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Measurements carried out by the gran paradiso park rangers confirm a loss of surface area equivalent to three football fields.

The winners of the 16th edition of the international photographic competition 'Photographing the Park' have been announced. Organised by the National Parks of Stelvio, gran paradiso, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise and de la Vanoise, the competition attracted over 3000 entires,...

Federica Mingolla reports about her Thursday 16 June ascent, belayed by Niccolò Bartoli, of Bellavista on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo (Dolomites), first ascended by Alexander Huber in 1999. Mingolla and Bartoli descended from where the route joins the classic Cassin...

Italian alpinists Nicola Castagna and Gabriel Perenzoni have managed to climb all 82 peaks over 4,000 meters in the Alps. The trainee mountain guides set off on 4 May and required 80 days to complete the climbs.

Aspirant mountain guide Gabriel Perenzoni talks about his dream of climbing the 82 peaks over 4,000 meters in the Alps with Nicola Castagna. Their project is called Altavia 4000 and having set off on 4 May, that have already climbed...

Italian mountaineers Nicola Castagna and Gabriel Perenzoni are currently climbing all 82 peaks over 4,000m in the Alps. Having set off on 4 May 2021, the two aspirant mountain guides have already climbed 30 mountains as part of their project called Altavia 4000.

Italian alpinist Hervé Barmasse reports about Dall'inferno al Paradiso, from hell to heaven, a new multi-pitch rock climb on Torre del Gran San Pietro above the Piantonetto Valley (Orco Valley, gran paradiso National Park, Italy) first ascended with Stefano Perrone.

A few days after the remarkable descent carried out by Paul Bonhomme, Davide Capozzi, Alessandro Letey and Mike Arnold have traced a new line down the south face of Punta Patrì in the gran paradiso massif. Capozzi reports.

French mountain guide Paul Bonhomme has skied Linea senza frontiere, a new steep ski descent down the south face of Punta Patrì in the gran paradiso massif. Bonhomme, who ascended the same line he later skied, reports.

A temporary ice climbing ban has been enacted in Valnontey (Cogne, Italy) to protect nesting bearded vulture. The gran paradiso National Park commission and the Cogne mountain guides have produced a Decalogue aimed at protecting the local wildlife.

Interview with Alex Chabod, vice president of the gran paradiso Mountain Guides, after the decision to recommend an ascent route and a different descent route on gran paradiso in order to avoid queues forming on the final meters to the...

planetmountain.com has received and is publishing the press release of the Italian Mountain Guides regarding the Bearded Vulture in Valnontey (Cogne). Ice climbing is currently prohibited on the Money summit plateau and the adjacent icefalls: L’ago di Money, Di fianco...

The film La Promenade which documents the ski tour traverse across the Valle d'Aosta by Italian freeriders Shanty Cipolli and Simon Croux.

One day before the Orcoblocco bouldering meeting in Italy’s Valle dell’Orco Andrea Migliano introduces the valley in the gran paradiso National Park and in particular the new El Dorado sector with its 120 new boulder problems.

Giulia Monego and Yannick Boissenot ski down Becca di Monciair in Valsavarenche, also known as Little Matterhorn of gran paradiso. Davide Capozzi provides the background information.

Francesco Vascellari and Loris de Barba introduce '4000m Peaks in the Alps. Ski Touring and Steep Skiing', their guidebook to the 4000m mountains in the Alps. Three routes presented on planetmountain.com: Barre des Écrins, Pizzo Bernina and Dent d'Hérens.