Trekking
The "TMR - Monte Rosa Tour" is the panoramic itinerary that develops around Monte Rosa, touching the suggestive locations of its valleys, both Italian and Swiss, with a circular route. The TMR was largely used by the ancient Walser populations for trade from valley to valley; it was also climbed by a pioneer of mountaineering, the Swiss scientist Horace Benedict de Saussure, back in 1789.
Nowadays the TMR is ideally divided into 9 stages with departure and arrival in Gressoney. The hiker can however take it into consideration with departure and arrival in any other location and for the desired number of stages. The direction of travel, in one direction or the other, and the possibility of reducing time and physical effort are also at your discretion, using the ski lifts where they exist.
The website of the Tour Monte Rosa - Matterhorn association www.tmr-matterhorn.ch

Horse riding
The Knights of the Alps will be in Gressoney Saint Jean in the Gover lake area from June to September to offer the opportunity to introduce you to the world of horses with riding activities for adults and children.
For information and reservations:
location Gover - Gressoney Saint Jean
tel. Ennio Cappelletti 348.2660592 - F.I.S.E. Horse Riding Technician

Golf
On its 9-hole par 68 course of 4,406 m, the Gressoney golf course offers a panoramic route beyond all expectations.
Always delicate, with relatively narrow fairways, well-protected greens, slopes that increase the difficulty and the constant presence of water, you find yourself aiming at Monte Rosa, the town bell tower, a steep rock wall or a bursting waterfall.
The Club House chalets guarantee all the services necessary for the player's comfort, while the driving range with its professionals and free lessons for beginners allow the whole family to approach this sport in absolute tranquility and harmony with nature.
Gressoney Monte Rosa Golf Club
Loc. Bino - Gressoney Saint Jean (AO)
Tel: 0125.356314
Fax: 0125.356348

Rafting
Adventures and emotions on the splendid water scenery of the Aosta Valley
From April to September, the sparkling Alpine streams become the scene of spectacular sporting activities: canoeing, kayaking and rafting offer water lovers exciting moments, including rapids and natural slides.
The kayak, almost always made of polyethylene, a highly impact-resistant material, is used by sitting in the cockpit and closing the space between the person and the cockpit with a splash guard to prevent water from entering. The river kayak, with a rounded keel, is easy to handle and suitable for quick and precise maneuvers in short spaces.
The Canadian canoe is a solid, stable vessel, suitable for transporting multiple people.
The feature that immediately distinguishes it from a kayak is the use of a single blade paddle. This allows for a powerful but asymmetric push, so the Canadian rower is usually pushed by two or more rowers, who must be well-matched.
The Canadian is slower than the kayak, precisely because it is more stable, but offers greater comfort; being generally open, it is less suitable for facing challenging waves and rapids. The best known is rafting, which consists of descending a river aboard dinghies of various sizes.
Specialized guides are available to initiate beginners or to accompany enthusiasts with programs of different difficulty and duration; there are also routes specifically designed for children.
Hydrospeed, a discipline more similar to canyoning, uses a kind of board with which you face, free body, the waters of rivers and streams.

Mountain Bike
The Monte Rosa Mountain Bike Tour has been developed and divided into 6 stages which at times modify the official route to meet the needs of Mountain Bikes. We have planned departure and arrival in Gressoney, with a clockwise direction of travel in order to tackle the downhill sections where it becomes more difficult to pedal.
Nothing prevents every "biker" from being able to change the starting point, the number of stages to tackle, the direction of travel or the possibility of using ski lifts or off-road taxi services.
Day 1
Staffal .:. Gressoney (1,837 m above sea level) - Gran Tournalin (2,600 m above sea level)
Last check on the bike and equipment in the backpack and ready to leave from the facilities square in Staffal.
You will immediately find yourself faced with a choice: you will have to decide whether to reach Colle della Bettaforca (2,672 m above sea level) using the cableways on the Staffal - Sant'Anna - Bettaforca axis or by taking the wide and always well-maintained dirt road, which reaches the Ayas Valley starting from the square of the Grandi Viaggi Club - Hotel Monboso. The road enters a larch and fir forest for about half an hour up to Sant'Anna (2,180 m above sea level) where a white chapel dominates the municipality of Gressoney la Trinité from above. The road continues, increasing the gradient in short stretches, but still remaining pedalable for trained legs, passing by the Sitten refreshment point (2,297 m above sea level) where you can admire a unique panorama of the Monte Rosa massif and reaching Colle della Bettaforca (in a good hour). 2,672 m above sea level).
Continuing on the dirt road, a long descent of about an hour awaits you which runs along the Forca valley: at the starting station of the chairlift, continue downhill to the right along the dirt road which follows the ski slope until you reach the Alpe Ciarcerio (1,992 m above sea level), interchange between two Monterosa Ski chairlifts. From here follow the dirt road, always downhill, towards the hamlet of Frachey (1,623 m above sea level) until you reach the asphalt road that crosses the Regional Road 45 of the Ayas valley.
Follow it upstream until you reach the village of Saint Jacques (1,689 m.a.s.l.), at the height of the bridge over the Verra stream, enter the dirt road which also climbs gently for just under two hours up to the Gran Tournalin refuge (2,600 m.a.s.l.) where you can spend the night.
Day 2
Gran Tournalin (2,600 m a.s.l.) - Breuil-Cervinia (2,003 m a.s.l.)
From the refuge we descend slightly until we take the path that leads to Col di Nana (2,775 m.s.l.m.), which can be covered by bicycle mainly in the first part, as as we approach the hill we will have to overcome some rock "jumps" with the bicycle on our shoulders , fortunately equipped with comfortable stone steps.
Having reached Col di Nana (2,775 m.a.s.l.) we descend on the bike to a natural lake, beyond which a short but steep climb awaits us up to Col des Fontaines (2,697 m.a.s.l.) which we will have to cover on foot pushing our bicycle up until the Matterhorn (4,478 m above sea level) will show itself in all its majesty.
Approximately an hour and twenty have passed since our departure and in front of us lies a descent of about forty minutes to the Cheneil basin, where we will encounter the small village of the same name (2,097 m above sea level). We advise you to pay attention as for short stretches the path is not in excellent condition and therefore we will have to cover them on foot.
After passing through the village, take a steep dirt road through a thick larch forest which quickly leads to the asphalt road on which we will continue for about 20 minutes, passing the Champléve hamlet and losing about 300 meters of difference in altitude from the village of Cheneil (2,097 m above sea level), up to arrive at the crossroads that leads to the chapel dedicated to the Madonna delle Salette (2,218 m above sea level).
Here take the steep road on the right, asphalted only initially, which after about an hour and a quarter leads to the arrival station of the cable car (2,245 m above sea level) which goes up from Valtournenche (1,524 m above sea level).
Once past the station, take path 107 up to a group of huts where you will have to face a quick climb and a short walk.
After about twenty minutes the path intercepts a "tractable" mule track which leads, following the signs for path 18, to the rails of the inclined plane used to transport the material necessary to build the Goillet dam (2,516 m above sea level). Follow them until you cross the road that connects Breuil-Cervinia (2,003 m.a.s.l.) to Lake Goillet (2,516 m.a.s.l.) and head towards the valley where you will find numerous accommodation facilities.
Day 3
Breuil-Cervinia (2,203 m a.s.l.) - Zermatt (1,606 m a.s.l.)
You are about to face the most atypical stage of the Tour of Monte Rosa for Mountain Bike, as you will even have to face a stretch of glacier, we therefore advise you to inform yourself in advance about the conditions of the same in order to equip yourself with suitable mountaineering equipment such as now the glacier is not in optimal conditions.
Even today there is the possibility of reaching the maximum altitude using the cableways on the Breuil-Cervinia - Plan Maison - Laghi di Cime Bianche - Plateau Rosa axis (3,480 m above sea level), thanks to which you will certainly save time and effort, but you will extend the stretch of glacier to overcome.
Alternatively, you will certainly find greater satisfaction by conquering the Colle del Teodulo with your own legs (3,301 m.a.s.l.): take the road traveled the previous day which in an hour and a half leads to Lake Goillet (2,516 m.a.s.l.), follow the northern side of it and continue for about forty minutes to the Laghi di Cime Bianche cable car (2,812 m above sea level). You will enter a lunar landscape, an immense stony surface at times not passable on your mountain bike, which will lead you to Colle del Teodulo (3,301 m above sea level) passing in front of the Bontadini chapel (3,044 m above sea level), after which the slope and the conformation of the terrain will make it impossible to pedal and you will have to carry your bicycle on your shoulders or push it along the path along which a ski slope runs in winter.
It will take you about an hour and forty minutes to cover the route from the Cime Bianche lakes to the Teodulo hill (3,301 m.a.s.l.), where you will find the Teodulo refuge (3,317 m.a.s.l.) where you can enjoy a well-deserved lunch and a few minutes of rest before tackling the last two hours needed to reach the center of Zermatt (1,606 m above sea level).
Even if you feel slightly out of place, absolutely take the ski slope that runs along the glacier without going off the beaten track and go down until you reach the Trockener Steg station (2,939 m above sea level). We recommend that you pay maximum attention and limit your speed as much as possible as in the afternoon the snow could be softer with the risk of sinking the wheels.
After about half an hour of possible "spins" or "tumbles" on the snow, once you reach the Trockener Steg station (2,939 m.a.s.l.), you will have the possibility to go down with the cable cars to Zermatt (1,606 m.a.s.l.) or to go down along the mule track, completely accessible by bicycle, which runs along the Furggbach valley, passing through the stations of Furgg (2,432 m above sea level) and then Furi (1,864 m above sea level), taking approximately 2 hours to cover the over 1,300 meters of difference in altitude.
Day 4
Zermatt (1,606 m a.s.l.) - Macugnaga (1,320 m a.s.l.)
The initial idea was to reach Grachen (1,619 m.s.l.m.) via an asphalt road and from here head to Saas Fee (1,772 m.s.l.m.) via the path that runs along the Balfrin ridge, but, although the maps do not indicate major changes in slope, all the employees of the various tourist information offices advise against carrying out this route in any way as it is considered dangerous.
At this point we discard the first hypothesis (if anyone were to do it anyway please insert information on "Dario di Viaggio"), gaining a day on the program and we head towards the bottom of the valley towards the Saas valley (Saas Tal). From here we will reach Macugnaga (1,320 m above sea level) in the afternoon.
Leaving Zermatt (1,606 m a.s.l.) we will descend through the splendid villages of Tasch (1,449 m a.s.l.), Randa (1,406 m a.s.l.) and Saint Niklaus (1,113 m a.s.l.), until reaching the valley floor in the municipality of Stadal (908 m a.s.l.) in about an hour. m.s.l.m.).
Before entering the town, follow the signs for Saas Fee (1,772 m.a.s.l.) and enter the Saas valley (Saas Tal) which you will follow until Lake Mattmark (2,203 m.a.s.l.), the artificial lake formed by a natural material dam larger than 'Europe.
After about three hours of climbing, we will have passed Saas Balen (1,471 m.a.s.l.), Saas Grund (1,562 m.a.s.l.) and Saas Almagel (1,679 m.a.s.l.), without deviating for Saas Fee (1,772 m.a.s.l.), until we reach Lake Mattmark (2,203 m.a.s.l. ).
Following the comfortable road that runs along the right bank, you reach the other side of the lake where the path starts which in just under two hours leads to the Monte Moro Pass (2,868 m above sea level). It is only cycleable in the first half, from the second onwards the terrain becomes excessively rocky and can only be traveled on foot, at times with the bicycle on the shoulder.
Once we have crossed the pass we return to Italian territory, from here we will have to climb a few more tens of meters on foot to the golden statue of the Madonna which dominates an immense inclined rocky plate, from which in a few minutes we will reach the Oberto refuge (2,786 m.a.s.l.) where we can have lunch.
A few minutes of rest and we set off again towards Macugnaga (1,320 m above sea level): in this case we recommend using the two sections of cable car that lead to the town, as the slope of the path is truly impressive and within the reach of truly expert cyclists.
Day 5
Macugnaga (1,320 m above sea level) - Staffal .:. Gressoney (1,837 m above sea level)
From the center of Macugnaga (1,320 m above sea level) descend for about a kilometer along the state road until the bridge that you will find on the right and which, crossing the stream, leads to the Isella hamlet, where you take the dirt road that leaves the Anzasca valley and first leads to Poggio Motta and then to Lago delle Fate (1,309 m.s.l.m.), from where you will have to continue riding your mountain bike up to the abandoned gold mines.
We only left about half an hour ago, but from here up to Passo del Turlo we will have to get off the saddle and walk pushing the bicycle for about 4 and a half hours, I won't deny that this will be the hardest stage of the whole tour.
We start pushing the bicycle and from the Lanti bivouac (2,150 m.a.s.l.) the paved road, built by the army at the beginning of the last century, becomes even more steep and tortuous, until it reaches Colle del Turlo (2,738 m.a.s.l.) from where we will say goodbye the Val Quarazza and we will begin the descent towards Alagna (1,191 m.s.l.m.), returning to the saddle of the bicycle.
In the stretch between Colle del Turlo (2,738 m.a.s.l.) and the Pastore refuge (1,575 m.a.s.l.) pay attention because in some short stretches, fortunately few, you have to get off the saddle if necessary.
In about an hour and a half you will reach Alagna (1,191 m.s.l.m.), where you will have the possibility to reach Passo dei Salati (2,997 m.s.l.m.) with the ski lifts and reach Staffal (1,837 m.s.l.m.) in Gressoney la Trinité (1,637 m.s.l.m.) in the afternoon. , where we started.
Alternatively, the following day you can go up the Olen valley, along a comfortable road which, a few hundred meters after passing Pianalunga (2,046 m above sea level), the intermediate station of the cableways, turns into a path which gradually increases in slope up to reach the Guglielmina refuge (2,876 m above sea level). In this stretch the cycling is limited even for the fittest, but it will allow us to reach the Col d'Olen (1,881 m above sea level) from where the descent into the Lys valley will begin. A short stretch of rocky path takes us back to the ski slope, where, after a few hundred metres, we will meet the dirt road that goes down to Staffal (1,837 m above sea level), passing by Gabiet (2,318 m above sea level).

Fishing
In Valle d'Aosta fishing is regulated by the fishing calendar issued annually. For non-residents in the Aosta Valley, fishing opens on May 1st, while in the Alpine lakes fishing opens on the 3rd Sunday of June. Closing is scheduled for the 2nd Sunday of October.
Permits can be either weekly (valid for 4 days of fishing) or monthly (valid for 10 days of fishing).
Sport fishing Lake Gover
Bar Lago Gover - Gressoney Saint Jean (AO)
tel.: 0125.355402
Lys tourist reserves
Sports Bar - loc. Tschoarde - Gressoney Saint Jean (AO)
Bar Favre - loc. Edelboden - Gressoney la Trinité (AO)

Air Sports
The atavistic dream of flying at 3500 meters!
For some years, the "Icarus" who try their hand (with greater success) in "flying" activities have increased dramatically. Parachuting, an activity that was once the prerogative of the military, is now very widespread. Likewise, perhaps even more significantly, the number of people practicing paragliding has increased. At the basis of this diffusion are the morphology of the Aosta Valley territory and the advent of new technologies which, today, even offer two-seater equipment, as well as the possibility of practicing this sport in a wheelchair. These activities are accompanied by sailing (glider), motorized flying, hang gliding and spectacular, colorful hot air balloons. Aosta “Corrado Gex” airport, located 2 km from the entrance to the city, is home to the Valle d'Aosta Aero Club.
Horseback riding becomes one of the best ways to experience nature without disturbing it. For this activity, numerous specialized riding centers are available in the Aosta Valley.