| These mountain walks are located in the Gran Paradiso National Park and
provide
a tougher and wilder version of the Tour de Mont Blanc with scenery
matching
the best the Alps have to offer. Gran Paradiso itself is accessible to
strong
mountain walkers with ski poles and crampons and it is the easiest 4000m
summit
in the Alps (excluding the Breithorn which uses cable cars most of the
way). Gran Paradiso is one of the most strictly controlled and carefully
preserved
National Parks in the Alps. The route includes a variety of terrain
with some
high passes (up to 3000m), forested valleys and alpine pastures with
plentiful
and varied wildlife. The area is particularly renowned for the King
Ibex that
has proliferated and survived here since king Vittorio Emanuele
created a
hunting reserve. At the same time he also established many excellent
paths to
allow access to the area and to some of his hunting lodges (Casa di
Caccia). Trip Dossiers Bookings Map-Guidebook Shop Contact EWP | 
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