Mountain Climbing trips – Gran Paradiso

Conquer Italy’s tallest mountain while exploring the stunning national park!

Combine hiking with ice climbing and scrambling to make your way up to the summit of this iconic Italian peak. Stay in a classic mountain hut en route and enjoy stunning views as well as options to see native wildlife too.

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3 Reasons

Stunning scenery

Situated in Gran Paradiso National Park, both the approach to and ascent of the mountain are incredibly scenic. Enjoy great views all the way up to the summit of the surrounding forests and valleys. Once you’re at the top, gaze over the glacier you've conquered to get there and get iconic views of Mont Blanc.

Perfect for beginners

Gran Paradiso is consistently ranked as one of the top mountain peaks for novice mountaineers. While a good level of physical fitness is required to reach the top, only a bit of ice climbing and glacier hiking is needed. The skills to do so can all be taught on the mountain, making it the perfect climb for anyone.

Enjoy the journey

While reaching the top are the ultimate goal, the entire trip up Gran Paradiso is part of the experience. Get the chance to see native wildlife, including eagles, ibex and lynx as you hike through the park and up the base of the mountain. Stay in an authentic mountain hut before summit day and take in the ambience. Finally, enjoy a thrilling ascent and descent on summit day.

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What’s the weather like?

During the summer months, the weather for climbing Gran Paradiso is ideal. Average temperatures on the mountain hover between 8ºC to 12ºC. Weather on the mountain can be fairly unpredictable, but the summer months tend to be the driest.

How to get there:

Any trip to Gran Paradiso generally begins with a flight into either Geneva International Airport (GVA) or Turin’s international airport (TRN). From here, Port Valsavarenche is only a few hours drive away. Many guides also will opt to meet you in either Turin or Chamonix.

Language:

Italian

Country Code:

+39

Currency:

Euro

Best time to climb:

June to September

What People Say

43 reviews

We had a great experience with Giulia on Gran Paradiso. Ended up climbing La Trescenta and only doing the glacier

below Gran Paradiso – my decision – the kids were not as strong as I had hoped and the 11 hours for the full summit would not have worked. However we had a great few days. Can’t wait to do another trip and will absolutely ask for your help again.

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Jennifer Robison for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

Patrick was a great guide! Flawless ascent/descent which we enjoyed very much. Thanks

Jo Plaete for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

We enjoyed this trip in the Alps very much!! It was an excellent introduction to mountaineering and the stunning peaks

of the Alps massive. Our guide Martin made the full experience a succes; pushing us to the limits, keeping us safe at difficult rocky ascents, but also taking time to enjoy the scenery and the climb. Thanks a lot for the beautiful pictures too!

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Adriaan Jelsma for Grand Paradiso and Mont Blanc guided ascent

Varesco was a fantastic guide! Very talented and kind. Couldn’t have been happier 🙂

Thomas Payn for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

Highly recommend this trip! We cannot praise our guide enough! Gigio was fantastic!! The trip up Gran Paradiso is a

beautiful walk in a completely unspoilt valley. We stayed in the Chabod but at 2750m which had everything we needed with decent food. The climb turned out to be difficult due to the conditions but our guide did everything he could to get us to the top. Thoroughly enjoyable 2 days!

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David Reid for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

Our guide was Christopher Garrigues

for Gran Paradiso ascent in 3 days

Peaks Hunters were brilliant from the point of first contact. They took care of every last detail from planning the

trip to providing all the mountaineering equipment. On the mountain our guides were amazing. Positive, confident, good company and with safety always at the fore front. They set the pace and made sure as many of our group as possible hit the summit. Thank you so much to the Silvia, Elis and the team. Will definitely be using you again

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Gavin for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

The trip was excellent. We met the owner of Peak Hunters and next time would preferably like to travel with

him. You all saved us and our trip and we are forever in your debt. We are already excited to book next years with you guys.

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Sheena and Chris for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

The trip was great, the guide the programme the team everything. Except for 1 thing: the clothes recommended in the

list of equipment was too hot for that season i felt like.

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Max for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

Bella Donder for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

We had a great couple of days in the mountains with Marco, who is very experienced guide and he shared

us lot of information regarding mountaineering and the surrounding mountains. We definately recommend everyone to book a trip with Marco.

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Mikko Jarvinen for 2-day ascent in Gran Paradiso (private groups)

Professional guide who carefully assessed our climbing and fitness abilities to get to the top unfortunately we came down a bit

too fast and I fell and broke my big toe and was unable to attempt the Mont Blanc climb which was very disappointing because I felt ready to try. We felt challenged but relatively safe all of the time, the fall was an unfortunate mistake. Jan offered us additional training between the climbs to improve our chances on Mont Blanc which we really appreciated but were unable to take advantage of. We would climb with him again.

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Jayne for Climbing Mont Blanc and Gran Paradiso

Everything was perfect. We had to bring forward the trip due to weather conditions and Remy was very flexible. He

made us feel comfortable along the climb and everything went very easily although it was only our second 4000 ascension. He’s a very nice and pleasant person. I highly recommend him!

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Sophie Dewitte for Gran Paradiso 2-day mountaineering trip

Johan winther for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

Ciao! I just want to thank you for great services. Also the guide Luca Bianco was excellent 10/10. I had

a great trek to peak of Gran Paradiso. Best regards, Johan Winther

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Johan Winther for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

Neil for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

The guide himself was really nice, as was the Hut. No wifi or cell service there for those who need

that ?. We did not take the summit because of worsening weather conditions. So we shall be back later this year for another attempt. Really nothing one can do about the weather anyways…

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for Gran Paradiso 2 Day Guided Ascent

Remy was a superb guide, would really recommend him! Warm and friendly personality. Very professional and knowledgeable, made us (beginners)

feel comfortable during the trip. We had a lot of questions beforehand, all communication was clear, fast responses and Remy was always available by mail or phone. Also fast response by Explore-Share. The Gran Paradiso was amazing, especially the views, climb tough but very doable. Next time I would go skiing down instead of hiking.

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Milo van Holsteijn for Gran Paradiso 2-day mountaineering trip

Due to snow conditions we changed the trip to a ski tour. My second time off piste but Elis was

very patient and provided good direction… will definitely be back !

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Mountain Climbing trips – Gran Paradiso

Conquer Italy’s tallest mountain while exploring the stunning national park!

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