Link to other Gran Paradiso pages
The head of Valnontey from Gran Croux (left) to Cresta Gastaldi (right)
Further general information concerning Gran Paradiso GROUP can be obtained in the following pages:
Gran Paradiso GROUP
Gran Paradiso_Features
Northern Sector of Gran Paradiso Group
Southern Sector of Gran Paradiso GroupMoving SLOWLY the pointer of your mouse over each labelled summit, its name and height are shown.
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Valle di Cogne
Val di Rhemes and Valsavarenche
Southern valleys of the Gran Paradiso Group
Gran Paradiso GROUP
Gran Paradiso_Features
Northern Sector of Gran Paradiso Group
Southern Sector of Gran Paradiso Group
Specific information can be obtained also concerning the single summits belonging to the Gran Paradiso Group up to now posted in SP: here is an interactive list, ordered according to the submission date.
A) Gran Paradiso (4061 m) 
B) la Grivola (3969m)
C) Tresenta (3609m)
D) Gran Serra (3552m)
E) Ciarforon (3642m)
F) Punta Rossa della Grivola (3630m)
G) Becca di Moncorvè (3875m)
H) Becco Meridionale della Tribolazione (3360m)
I) Becca di Montandayné (3838m)
J) Bioula, Punta di (3414m)
K) Roccia Viva (3650m)
L) Taou Blanc, Mont (3438m)
M) Mont Paillasse (2414m)
N) Torre del Gran San Pietro (3962m)
O) Herbetet, Punta (3778m)
P) Becca di Monciair (3544m)
Q) Torre di Sant'Orso (3618m)
R) Testa di Entrelor (2580m)
S) Punta di Ceresole (3777m)
T) Cresta Gastaldi (3894m)
U) Becca di Gay (3621m)
V) Torre di Lavina (3308m)
W) Punta Basei (3338m)
X) Il Roc (4026m)
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Getting there
Valle di Cogne
- From Torino, Milano, etc: motorway A5. Exit at Aosta Ovest. Drive to the near Aymavilles. Follow the directions for Valle di Cogne.
- From Switzerland: through the Grand Saint Bernard Tunnel or the namesake Pass.
Drive to Aosta, then follow the direction for Courmayeur on SS.26. Just after Sarre, turn to the left, in the direction of Valle di Cogne.
- From France: through Mont Blanc Tunnel or Petit St. Bernard Pass. It isn't necessary to take motorway A5: you can drive on SS.26, in the direction of Aosta.Before arriving at the village of Sarre, turn right following the sign for Valle di Cogne.
Val di Rhemes and Valsavarenche
- From France, through the Mont Blanc Tunnel or the Col du Petit Saint Bernard: you can drive on SS.26, following the direction for Aosta and, before arriving in Villeneuve, turn right towards Introd. Alternatively, you can take motorway A5 (at Courmayeur or Morgex) and exit at Aosta Ovest.
- From all other directions: get to the Aosta Ovest exit of motorway A5. Then drive along SS.26 Aosta, direction Courmayeur, and just after Villeneuve turn left towards Introd.
- you can go straight following the sign "Val di Rhêmes"and then drive through Rhêmes Saint Georges as far as Rhêmes Notre Dames; after the main village, Bruil (1723 m), the road reaches the hamlet of Pellaud, then becomes narrower and may be followed as far as the vast parking in view of Thumel (1880 m). From here the road follows but the transit is forbidden.
- or you can turn left, entering in Valsavarenche, and through many villages (Degioz, Eaux Rousses, etc) you can arrive at Pont (1978 m) where the road ends.
Southern valleys of the Gran Paradiso Group
- Coming from Torino: motorway A5 towards Aosta - take exit "S. Giorgio Canavese" or follow the road SS n°460 towards Ceresole Reale as far as Pont Canavese (461 m)
- Going North along ValSoana, after Ronco Canavese (956 m) get to Valprato Soana (1113 m): at a fork, going NE takes you to Campiglia Soana (1350 m), while going NW takes you to the upper valley (Pianetto-Pamprato)
- Before Pont Canavese, turn left and go into the Valle di Forzo as far as the homonymous village (1180 m )
- after Pont Canavese, continue along the SS n° 460 until Locana (613 m): from here you can walk, entering Valle d'Eugio.
- After Locana, when you arrive at the village of Rosone (715 m), 16 km after Pont Canavese, take a small road on the right, following the sign "Piantonetto Valley": the road ends near Teleccio Lake(1870m).
- Following along the Valle dell'Orco, 10 km after Rosone you get to Noasca (1062 m): from here you can reach the Noaschetta valley that, after Alpe la Bruna (2473 m), divides into Vallone di Goi and Vallone del Gias della Luna, or Vallone di Ciamousseretto, where you can arrive more laboriously from the following Vallone del Roc.
- After Noasca, the road climbs along a gorge (Caporal and Sergent walls) and then arrives at the upper wide basin where, on the shore of an artificial lake, you meet Ceresole Reale (1613 m), 33 km after Pont Canavese. From Ceresole starts a controversial road that enter Gran Paradiso National Park and, after Serrù Lake and Agnel Lake, climbs up to Colle del Nivolet (2612 m). Luckily the old absurd project to continue the road on the other side, in order to connect with Pont (Valsavarenche) through the Piani del Nivolet, was stopped in time.
Southern side of Gran Paradiso Range seen from La Cialma 2193m | |
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| 1 – Ciarforon 3642m | 1 – Colle del Ciarforon 3317m |
| 2 – Tresenta 3609m | 2 – Colle di Moncorvè 3294m |
| 3 – Becca di Moncorvè 3875m | 3 – Colle del Gran Paradiso 3345m |
| 4 – Gran Paradiso 4061m | 4 – Colle della Becca di Moncorvè 3851m |
| 5 – Cresta Gastaldi 3894m | 5 – Colle dell’Ape (Col de l’Abeille) 3873m |
| 6 – Punta di Ceresole 3777m | 6 – Colle Chamonin 3698m |
| 7 – Testa della Tribolazione 3642m | 7 – Colle della Luna 3542m |
| 8 – Testa di Valnontey 3562m | 8 – Colle Baretti 3432m |
| 9 – Becca di Gay 3621m | |
| 10 - Roccia Viva 3650m | |
| 11 - I Gemelli 3610/3618m | |
| 12 - Punta Elter 3603m | |
| 13 - Becco della Pazienza 3606m | |
Summits of Gran Paradiso GROUP
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| 1_Punta Galisia 3346m | 28_Punta Rossa della Grivola 3630m |
| 2_Punta Basei 3338m | 29_La Grivola 3969m |
| 3_Punta Gran Vaudala 3272m | 30_Grivoletta 3514m |
| 4_Taou Blanc 3438m | 31_Gran Nomenon 3488m |
| 5_Aouillé 3440m | 32_Mont Favret 3173m |
| 6_Cima di Entrelor 3430m | 33_Punta Valletta 2793m |
| 7_Punta Percià 3227m | 34_Becca Piana 2271m |
| 8_La Roletta 3384m | 35_Punta Ceresole 3777m |
| 9_Punta Bianca 3427m | 36_Testa della Tribolazione 3642m |
| 10_Punta Bioula 3414m | 37_Testa di Valnontey 3562m |
| 11_Punta del Ran 3272m | 38_Becca di Gay 3621m |
| 12_Punta Chamoussière 2942m | 39_Becco Meridionale della Tribolazione 3360m |
| 13_Monte Paillasse 2414m | 40_Roccia Viva 3650m |
| 14_Cima dell'Arolley 2996m | 41_Torre del Gran San Pietro 3692m |
| 15_Cima di Seiva 3075m | 42_Punte Patri 3581m |
| 16_Punta Fourà 3411m | 43_Punta Valletta 3356m |
| 17_Mare Pércia 3385m | 44_ Punta di Valmiana 3244m |
| 18_Denti del Breuil 3454m | 45_Punta Fenilia 3053m |
| 19_Becca di Monciair 3544m | 46_Punta d'Ondezana 3452m |
| 20_Ciarforon 3642m | 47_Becco di Valsoera 3369m |
| 21_La Tresenta 3609m | 48_Punta delle Sengie 3408m |
| 22_Becca di Moncorvè 3875m | 49_Monveso di Forzo 3322m |
| 23_Gran Paradiso 4061m | 50_Grande Arolla 3246m |
| 24_Piccolo Paradiso 3923m | 51_Punta della Tsesère 3117m |
| 25_Becca di Montandayné 3838m | 52_Torre di Lavina 3308 m |
| 26_Herbetet 3778m | 53_Punta di Acque Rosse 2952m |
| 27_La Gran Serra 3552m | 54_Punta Nera 3064m |
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In black: summits In blue: passes In underscored bold: summits posted on SP (linked to their related page)WEST EAST RIDGE: a) Watershed VALLE di RHEMES - VAL d'ISERE  | ||
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WEST EAST RIDGE: c) Watershed VALSAVARENCHE - VALLE dell'ORCO
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|  | In the past it was also named Colle del Gias di Beu: it connects Valsavarenche (Nivolet) with valle dell'Orco (Chiapili) | |
|  |  It is an unusual pass, since pratically connects three sides, Nivolet and Vallone di Seiva in Valsavarenche, and also valle dell'Orco (Gias di Beu) | |
|   | A ridge starts northwards separating Piano del Nivolet and Vallone di Seiva:
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|   |   At the end of the South ridge of Mare Pércia, Colle della Terra 2911m separates it from the following Punta Rocchetta 2922m | |
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  | A ridge starts westwards, separating Gran Paradiso and Laveciau Glaciers, and terminates with Testa di Moncorvè 2964m | ||
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WEST EAST RIDGE: d) Watershed VALNONTEY - VALLE dell'ORCO  Identification of summits, passes and glaciers belonging to part of the watershed Valnontey-Valle dell'Orco. View from Lucio and Lionello Leonessa fixed bivouac 2910m
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WEST EAST RIDGE: f) Watershed VALLONE di BARDONEY-VALLE dell'ORCO | ||
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WEST-EAST RIDGE: g) From TORRE di LAVINA to PUNTA NERA  | ||
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