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unusual facts about Gran Paradiso


Paul Güssfeldt

He made winter ascents of the Grandes Jorasses and the Gran Paradiso, as well as putting up several new routes on Mont Blanc, including the Peuterey ridge on 15–19 August 1893 (with Emile Rey, Christian Klucker and César Ollier).


Mont Glacier

Part of the Gran Paradiso massif, it commands the valleys and the communes of Champorcher and Champdepraz.


see also

Saint Bessus

On August 10 of every year, a festival and pilgrimage is held every year in the mountains of Gran Paradiso National Park (Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso), in the Val Soana.