Rother Wanderführer Aostatal 50 Touren (6.A 2020)

Surrounded by the highest mountains in the Alps - Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and Matterhorn in the north and Gran Paradiso in the south - the Upper Italian Valle d'Aosta offers hikers stunning panoramic views. Nowhere else in the Alps are green alpine meadows and glittering granite mountains so close together. The Rother hiking guide »Aostatal« presents 50 beautiful walks.

Landscape, climate and vegetation offer attractive contrasts, as they are almost unusual for the Alps. Hikers will encounter an extremely diverse, Mediterranean to Arctic-Alpine flora and a species-rich fauna, such as ibexes in the "Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso". Time and again you will encounter the traditional route along the way, now threatened by the disappearing mountain farming culture of the Walser.

Johannes Führer is a very good expert on Valle d'Aosta. The walks he selects are half-day or full-day excursions. However, some tours can be combined into multi-day tours, for example to the "Große Walserweg" and the "Alte Vie 1 and 2". The level of difficulty varies from easy walks to challenging, long treks.

Clear information, meaningful elevation profiles, colored hiking maps with registered routes and exact directions make all driving suggestions easy and safe to trace. The introductory section offers many useful tips including the best season and equipment, an overview of the top tours in the Aosta Valley.