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.

Ski Touring Night Race in Monterosa, Saturday 4th March 2017

Posted: Jan 14, 2017
Categories: Champoluc, Gressoney, News
Comments: 0
Author: Linnea
Ski touring race

Monterosa Ski Alp is an Alpine ski touring race, with start in the evening and finish late night or early morning, with competitors in teams of two, using classic Alpine techniques.


The 7th edition of the suggestive competition will be hosted by the charming Walser village Gressoney-La Trinité.

After the start in Gressoney the racers will use the footpath along the steep black slope from Staffal up to Sitten, an interesting technically very challenging passage, introduced last year. The trail will lead the athletes toward Champoluc through the Bettaforca Pass, returning to Gressoney only after dealing with the last tough climb of the Moos piste, in a crucial make or break phase, which will very likely determine the winners.

The difficulty level of the competition can be summed up to two simple numbers: 2,800 and 30: the first is the elevation gain and the second the distance in kilometers.

TheAlps will be represented by Maja Tesch at Monterosa Ski Alp 2017. Grab the chance to train with Maja this summer!

Do you want to join the race? You find the registration form here, together with further details of the competition, including the results from previous editions.

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