Mountain Articles

Sentiero Roma - Italian Alps

The trail is a high-altitude itinerary that runs along the head of the Val Masino, on the Italian side of the Val Bregaglia mountains in the western Rhaetian Alps.

The path was laid out by the Val Masino guides from 1928 onwards, at the request of the Milanese section of the CAI, owner of the refuges in the area. Initially, the Gianetti-Allievi and Allievi-Ponti sections were built. Later, the path was extended to connect the Omio and Brasca shelters ... keep reading

GR®54 Tour Oisans & Ecrins

A real sporting challenge of 190 kilometres, with 14 passes and more than 12,000 metres of ascent, the GR®54 invites you to rub shoulders with the highest peaks of the Écrins. One of the most important long-distance hiking trails in the French Alps, the GR®54 is committed to providing an experience rich in emotions and discoveries through a wide variety of emblematic landscapes and to meeting the biodiversity of the National Park. ... keep reading

The Freedom Path

After the German offensive of May 1940 and the division of France into an occupied zone in the north and a free zone in the south, many civilians and soldiers, fleeing a world of persecution, imprisonment and execution, inseparable from Nazi barbarism, took refuge as soon as possible in this free zone, synonymous with hope.

Among the soldiers were escaped prisoners, newly enlisted volunteers, young troops, downed pilots, all driven by the same desire to join the Allied forces to continue the fight, as well as ... keep reading