Long Distance Walks in the Gran Paradiso & Southern Valdotain

ahead Alpi Alpine Alps Alta altitude Aosta Aosta valley ascent Benevolo Bezzi Bivouac bridge cairn Ceresole Reale Chabod chalets Champorcher Chivasso cliffs climbing traverse Cogne Colle di Chavannes continue Courmayeur descend described Dondenaz Eaux Rousses flowers France French Giraudo glacier go left Grade Gran Paradiso Grand GTGP gully hamlet Height gain hillside IGC map ISBN Italian Italy Ivrea junction Lagi Lago lake Lauson ledge Locana Locana valley long distance walks magnificent Map IGC marked Meneghello Monal Mont moraine mountains Mt Blanc mule track national park needed neve Nivolet Noasca numbers Orco pass path takes Planaval Pont Pontese Punta reach refuge region ridge Rifugio rocks Rosone Rosset Rousse route Rutor Savoie schist scree Sella side signpost slopes snow stage steep steeply stream summit Surier Tarentaise Thuile Torrente tour Val di Rhemes Val Veni Valdotain Valgrisenche Valle Vallone Valnontey Valsavaranche Valsoera walkers waymarked zigzags