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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.

Monterosa Ski Alp race in Gressoney on Saturday

Posted: Feb 23, 2015
Categories: Gressoney, News
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Monterosa Ski Alp 2014

It is high time for the 5th Monterosa Ski Alp 2015! The mountaineering ski competition starts on Saturday, 28th February in Gressoney-La-Trinité. Stunning mountain scenery, fantastic sportsmen, and emotions included.

Technicians are preparing details of the forthcoming race, as well as the slopes. For the first time Monterosa Ski Alp will start and end in Gressoney. From Gressoney, the athletes will arrive at the Alpe Ricka at 2555 mt and then they will go down again to Stafal, before to reach the Colle Bettaforca. After that the competitors will go to the Alpe Forca, Mont Ross, Alpe Ciarcerio and then to the end line in Gressoney-La-Trinité across the same paths.

Some useful information:

  • To pick up your race packet and the race number you have to go in the multipurpose room in Gressoney-La-Trinité, near the departure line and the chairlift Gressoney-Punta Jolanda.
  • The track will be marked with green flags on the way up and red flags on the way down. The flags will have a reflecting strip, very visible with the lamps. Ou will find the flags on the right hand side of the slope. The changes in direction will be marked with 40 cm reflecting arrows. The zones to change your equipment will be artificially enlighted.
  • Near the multipurpose room you will find a changing room and a shower room.
  • The dinner will be served in the multipurpose room.
  • At around 10 PM there will be the prize giving ceremony
  • During the Monterosa Ski Alp 2015 the following lifts will be open for free:

- Cableway Stafal-Sant’Anna from 6.30 PM to 10.45  PM (the athletes will be there from 7 PM to 8 PM and then from 8.15 PM to 10.30 PM approximately)

- Funicular Frachey-Alpe Ciarcerio from 6.30 PM to 10 PM (the athletes will be there from 7.30 PM to 9 PM approximately).

More information you can found on Monterosa Ski, along with the map, or in Italian on the Monterosa Ski Alp webpage.

Watch the video from the last year Monterosa Rosa Ski Alp here.

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