Italy is the most fabulous country in the world. And trekking is the best activity possible. So Trekking in Italy is just the perfect mix! You cannot ask for a better holiday! Hiking and Trekking in the Italian Alps is a world to discover. In this blog, you will find many articles about Trekking Alps experiences with many different tags by Season, Month and Hiking Area. All this is located in northwest Italy: Discover more about our wonderful Trekking in Italy blog!
It is amazing how the season can change a place, especially in our beloved mountains. This occasion was perfect for our Photographic winter hiking in the Italian Alps, after 10 days of heavy rain. I was at the Balma shelter four times this year and every time it is a surprising experience. This is due to the magic of the season changing. Togheter with me and Irene a nice woman from … Read more…
Lively and multicultural afternoon in this bright sunny november in the Italian Alps. For the first time in her life, Li Ting, a very lovely girl coming from Singapore, touched the snow. As she said, “one of my dreams has come true”. All this fantastic emotions were “packed” in an afternoon starting at the last metro station of Torino(Fermi) at 2PM. Here in Torino the adventure is just around the corner, … Read more…
Hiking around the world is an amazing experience. I personally like very much our mountains in the neighbourhood of Turin. You can find many different environments, landscapes and difficulties. This time we choose to explore the high mountain enviroment of highlands at the end of the Lanzo Valley with the main target of Rocciamelone Peak, in Susa valley. Despite the trail was far from being easy and despite the different … Read more…
The first time I reached the 3630 meters of Rossa peak I was 7. My father tested my mountain attitude the year before and my enthusiasm brought him to bring me hiking there. After many years Rossa Peak is still one of the most beautiful hiking peaks I’ve ever reached. There are several way to reach the top of this peak which is in the real hearth of Gran Paradiso … Read more…
Eating Indian curry in a mountain hut on a trek in Piedmont is an amazing emotion. Amazing like the rest of the wonderful feelings of the hiking with Puja and Karthink in Orsiera Rocciavrè Park, in Italian Alps. Maybe the highlight of the tour was waking up in the morning with a family of ibexes. Including the quarrel between brothers and dad who reproaches them with its long horns. The … Read more…
Most of the people joining a Tour in the Italian Alps with Trekking Alps are very much attracted by the Tuscany and trekking as well. Piedmont’s mountains and Tuscany’s hill has something in common and is rare that those who spend some time with me in the mountain then decided not to visit Tuscany as well. It’s not only the beauty of the landscape, the good food and unique wines … Read more…
Despite adverse physical conditions and a “humid” July ,the hiking into the wild in the Lanzo valleys with Titta and Sanna was fabulous. These two girls have travelled in our land in a very special way discovering many of our beautiful places in Barolo hills before joining the proposal of Trekking Alps in the wild and unfrequented valleys of Lanzo. The trek was organized with overnight stays in unguarded huts … Read more…
The common image of the solitary hiker in the Alps, in Himalaya or in any mountain range of the world is the one who wants to be away from everything and everyone. At least, that’s the cliché: a hermit in the middle of Nature that disdains the world of human beings and takes refuge through the peaks. Actually my feeling in being alone in the mountain cannot be further than … Read more…
The exploration of the Orsiera Rocciavrè Natural Park never seems to end. This time with a solitary trek, from Susa Valley, above Villarfocchiardo to Colle del Vento , via Rifugio Pian Amprimo and the Pian dell’Orso. Solitude is not the correct adjective as far as , bears aside, I was in good company of birds , hares , marmots and 5 ibex placid . The Alps, after all these years … Read more…
Turin is not well known only for the mountain hiking in the Alps. Only someone retires to the mountains to enjoy the snow in the winter, to climb on a real rock wall in spring, and to enjoy a hike under the sun in one of our beautiful valley of the Alps. “Turin is my home”, wrote Culicchia, and I think the same, because Turin is not a city like … Read more…
The website www.trekking-alps.com is developing more and more in order to expand its offering as guide in the Italian and French mountains as walking and hiking holidays. The portal is not offering only wild hiking but also some walking holidays which is perfect also for those not particularly will to spend all their vacation sweating and doing efforts. With the new section Deluxe trekking, trekking alps want to offer amazing … Read more…
First of all wish you a wonderful 2014 to everyone! Also this year we are expecting great adventures, hiking and outdoor wonders in the italian mountains. Well begun is half done we say in Italy. Well, this year is started with a wonderful three days, guiding Kat and Alon, two very nice South Africans in our Western Alps in a winter trekking. Not everything has been easy and that is … Read more…
For those who had not yet heard of it, this post is dedicated to a man who is breaking all the records of the sky-running in the mountains: Kilian Jornet. Sky-running is a very hard sport that now is develping in all the alps. This year, two prestigious record has been set by the Spanish athlete: the Innominata ridge of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn ascent. Two climbs that normally … Read more…
Sometimes you don’t have choice: the only shared language you have with the person in front of you is the “smile language”. For some seconds it is not so easy situation. But when you realize that maybe this is the sweetest language in the world you just relax and be happy for all day long. In central Asia there are hundreds of languages quite far from english or italian. Anyway … Read more…
Hiking in Gran Paradiso National Park is something you will never forget. Experienced hikers, hiking and alpine guides as well as beginners all love this magical place. In the 1920 the beautiful ibex was closed to extinction. Due to the alarming decrease in the ibex population, in 1856, Vittorio Emanuele, the Italian King’s son, declared the Royal Hunting Reserve of the Gran Paradiso. There were 60 animals only at that … Read more…
Monviso was named as UNESCO heritage this spring. This giant of the Alps(3841m high) is located in the south alps and is far higher than its neighbors. That’s why in the medieval centuries was considered the highest mountain of Europe. From Turin, its triangular shape is unmistakable. Hiking Tour of Monviso is a classical hut-to-hut hiking which is a highlight of the west alps and can be done with an hiking … Read more…
If you dream white beaches and crystal clear water you don’t need necessarily to flight in a Caribbean, Polynesian or far east Country: you can also go hiking with a local mountain guide in the European Alps with Trekking Alps. What we’ve found in the middle of the French alps very near to Briançon was stunning. The Acension lake and Escure lake water was amazing and unexpected. The lakes are … Read more…
Some people doesn’t like simply to lay on the sun and relax in their free time. Some people will is to take advantage of the vacation in a even more lively and active manner. That’s the people for those Trekking Alps is! Hiking in the alps is tiring and even exausting. But nevertheless there is nothing like hiking in a peak, overcome a pass and discover new scenarios, new lands. The … Read more…
There are no chance I go out hiking somewhere without be astonished by the amazing beauty of my motherland, the Alps! This week I crossed the border with France and I disocvered an amazing place in the Claree Valley. Huge forests, green meadows, marmots and beautiful alpine lakes. There are no chance to come back in the city without leaving part of your heart in the middle of the mountain. … Read more…
If you are travelling around Italy and you want to see some natural places after all the historical and cultural beauty of this country and the wilderness of Lanzo Valley are the right place for you. Wilderness in Europe: Italy has very anthropic environment but still there are amazing wild valleys to explore and Lanzo valleys are one of those. This post is showing you the amazing views from the … Read more…