Gran Paradiso National Park was the first of its kind in Italy and remains one of the best known. Filled with majestic mountains and valleys, as well as a variety of vegetation and animal life, the park in the Graian Alps is certainly something to experience. The park’s lowest valley is at 800 meters above sea level while its highest peak, which belongs to Gran Paradiso Mountain, is over 4,000 meters high. If you take a trip to Gran Paradiso you will experience gorgeous alpine grasslands, glaciers and unique rock formations that won’t soon be forgotten.
The region of Aosta Valley is located in north-west Italy and it is located along the border of Switzerland and France. It is a mountainous region and is bordered along with the Piedmont region. The region of the valley is spread over an area of just 3263 sq km and is the least populous and the smallest region of Italy. Also, there are no provinces in the region unlike all the other regions of Italy.
Monterosa is a ski resort named after the Monte Rosa Range, whose 15,000 foot peaks straddle the Swiss and Italian borders. Being somewhat remote it's not exactly like skiing in the rest of Italy. However that fact and the absence of crowds, has turned Monterosa into a cult destination for alpine ski bums.
Monterosa offers high altitude skiing in quiet, unspoiled surroundings with good value ski resorts. There is also a great and stunning vista of the Monterosa glacier that unveils its self right before your eyes.
The Val d'Aosta occupies the northwest corner of Italy and shares borders with Switzerland to the north and France to the west. The region, which is Italy's smallest and least populated, is juxtaposed by containing some of Europe's tallest mountains and a vast national park. It was in this rugged landscape, among the behemoths Monte Rosa, Matterhorn, Monte Gran Paradiso and Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc - Europe's tallest) that modern mountaineering developed. Today the peaks are much more accessible as this region also helped the birth of downhill skiing.
