Description
A diverse national park area in the Italian Alps.
Stelvio features valleys, mountain lakes, high passes, and extensive landscapes, offering numerous hiking opportunities. This guide covers day hikes from various starting points and illustrates how villages and huts are connected by established trails. This provides a broad foundation for experiencing the region on foot, rather than planning your stay around a single peak or specific valley within the extensive mountain area.
Thirty-eight graded hikes of varying lengths.
The selection ranges from manageable walks to more demanding mountain undertakings. A grading system from one to three helps you compare the hikes, and some can be linked to longer itineraries with overnight stays in huts. This allows you to choose between day trips from the same base and several days of more continuous walking, depending on your experience and the time available during your mountain holiday.
Maps and practical assistance for your hiking plan.
Route descriptions and maps are supported by information aiding with starting points and execution. The guide provides a good overview of how various destinations can be reached and where it might be suitable to include a stop at a hut. Current opening hours and reservations should be checked additionally to ensure that a plan from the guide aligns with the practical possibilities for your specific travel period.
Choose elevation and challenge according to conditions.
Snow, weather, and ascent can significantly alter the demands between lower and higher routes. Use the gradings in conjunction with the descriptions and your own experience. This guide is suitable for hikers who desire multiple options and can adapt their plans en route, supplementing with updated local information when selecting hikes and hut connections based on actual conditions and the group’s capacity during their stay in the park.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher grew from a community of climbers and mountaineers wishing to share thorough knowledge of their routes—a tradition that continues to characterize the publisher’s books on hiking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Gillian Price. English language. 192 pages. First edition, published in 2013. ISBN 9781852846909.
