Piedmont: provincia di Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

(06 Mag 24) Following the many requests we have been receiving for months from the Park Authority, we are glad to announce that three excursions to the Milan Cathedral's Cava Madre in Candoglia di Mergozzo have been organised even this year. The first date is set for Thursday 27 June, when you will climb ...

(19 Apr 24) Some articles have been published about fishing, which might have led people to believe that this activity, in the Toce stretches, could be carried out in the same way as before the expansion: this is not the case. One of the main aims of the Val Grande National Park is to preserve biodiversity, and...

(16 Ago 23) The Park Authority informs that, due to the dry season, some springs located near the bivouacs are dry. In particular, the springs of: Bocchetta di Campo Colma di Premosello Lidesh Ragozzale while in Mottac the reserve is now running out. We take this opportunity to remind you that the sp...

(19 Set 22) The MuLM, the world's longest museum, of which the Park is a part with the emerging Pink Marble and Granite Museum in Mergozzo, is offering an extraordinary experience, completely free of charge, in the middle of Candoglia and Ornavasso marble quarries on Thursday 6 October. The event will be inclu...

(30 Mag 22) We inform hikers that, from 8 to 12 June 2022, the largest bivouac at In la Piana will be closed because it will be used for the Chiovini Path, celebrating its 24th edition this year. The Chiovini Path is the trek that, every year, retraces the paths used by the partisans to escape from the roundup...

(03 Mag 22) With the end of the health emergency, the bivouacs managed by the Park Authority are now fully usable again. However, we point out that: The toilet next to the Scaredi bivouac is closed, The toilet in the Colma di Premosello bivouac should not be used, due to lack of water, All the bivouacs lo...

(20 Ott 21) Warning: due to the ongoing pandemic, accessing all Park's bivouacs is forbidden, except in cases of proven emergency. Furthermore, we inform you that: The bivouac located in Pian di Boit is currently entrusted to the Società Cooperativa Valgrande for building operations, therefore the acces...

(17 Ago 21)   With the decision of the Director no. 117 dated 12.05.2021, this Authority has established the adjudication of the extraordinary maintenance works of the path In La Piana - L'Arca – Orfalecchio – P.te Velina that will start today, on Tuesday 17 August. The estimated duration o...

(13 Nov 20) Due to the health emergency, the Park must be attended in compliance with national and regional regulations related to Coronavirus, that are always updated. All the bivouacs managed by the Park Authority should not be accessed, as they cannot be attended safely. These structures can only be accesse...

(15 Ott 20) The exceptional weather conditions that occurred in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola area on 2nd and 3rd October also heavily affected the territory of the Val Grande, causing landslides and tree falls on large portions of the Park’s path network. The Park’s path network is therefore difficult ...