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Alagna Valsesia
A Walser village at the head of the Valsesia under the east face of Monte Rosa, linked by lift to the Monterosa ski area.
- 10Highlights
- 12Routes
- Featured summit · Cima Mutta
Highlights
5 from neighbouring places
Baita Walser Reale
A Walser house of stone and timber above Alagna, rebuilt in the traditional way and run as a hut.
GRAND HALTE
A hut in Alagna built at the turn of the twentieth century, now run as an inn with a kitchen of its own.
L’assolata Val Vogna fino al lago de la Peccia
A gently graded path up the Val Vogna from Riva Valdobbia, an old Walser mule track leading to the Lago della Peccia.
RIFUGIO PASTORE
A hut on the Alpe Pile meadows at 1,575 m in the Alta Valsesia park, on an old Walser pasture below Monte Rosa.
RIFUGIO ZAR SENNI
A hut in the Otro basin above Alagna, a hanging Walser valley of stone-and-timber hamlets.
Le Miniere di manganese
Manganese workings above Alagna, driven into the slope in the nineteenth century and open on guided visits.
Il lago ed il rifugio dell’Alpe Campo
A pasture and small lake on the Alpe Campo terrace, the classic balcony view of the Monte Rosa east face.
Il panorama del Rosa dal rifugio Pastore
A twenty-minute walk from the Alpe Pile hut to the most open view of the Monte Rosa glaciers.
La Chiesa di Alagna
The parish church of San Giovanni Battista in the Cantro quarter of Alagna, its portico carrying nineteenth-century frescoes.
La Chiesa di Riva Valdobbia
A church consecrated in 1326 at Riva Valdobbia, rebuilt after a flood of the Vogna torrent in 1640, with a painted facade.
Ecomuseo Walser
8.6 km away, in Gressoney-La-Trinité
A Walser house at Gressoney kept as it was lived in, with the timber gallery and stone roof of the Lys valley.
Rifugio Città di Mantova
9.5 km away, in Gressoney-La-Trinité
A guides' hut at 3,498 m on the Garstelet glacier above Gressoney, a staging post for the Monte Rosa four-thousanders.
Rifugio Capanna Gnifetti
9.7 km away, in Gressoney-La-Trinité
A hut on the Monte Rosa glaciers above Gressoney-La-Trinité, the usual overnight stop for the Punta Gnifetti climbs.
Lago Gover
10.6 km away, in Gressoney-Saint-Jean
A small lake in old conifer woods above Gressoney-Saint-Jean, with the Monte Rosa summits reflected on clear days.
Castel Savoia
11.4 km away, in Gressoney-Saint-Jean
The fairytale residence built from 1899 for Queen Margherita above Gressoney-Saint-Jean, with five towers and its own park.
Mountain hut
Historic site
Nothing of this kind in Alagna Valsesia.
Routes
RIVA VALDOBBIA, Fraz. Ca’ di Janzo
A climb from Ca' di Janzo to Cima Mutta, the first top on the ridge that divides Val Vogna from Val d'Otro.
- 3.2 km
- Distance
- 804 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 53 min
- Duration
- 18
- Check-ins
ALAGNA
The old crossing from Alagna towards Gressoney by the Col d'Olen, once the easiest way between the two valleys.
- 12.3 km
- Distance
- 2 499 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 26 min
- Duration
- 289
- Check-ins
Ciclabile Balmuccia
A route the length of the upper Valsesia, past the Salto di Piode falls and the valley's churches and museums.
- 31.0 km
- Distance
- 849 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 21 min
- Duration
- 34
- Check-ins
Tour del Monte Rosa
A stage of the ten-day Tour of Monte Rosa, a circuit of about 160 km among the highest summits of the range.
- 17.3 km
- Distance
- 929 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 8 min
- Duration
- 178
- Check-ins
Grande Traversata della Valsesia: Tappa 6 Bivacco Don Luigi Ravelli
A long, high stage of the Valsesia traverse ending at the Don Luigi Ravelli bivouac in the mountains above Alagna.
- 14.8 km
- Distance
- 2 872 m
- Ascent
- 16 h 2 min
- Duration
- 112
- Check-ins
Grande Traversata della Valsesia: Tappa 7 Rifugio Pastore all'Alpe Pile
A stage of the Valsesia traverse finishing at the Pastore hut on the Alpe Pile, under the east side of Monte Rosa.
- 13.8 km
- Distance
- 2 485 m
- Ascent
- 14 h
- Duration
- 71
- Check-ins
RIVA VALDOBBIA, Fraz. Sant’Antonio
A climb from Sant'Antonio in Val Vogna to the Colle di Valdobbia at 2,480 m, the old crossing between Valsesia and the Aosta valley.
- 8.5 km
- Distance
- 1 199 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 45 min
- Duration
- 70
- Check-ins
Grande Traversata della Valsesia: Tappa 4 Frazione Peccia
A stage of the Valsesia traverse reaching the hamlet of Peccia in Val Vogna, with heavy climbing for its short length.
- 4.7 km
- Distance
- 2 480 m
- Ascent
- 12 h 54 min
- Duration
- 44
- Check-ins
Grande Traversata della Valsesia: Tappa 5 Ospizio Sottile al Colle Valdobbia
A hard stage of the Valsesia traverse ending at the Ospizio Sottile, the old hospice standing on the Colle di Valdobbia.
- 9.1 km
- Distance
- 3 320 m
- Ascent
- 17 h 36 min
- Duration
- 36
- Check-ins
Grande Traversata della Valsesia: Tappa 3 Alpe Salei
A long stage of the Valsesia traverse climbing to the Alpe Salei, high above Rassa.
- 11.5 km
- Distance
- 2 600 m
- Ascent
- 14 h 18 min
- Duration
- 16
- Check-ins
ALAGNA, Fraz. Pedemonte
A crossing from Pedemonte that doubles as the approach to the north ridge of Monte Tagliaferro, the classic Valsesia climb.
- 4.1 km
- Distance
- 1 081 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 51 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Pista ciclopedonale della Valsesia: Tappa 5 Piode
Stage five of the Valsesia cycle and footpath, running along the Sesia valley floor through Piode.
- 15.6 km
- Distance
- 620 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 47 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Alagna Valsesia yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
RIVA VALDOBBIA, Fraz. Ca’ di Janzo
A climb from Ca' di Janzo to Cima Mutta, the first top on the ridge that divides Val Vogna from Val d'Otro.
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