Marta's Monterosa Blog

I am passionate about the Alps. They are my heart's home and the place where I would like to spend the last day of my life. I have been a tourist in the village of Champoluc in the Italian Monterosa for all my life and worked as a tourist operator in this area since more than 15 years.

I believe in respect for the special environment of this place that you can find only here. We all gain by enjoying its beauty, while trying to make a minimum impact at the same time. Leave it for our children in the future!

I believe in respect for people who live here with their traditions and culture, language, and work, their genuine products and delicious wines. They open their homes for us, tourists and meet us as their guests, if we are able to open our hearts for them. I have a friend who is a hotel owner and he says that when stressed people from the city come to his place, he tells them to sit down and take a drink before they even begin to worry if they have a room. Perhaps, we can bring a little of their kindness and calmness with us on our way back to the city.

My philosophy is to give back a little of what the mountains and the people from this place have given to me and to my family through my work, to communicate my philosophy and my passion to those who follow me on the blog, and in my trips as a tour operator.

If you would like to visit Champoluc, Gressoney, Alagna or other villages in the Aosta Valley, trek or ski in the Monterosa, discover Sardinia or other places we offer, contact us.

Biking among the kings

Posted: Jun 17, 2016
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Author: TheAlps

Pila biking trail

The Monterosa area is a fantastic place to begin or to continue your bike adventure. The popular “Dirt Mountain Bike” magazine visited the Aosta Valley once.

Two years ago “Dirt Mountain Bike” published a report from their excursion to the Aosta Valley. They started in Zermatt, Switzerland an ended up in Cervinia, Cogne, La Thuile. It is a very inspiring and full of useful information text.

Read the article “In the Valley of Mountains Kings”.

It is also a good starting point to find your own trail to ride. We can help you organise your biking in the Aosta Valley. Contact us and check our bike programs.

The Monterosa has 20 peaks over 4000m, however, there are many medium mountains, what makes the region perfect both for easier family excursions, and for more advanced freerider (check Punta Jolanda for example).

Apart from delicious food and great accommodation, you will find here all you need to make your biking trip as smooth as possible. The lifts adjusted to transport bikes let you explore the whole area in only one day! From Aosta Valley to Piedmont, from Champoluc-Frachey to Gressoney and over to Alagna Valsesia, surrounded by the majestic Monte Rosa Massif.

Selected trails for mountain bike in the Aosta Valley.

Time opening and lift prices.


Aosta Valley, Europe's finest singletrack from Aosta Valley Freeride on Vimeo.

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