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.

The Monte Rosa Walser Ultra Trail coming soon

Posted: Jun 11, 2015
Categories: Gressoney, News
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Monte Rosa Walser Ultra Trail 2014

It is time to start training for Monte Rosa Walser Ultra Trail. The third edition is coming on the 1st August in Gressoney.

 

The Monte Rosa Walser Ultra Trail is the event for all skyrunning lovers. Organized by the Association Forte di Bard nell’ Alta Valle del Lys in 2013 it crosses the municipalities of Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Gressoney-La-Trinité.

All interested to taking part in one of three categories can register online.

There are two main trails:

  • 50 km-long track with 4000 m positive difference
  • 20 km-long track with 1000 m positive difference

Tracks have been suggested by the athletes Bruno Brunod (Sky Running World Champion and member of the Forte di Bard Team), Franco Collé (winner of the Tor des Géants 2014) and Giancarlo Annovazzi (winner of the Tod Des Géants 2011). This year non-competitive Eco Trail of 5 km will be again prepared for the disable participants in the mountain competition.

Monte Rosa Walser Ultra Trail

The run will start at the Sport House in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, a logistic base for the Monte Rosa Walser Ultra Trail. But the competition is not only to run through, but also to go through, discover, and admire some of the Walser pearls in the Aosta Valley, as well as the view of the Monte Rosa. Along the way of the trail there are many examples of rural Walser architecture. It offers unique landscapes and adventure feeling.

More information on the Monte Rosa Walser Ultra Trail webpage.

 

Just got the invitation to the Monterosa Walser trail 1st August. Who's in? #gressoney #monterosa #trail #ecotrail

Posted by thealps.com on Wednesday, 10 June 2015
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