Four days of challenging hut-to-hut hiking through the Italian Alps, passing stunning mountain glaciers and waterfalls.
We'll pick you up at Fermi metro station in Turin at 9:30 AM. If your flight arrives in the morning, we can also collect you at the Turin airport (meeting at 10:00 AM). If you have a car we can also meet directly at Rhemes Notre Dame at 11.30AM.
We then drive to the start of the trek at Rhêmes-Notre-Dame (about 2hrs drive). From here, we begin the hike through alpine meadows to the top of the Rhemes Valley, passing incredible waterfalls along the way.
In the evening, we'll arrive at the remote Benevolo mountain hut. At 2,285m of altitude, this hut has fantastic views over the surrounding valleys, and you can often spot marmots and ibex in the distance.
Hiking Distance: 10.7 km, Ascent 770m, Descent 210m
This is a truly spectacular day and also one of the toughest climbs. We hike up the valley, reaching an altitude of 3,082m at Col Bassac Dere*. After a break to enjoy the views, we'll then continue to the stunning Goletta Lake.
From Goletta, we pass some incredible glaciers before continuing along the valley to the remote Mario Bezzi hut (2,284m).
Hiking distance: 10.3Km, Ascent 830m, Descent 830m
*For those who have the energy, we can walk an extra 1 km (about 150 meters up and down) to reach Bec de Traversiere at 3333m, a peak in the middle of glaciers between Italy and France.
The day begins by hiking through alpine meadows, to San Martino Lake. If you like, you can cool down with a swim in the lake, enjoying stunning views of Mont Blanc in the background.
We then continue along the next valley, crossing a few streams. We will see the quaint Italian town of Valgrisenche. In the afternoon, we arrive at the Chalet de l'Epee where we'll spend the night.
Hiking Distance: 12 km, Ascent 840m, Descent 750m
We'll hike up the Col Fenetre, a slit in the mountain at 2,700m with a mesmerising view of the Gran Paradiso peak. From here we will head down towards Rhêmes-Notre-Dame.
From Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, you will be transferred back to Torino at Fermi metro station (around 5:00 PM). You may want to spend time in Torino city afterwards.
Otherwise, we'll drop you off at Caselle Turin Airport (if your flight is on the same evening). It's recommended you book your flight after 7:00 PM. Contact us if it's slightly earlier, so we can make necessary arrangements.
Hiking Distance: 7.5 km, Ascent 470m, Descent 1150m
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24 verified reviews
(Aug 2024)
It was certainly very challenging, but I really enjoyed it. I would recommend anyone considering it does ensure they are fit enough as it requires a great deal of stamina and determination. Beautiful scenery! If you don’t like heights and very narrow paths it’s possibly not for you!
(Aug 2024)
After doing the Tour du Mont Blanc last year, this years hike is definitely for the more experienced hiker. Personally, I found this hike a huge challenge. The trek goes through some pretty hair raising terrain, with some very risky drops and challenging climbs, which I found really hard to get through. However, now I’m safety at home reflecting on the whole experience, I can say that this is one of the hardest, but most rewarding things I have ever done. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking, and not just because of the relentless upward steep climb…. they are truly amazing! The organisation of the hike is well worth all the effort, and the sleeping arrangements and the evening meals etc are a huge part of the fun aspect of the trip. Our guide, Roberto is a fantastic guy. His knowledge of the mountains is brilliant, and I have never seen anyone skip across a glacier to rescue a fallen hiker so amazingly quickly in my life. There are only a few points that I do feel could have made it all so much better, and that’s the breakfasts and packed lunches from the chalets. The coffee was great, but the breakfast food on offer could have been better. There were better chalets than others for the breakfast offering, and that was the same for the packed lunches. The last thing I wanted to eat when I was hot, tired, thirsty and hungry was a really stale bread roll with a single slice of ham. However, the evening meals absolutely made up for it, great Italian hospitality. Chalet de Epeé being a huge favourite. Anyway, this was an awesome experience that I was able to share with my amazing family, and made some great friends along the way, but it is certainly not for the faint hearted!!!
(Aug 2024)
Last year our group did the 4 day tour of Mont Blanc through SkyHook, so we were expecting an easier hike after looking at the details of this one - how wrong we were! The Grand Paradiso is a beautiful and really spectacular hike. It has some tough climbs, especially on the second day, but worth it when you get to the highest peak of the day. If you are thinking of doing this trip, then a really good level of fitness is required, also a head for nights, as in places the footpaths are very precarious. The accommodation is good if you don’t mind dorms; the evening meals are good and breakfast is basic - bread and cereal. Our guide Roberto was excellent. He is very experienced and was patient with those slower walkers in our group. Also offered good tips on using poles and walking up and down the mountains. This was an experience of a lifetime and we are really pleased we took up the challenge. We would highly recommend this hike, but make sure you train for it.
(Aug 2024)
The view, the mountains, the landscape was amazing, spectacular and beautiful. The guide Enrico was really nice, funny,communicative and shared a lot of information about the nature, hiking experience, Italian culture, etc. It would have been useful to get more information about the daily route types, km-s, ascent, descent,timing, etc. The last day descent part was really challenging..and we had to go back to the initial point. The accomodations were good, clean and nice, but once the lunch box included dry white bread.. First dinner was acceptable but the quantity was really few. The breakfasts were too expensive taking into consideration that they were only dry white bread with sweet things, and salty options were never provided. I also missed the group building from the first evening.
(Jul 2024)
Good trip with a different and varied itinerary each day which was enjoyable. The effort required for the four days is not to be underestimated. Overnight refuges provided good food and hospitality.
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