Gran Paradiso Tour — Stage 1: Cogne → Valnontey
2.9 km
+124 m
−11 m
1 h
Nivel físico
Mapa y ruta
Traza GPX — verifica sobre el terreno antes de caminar
Descripción
Puntos clave
Salida
Cogne · 1543 m
Llegada
Valnontey · 1667 m
A short approach stage for everyone: from Cogne cross the great Sant’Orso meadow and follow the stream to the village of Valnontey (1,666 m), the tour’s starting base and home of the Paradisia alpine botanical garden.
The Sant’Orso meadow, ranked among “Italy’s most beautiful meadows”, is the curtain that opens the tour: a square kilometre of mown grass with the Tribolazione glacier as backdrop. The walk follows the stream through larch woods and over little wooden bridges — perfect for stretching the legs on arrival day. In Valnontey, the Paradisia botanical garden, with over a thousand alpine species, and the old rural houses of the hamlet deserve a visit. From here start the royal hunting trails that will take you high tomorrow.
Ciencias de la Tierra
Geología y paisaje
Glacial valley with moraines and fluvioglacial deposits; gneiss and calcschist outcrops. Paradisia botanic garden documents alpine flora on varied substrates.
Historia y cultura
The Sant’Orso meadow, kept intact for centuries by the community’s will, is the widest irrigated meadow in the Italian Alps; at Valnontey the Paradisia garden has grown over a thousand alpine species since 1955.
Fuentes de agua
Water at the stage's support points (Cogne, Valnontey). On the high ground and at the passes springs are not guaranteed: fill bottles in the valley and at the huts.
Cómo llegar
VITA buses and connections from Aosta; check seasonal timetables at vita.it.
Aparcamiento
Galería de fotos
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Flora del sendero
Etapas contiguas
AEditado y verificado por Andrea Rama
Fuente de datos: Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso — rete sentieri ufficiale · Traccia calcolata su rete sentieri OpenStreetMap (ODbL); verificare sul terreno
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