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A hiker with a backpack walks up a sloping snowfield at a mountain pass, leaving a trail of footprints between rocky, snow-streaked slopes.

Grande Traversata delle Alpi

2025 · Italy · Hiking

CountriesItaly
KindHiking
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A green alpine meadow edged with conifer trees, with a range of snow-capped rocky peaks rising under a clear blue sky.A broad grassy mountainside dotted with white wildflowers rises beneath a clear blue sky, with scattered trees and a dry rocky ridge above.A wide high-mountain basin of green slopes and melting snow patches, with a small dark stone building standing among rough paths and bare rocky peaks.Looking down a forested slope to a bright turquoise alpine lake, with a cluster of stone houses at its shore surrounded by dense conifer woods.Inside a rustic wood-panelled mountain refuge, a bed with a white duvet sits beneath a skylight showing blue sky, with a hiking backpack and trekking poles nearby.A steep green mountainside falls into a deep valley, with scattered larches, snow-patched couloirs and a sharp rocky peak rising at the center against blue sky.A broad high-altitude valley of green slopes and snow patches, crossed by a winding rocky stream, with hazy jagged peaks rising in the background.A hiker with a backpack walks up a sloping snowfield at a mountain pass, leaving a trail of footprints between rocky, snow-streaked slopes.A red-and-white GTA trail signpost points toward Balziglia and Massello, standing before a snow-patched high mountain valley under low clouds.An old stone mountain building stands on a grassy ridge surrounded by broad snowfields, with dark clouded peaks and low mist in the background.A hiker with a backpack follows a wide trail across a high grassy pass, past a large boulder, toward snow-streaked rocky mountains under a partly cloudy sky.A tall thin waterfall cascades down a huge sheer rock face into a green valley, with grassy slopes, scattered trees and patches of snow on the ridges above.Waterfalls cascade down the rock faces of a green mountain valley in the Italian Alps.A small alpine hamlet of stone houses nestled among dense green forest in a valley in the Italian Alps.A caramel dessert topped with sliced peaches, served on a decorative plate at a mountain restaurant table.A rustic clay bowl of creamy soup topped with crusty croutons sits on a mountain restaurant table.A plate of fresh pasta with a rich meat sauce, being eaten by a walker at a mountain restaurant table.A plate of potato gnocchi in a creamy cheese sauce, topped with pieces of ham, on a mountain table.A painted red figure of a reclining woman decorates a mossy boulder beside a mountain trail.Stone houses and a yellow villa with balconies are built into a tree-covered hillside in the Italian Alps.From a grassy meadow, a view looks down over a village and river in a deep alpine valley, with snow-dusted peaks beyond.An alpine village with buildings and a river flowing past, seen from a roadside with a flower box, backed by snowy peaks.A rustic stone house is decorated with folk-art mosaics of a woman at a spinning wheel and a water carrier, with a wooden door.A grassy meadow with a dirt trail leads past stone farm huts toward forested slopes and rocky peaks under a blue sky.

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2025 Italy - Grande Traversata delle Alpi

General The Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA) is a long-distance walking route of about 1,000 kilometres that follows the arc of the western Alps through the Italian region of Piedmont, from the Pennine Alps in the north to the Ligurian Alps in the south. It is divided into 55 d …