearby Monte Avic Natural Reserve: another splendid and not so well known area where to experience your outdoor mountain trekking holidays.

Main Features

VIEWS

90%

WILDLIFE

100%

WILDERNESS

70%

Near Place to visit and Special Features

Geography

Gran Paradiso Mountain Hiking Area it includes not only the Gran Paradiso National Park but also another less famous but same Mont Avic Natural Park. Gran Paradiso is the first National Park in Italy(it has been created in 1922) and it is settled between the two italian regions of Piedmont and Aosta Valley. Both sides of Gran Paradiso National Park are amazing and worth the visit in a different wat. The access to the two parts of the parks are pretty far as in the middle of the park the highest peaks divide the two regions of Piedmont and Aosta Valley and only mountaineers can cross the Alps from one side to the others as it is full of glaciers and peaks above 3500 meters. Gran Paradiso Hiking is one of the highlight of Italy and of Europe.Monte Avic Natural Reserve is east from Gran Paradiso and offer amazing views over Matterhorn and Monte Rosa. The Areas is north west from Torino and the trip to this mountain area is from 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and half.

Wildlife

All the ibexes of the Alps would not be present if in IXX century few tens of ibexes would have not survive. From that small colony the ibex survived and was able to grow and be exported in all the other areas of the Alps where it was extinct. The Ibex is the symbol of Gran Paradiso and there is no doubts that no other parks or areas around Europe deserve more this symbol of this amazing animal.The ibex is not difficult to spot in summer and is not shy at all as it is the biggest animal and it doesn’t have a natural enemy. Hiking in Gran Paradiso National park will also allow you to spot not only ibexes(also known as Steibock) but also Chamois, Marmots, Voltures(recently reintroduced) and Eagles.

Accommodation

Gran Paradiso Mountain Hiking area offer many opportunity of accommodation in the mountains. Unguarded huts in the Aosta Valley side of Gran Paradiso National Park are pretty wild: small houses with 9 beds in 10 sqaure meters. They are meant more for mountaineer than for trekkers/visitors but they offer a truly wild and strong experience. It is better to avoid this type of accommodation in August when it is more probable to find them crowded.

In the Piedmont side of Gran Paradiso National Park the unguarded huts are more comfortable. All over it is possible to find very nice bed and breakfast and even luxury 4 stars hotel both in Piedmont and in Aosta Valley side. The shelters are not so many in Aosta Valley side, while there is more choice in Piedmont side of the Gran Paradiso National Park.

Our Hikes in Gran Paradiso Area

A Night in Lodge in Gran Paradiso

difficulty: MEDIUM

Duration: 2 DAYS

Price: € 199

Area: Gran Paradiso

Gran Paradiso National Park with Style!

The Gran Paradiso National Park is one of those place that you will hardly forget. And Cogne Valley is where my passion about mountains was born so I have special feeling for this place. ...

HIKING AREAS

Monte Bianco

Gran Paradiso

Monte Rosa and Matterhorn

Lake Maggiore

Turin Alps

Langhe Alps

Mediterranean Riviera

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Gran Paradiso Area TESTIMONIALS

Only four days in the Aosta valley

We had a personalized hiking trip planned by Roberto around the Aosta valley. It was perfect for us since we only had four days but wanted to see all of it. He managed to fit a trial first day up&down challenge, where we tested our legs, a stuffing polenta dinner in an authentic reastaurant, a beautiful B&B room in a mountain village to rest and take a shower, a two-day hike to a rifugio and back through a hale storm and a lake swim, a meeting with cows up in highlands and a scenic drive on a steep mountain road. We'll never forget snacking on a fulfilling focaccia while drinking a refreshing can of beer by the river between the hikes, playing cards before bed in rifugio, eating pasta before eating the main course and stopping by the store for some food and wine souvenirs on our last day. Seriously though, Roberto is the guy who will plan your trip around your wishes, pick you up in the city, show you around, share fun tips on the italian language and culture and drive you back with a baggage full of cool memories and a camera full of great pictures.

Sasha - Russia

Bullseye!!!

Me and my friend went with Trekking Alps Guide Enrico Randazzo on a 3 day hike, it was an off season tour and for us who dont like ”crowds” it couldnt been better. It’s offcourse many small things that make an experience great and it would be a to long rewiev to put all of them in here. The essentiels: Enrico was a super nice guy who just in a few moments found his way with us. That made it also easy for us to feel comfortable. The hike was challeging but the experience, the scenery and all that made the efforts easy. But most of all it was Enrico who added his nice personality, his knowledge and skills to the mix that made it a super trip. So to do some sort of summary; when u ewen have’nt finished the hike Your on and already planning the next it has been a great trip.Just do it 🙂

Richard – Norway

Fantastic three days with Roberto

My brother and I had a fantastic three days hiking with Roberto. We stayed at the lovely Gran Paradiso B&B in Jovencan and went hiking each day in the beautiful Valle d'Aosta. We managed to pack in a lot, sight seeing, views of the mountains and close encounters with the wild life. Roberto has enormous experience as a guide and boundless enthusiasm for nature. (He was also very helpful when it came to changing hotels in Turin at the last minute! We can't thank him enough for this.) Brilliant trip. Will definitely be going back.

John - Ireland

Great Hike in Aosta Valley with Trekking Alps

You will know that you made the right choice by choosing Trekkingalps, only after you have met Roberto.A real gentleman ...polite and very nice to be with. He knows his job well and keeps everyone safe all the time. Looking VERY MUCH forward for the next adventure .... definitely Roberto

Chris - Malta

Great short break in the Alps

We were very lucky to find Roberto to take us round Gran Paradiso National Park. We were training for Kilimanjaro and although the altitude was limited by snow cover, the steep hiking was great practice which we just can't get in the UK. Roberto was really friendly and knowledgeable and gave us the opportunity to try some great local cheeses whilst staying in surprisingly sophisticated and comfortable huts. We would definitely travel with Roberto again and are looking forward to exploring more of the Italian Alps.

Elaine – United Kingdom

Gran Paradiso Mountain Hiking Area

Gran Paradiso Mountain Hiking Area