Trekking The Giants' Trail: Through the Italian Pennine Alps: Atla Via 1 - Beneath Mont Blac, the Matterhorn and Monte Rose

Andy Hodges

$27.95

Publication Date: May 28th, 2021

Publisher:

Cicerone Press Limited

ISBN:

9781852849924

Pages:

160

Description

A guidebook to walking the 180km (112 mile) Alta Via 1, the Giant’s trail, between Donnas and Courmayeur in the Italian Alps. This long-distance trail on the northern flank of the Aosta valley is suitable for hikers with some experience of alpine trekking and is best walked July through October.

Presented in 16 stages of 4-17km (2-11 miles) with alternative stages given for some popular variants
Spectacular views of the alpine giants Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa
Highlights include Great St Bernard Monastery, Mont Mars nature reserve, Gran Combin
1:50,000 mapping provided for each stage
GPX files available to download
Detailed information on planning, local culture and accommodation
Can be combined with Alta Via 2 to form the Tor des Geants covered in the Cicerone guide Walking and Trekking in Gran Paradiso

About the Author

Andy Hodges was born and bred in Northern England and developed his early mountain skills with the local Scout group in the Lake District and Snowdonia. Since discovering the joys of the Alps with a Cicerone guidebook in 1999, Andy and his wife Sue have explored much of the Western Alps, walking, running, cycling, ski touring and snowshoeing. Since the late 1980s Andy has enjoyed leading others in the mountains and worked as a hillwalking leader before joining the teaching profession. With 25 years' service in Dartmoor Search and Rescue Andy has vast experience of the moors. He is Team Manager for his wife’s school’s Ten Tors teams and recently completed the in-depth training and assessments to become a qualified International Mountain Leader. When not in school, Andy is likely to be found in the Western Alps, on Dartmoor or in the mountains of Britain.