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This guidebook describes the 12-day Alta Via 2 trek in the Gran Paradiso National Park, which covers over 140km of rugged mountains and valleys between Chardonney and Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley. While not high on the difficulty scale, Alta Via 2 is strenuous, and best suited to trekkers with some alpine experience.
A guidebook to trekking Alta Via 2, a route of 148km, from Chardonney and Courmayeur in the Gran Paradiso National Park. While not high on the difficulty scale, Alta Via 2 is strenuous, and best suited to trekkers with some alpine experience. Fittingly perfectly into a two-week time slot, the route is best undertaken between late June and late September.
The route is described across 12 stages (with a 4-stage extension option in place of Stages 6 and 7). Stages range from 5 to 18km, with stage ascent varying from 50m (Stage 8) to 1400m (Stage 9). Net ascent is 9630m. The route is described east to west so trekkers are rewarded with the beauty of Mont Blanc at the journey's end.
- GPX files available to download
- Detailed information on travel logistics, the mountain hut network, as well as kit requirements
- Trek-specific Italian-English glossary included
- Information given on local alpine flora and wildlife
- Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
CONTENTS
Map key
Overview map
Overview profile
Route Summary Table
Introduction
The Gran Paradiso National Park
Alta Via 2
Wildlife
Plants and flowers
How to get there
When to go
Shorter and longer itineraries
Accommodation
Food and drink
What to take
Maps
Languages and place names
Dos and don’ts
Emergencies
Using this guide
Further suggestions
Alta Via 2
Stage 1 Chardonney to Rifugio Dondena
Stage 2 Rifugio Dondena to Rifugio Péradza
Stage 3 Rifugio Péradzà to Cogne
Stage 4 Cogne to Rifugio Vittorio Sella
Stage 5 Rifugio Vittorio Sella to Eaux Rousses
Extension
Stage A Pont to Col del Nivolet
Stage B Col del Nivolet to Rifugio Benevolo
Stage C Rifugio Benevolo to Rifugio Bezzi
Stage D Rifugio Bezzi to Planaval, Valgrisenche
Stage 6 Eaux Rousses to Rhêmes-Notre-Dame
Stage 7 Rhêmes-Notre-Dame to Rifugio Chalet de l’Epée
Stage 8 Rifugio Chalet de l’Epée to Planaval
Stage 9 Planaval to Bivacco C Zappelli
Stage 10 Bivacco Cosimo Zappelli to La Thuile
Stage 11 La Thuile to Rifugio Elisabetta Soldini
Stage 12 Rifugio Elisabetta Soldini to Courmayeur
Appendix A Italian–English glossary
Appendix B Useful contacts
