An editorial guide to Valdostan trails: interactive maps, elevation profiles and curated route pages — from the High Routes to tours around Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and Gran Paradiso.
1226
Documented trails
31 stages
High Route stages
1171 km
Trail kilometres
6 Tours
Great massifs
Explore the Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley trails — 4K aerial overview
Aerial overview of the valleys and trails of the Aosta Valley, from the valley floor to the high-altitude passes.
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Aosta Valley High Routes — high-altitude trekking
The Aosta Valley High Routes 1 and 2: long multi-stage itineraries at the foot of the great massifs.
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Tour
The Tour du Mont Blanc across glaciers, passes and valleys between Italy, France and Switzerland.
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Mountain huts and bivouacs of the Aosta Valley Alps
Footage of the high-altitude mountain huts of the Aosta Valley, stops along the High Routes and the Tour du Mont Blanc.
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Untouched wild nature — Aosta Valley wildlife and flora
Ibex, chamois, golden eagles, glaciers and high-altitude blooms: the wild, protected nature of the Aosta Valley.
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Overview
The whole region, on one map
Filter by difficulty, duration, elevation. Download the GPX. Go.
News & events
What's on in the valley
The Aosta Valley’s great events through the year: fairs, traditional festivals, mountain sport and culture.
SportJul 4
Cogne
Gran Paradiso Trail
Trail-running races in Italy's first national park: from Cogne among valleys, lakes and glaciers, competitive and amateur courses below the Gran Paradiso massif.
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SportJul 5
Gressoney – Monte Rosa
Monte Rosa Skymarathon
A breathtaking skyrace among the Monte Rosa glaciers, from Gressoney toward the border ridges: extreme ascents, snow and altitude for the top international skyrunners.
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SportJul 11 – Jul 12
Valtournenche
Cervino X-Trail
Trail-running races at the foot of the Matterhorn: several distances, from vertical kilometres to ultras, on high-altitude trails facing the Matterhorn pyramid and the Breithorn glaciers.
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FoodJul 11 – Jul 12
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
Jambon de Bosses Fair
The festival of the PDO cured ham of Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses, aged at 1,600 m on the Great St Bernard route: tastings with rye bread, honey and mountain wines, amid music and old crafts.
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CultureJul 15 – Aug 31
Valley castles
Castles after dark — evening tours
Evening tours, re-enactments and concerts in the Aosta Valley's medieval castles — Fénis, Sarre, Issogne, Verrès — lit at night: a journey through history among towers and courtyards.
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CultureJul 18
High-altitude lake/pass
Musicastelle Outdoor
A great dawn concert reachable only on foot, in a high-mountain setting among lakes and glaciers: the summer event that joins music and hiking, organised by the Aosta Valley Region.
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SportJul 19
Charvensod – Becca di Nona
Becca di Nona Vertical
An uphill running race from Charvensod to the Becca di Nona, the peak overlooking Aosta: vertical kilometres and steep ascents with views over the whole valley basin.
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CultureJul 20 – Aug 31
Aosta
Evenings at the Roman Theatre
Summer concerts and shows among the arches of Aosta's Roman Theatre, lit at night: an open-air cultural season in the heart of ancient Augusta Prætoria, with music, theatre and dance.
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NatureJul 24 – Aug 1
Cogne and the Park valleys
Gran Paradiso Film Festival
A week of wildlife cinema, meetings with scientists and evenings devoted to Alpine fauna, in the heart of Italy's first national park: one of Europe's oldest nature-documentary festivals.
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FoodAug 1 – Aug 2
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gressoney Toma Cheese Fair
The festival of Walser alpine cheese: tastings of toma and Monte Rosa dairy products, a producers' market and old culinary traditions of the Lys Valley.
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TraditionsAug 2
Aosta
Saint-Ours Summer Fair
The summer edition of the Sant'Orso Fair: for a full day Aosta Valley craftspeople display wood carvings, drap wool and wrought iron in the streets of central Aosta, a showcase of Alpine savoir-faire.
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TraditionsAug 5
Lake Miserin, Champorcher
Notre-Dame des Neiges pilgrimage
Every 5 August the procession climbs from Champorcher to the Miserin sanctuary, at 2,583 m: one of the oldest high-altitude religious festivals in the western Alps, among the lakes and pastures of the Mont Avic Park.
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FoodAug 8 – Aug 9
Rhêmes-Notre-Dame
Rhêmes Beer Festival
A high-altitude beer festival in the wild Rhêmes Valley, in the Gran Paradiso Park: beers, grills and live music below the Granta Parey, in one of the region's quietest valleys.
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NatureAug 10 – Aug 22
Gran Paradiso Park
Gran Paradiso Park Nights
Evening walks, stargazing and listening to the deer's rut in Italy's first national park: nights with the rangers among ibex, chamois and dark high-altitude skies.
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FoodAug 14 – Aug 16
Pré-Saint-Didier
Pré-Saint-Didier Beer Festival
Three days of beer, street food and concerts at the foot of Mont Blanc, among the thermal baths and views of the Valdigne: one of the upper valley's busiest summer festivals.
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FoodAug 21 – Aug 23
Aosta
Aosta Beer Festival
Aosta Valley and high-altitude craft beers, food trucks and live music in central Aosta: a weekend devoted to mountain breweries and their seasonal brews.
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FoodAug 28 – Aug 31
Arnad
Arnad Lardo Festival
The festival of the famous Lard d'Arnad PDO, cured in wooden doils with salt and mountain herbs: tastings, food stalls and music in the village beneath the Romanesque church of San Martino.
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SportSep 3 – Sep 6
Gressoney – Monte Rosa
Ultra Tour Monte Rosa
The trail loop of the Monte Rosa massif: a race around the Alps' second-highest peak, among the Lyskamm glaciers, Walser villages and high-altitude trails of the Lys Valley.
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FoodSep 12 – Sep 13
Châtillon
Honey Fair
The Aosta Valley mountain honey fair: tastings of high-altitude honeys (rhododendron, dandelion, wildflower), beekeepers, workshops and hive products in Châtillon.
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SportSep 13 – Sep 19
Courmayeur and the VdA loop
Tor des Géants
One of the toughest ultra-trails in the world: over 330 km and 24,000 m of ascent along Alte Vie 1 and 2, from Courmayeur around the great massifs and back, in a single stage with no mandatory rests.
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TraditionsSep 26
Valtournenche
Désarpa of Valtournenche
The autumn descent of the herds from the high pastures: cows decked with flowers and bells parade through the village led by the season's queen, a great farming festival at the foot of the Matterhorn.
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FoodOct 3 – Oct 4
Chambave
Chambave Grape Festival
The harvest festival in the home of Chambave Moscato: allegorical floats, costumed parades and tastings of Aosta Valley DOC wines among the terraced vineyards.
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FoodOct 10 – Oct 11
Fort of Bard
Marché au Fort
The showcase of Aosta Valley PDO food in the monumental Fort of Bard: Fontina, Lard d'Arnad, jambon de Bosses, mountain wines and alpine honeys, with tastings and producers.
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FoodOct 10 – Oct 11
Valley villages
Lo Pan Ner — the breads of the Alps
In the community ovens of dozens of villages the ancient baking of dark rye bread is rekindled: two days of aromas, traditions and mountain flours across the Aosta Valley.
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CultureOct 15 – Dec 20
Aosta and valleys
Saison Culturelle
The Aosta Valley's theatre and music season: drama, dance, concerts and shows in Aosta's theatres and across the region, from October through the holidays.
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TraditionsOct 18
Croix-Noire, Aosta
Bataille des Reines — final
The great regional final of the contests between Aosta Valley cows, which face off without harm to elect the Reina: the identity-defining event that closes a season of rounds in the valleys.
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FoodNov 6 – Nov 8
Aosta
Mondial des Vins Extrêmes
The international competition of 'heroic' mountain viticulture (CERVIM): tastings and awards for wines grown on the Alps' steepest terraces, a showcase of Aosta Valley reds and whites.
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CultureNov 28 – Dec 31
Aosta
Marché Vert Noël
Aosta's Christmas market unfolds among the ruins of the Roman theatre: wooden chalets, crafts, local products and lights animate the heart of the city throughout Advent, among the most scenic in the Alps.
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From the magazine
Articles
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The best hikes in Valsavarenche: 13 selected trails with difficulty, distance, elevation gain and links to the route pages. Sentieri VdA guide.
The best hikes in the Valpelline
The best hikes in the Valpelline: 13 selected trails with difficulty, distance, elevation gain and links to the route pages. Sentieri VdA guide.
The best hikes in the Great St Bernard Valley
The best hikes in the Great St Bernard Valley: 13 selected trails with difficulty, distance, elevation gain and links to the route pages. Sentieri VdA guide.