Balme to Usseglio
The print
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About the Balme to Usseglio trail
The Balme to Usseglio route in Italy measures 7.6 miles and gains 4,357 feet, with a low point of 4,132 feet and a high point of 8,033 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 58 percent, against an average of 573 feet of gain per mile. The 7.6 miles is the one-way distance of the drawn route. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Bussoleno, about 7.1 miles away.
The trail
The Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA) is a long-distance hiking trail in the Italian region of Piedmont. In about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) and 55 day hikes, it runs through the arc formed by the western Alps from the Pennine Alps through the Graian and Cottian Alps to the Maritime and Ligurian Alps.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Along the route
- Colle Teinami 2.6
- Passo Paschietmi 3.8
- Bivacco Gino Gandolfo - Franco Giulianomi 4.5
- La Ghiacciaiami 7.2
- Les Montagnardsmi 7.4
Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.
Questions about the Balme to Usseglio print
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Trail geometry and place names for this print: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles. The derived trail dataset is published at /open-data.













