page_title: Via Alpina
section_title: Blue Trail
hierarchical_section_title: Via Alpina / Blue Trail
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Sospel dans les Alpes-Maritimes. La Bevera y coule paisiblement, avec le Pont Vieux qui l'enjambe.
context_page_description: The Via Alpina is a network of five long-distance hiking trails across the alpine regions of Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Monaco. The longest of trails is the red trail, whose termini are in Trieste and Monaco.
  The Via Alpina was created by a group of public and private organisations from the 8 Alpine countries in 2000, receiving EU funding from 2001 until 2008. It was initiated by the Association Grande Traversée des Alpes in Grenoble, which hosted the Via Alpina international secretariat until January 2014, when it was transferred to the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps CIPRA. There are national secretariats in each country. Its aim is to support sustainable development in remote mountain areas and promote the Alpine cultures and cultural exchanges.
context_section_description: From D11 to D51, coinciding to a large extent with the Piemontese Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA).
  D1: From Riale to Alpe Vannino.
  D2: From Alpe Vannino to Alpe Devero.
  D3: From Alpe Devero to Binn.
  D4: From Binn to Rosswald.
  D5: From Rosswald to Simplonpass.
  D6: From Simplonpass to Zwischbergen.
  D7: From Zwischbergen to Alpe il Laghetto.
  D8: From Alpe il Laghetto to Rifugio Andolla.
  D9: From Rifugio Andolla to Antronapiana.
  D10: From Antronapiana to Madonna della Gurva (Molini di Calasca).
  D11: From Madonna della Gurva (Molini di Calasca) to Campello Monti.
  D12: From Campello Monti to Santa Maria di Fobello.
  D13: From Santa Maria di Fobello to Carcoforo.
  D14: From Carcoforo to Rifugio Ferioli.
  D15: From Rifugio Ferioli to S. Antonio di Valvogna.
  D16: From S. Antonio di Valvogna to Gressoney-Saint-Jean.
  D17: From Gressoney-Saint-Jean to Piedicavallo.
  D18: From Piedicavallo to Issime.
  D19: From Issime to Challand-Saint-Victor.
  D20: From Challand-Saint-Victor to Covarey.
  D21: From Covarey to Rifugio Dondena.
  D22: From Rifugio Dondena to Alpe Péradza.
  D23: From Alpe Péradza to Piamprato.
  D24: From Piamprato to Tallorno.
  D25: From Tallorno to Ronco Canavese.
  D26: From Ronco Canavese to Talosio.
  D27: From Talosio to San Lorenzo.
  D28: From San Lorenzo to Ceresole Reale.
  D29: From Ceresole Reale to Pialpetta.
  D30: From Pialpetta to Balme.
  D31: From Balme to Usseglio.
  D32: From Usseglio to Rifugio Riposa.
  D33: From Rifugio Riposa to Rifugio Stellina.
  D34: From Rifugio Stellina to Refuge du Petit Mont Cenis.
  D35: From Refuge du Petit Mont Cenis to Rifugio Vaccarone.
  D36: From Rifugio Vaccarone to Rifugio Levi-Molinari.
  D37: From Rifugio Levi-Molinari to Rifugio D. Arlaud.
  D38: From Rifugio D. Arlaud to Usseaux.
  D39: From Usseaux to Balsiglia.
  D40: From Balsiglia to Ghigo di Prali.
  D41: From Ghigo di Prali to Rifugio Lago Verde.
  D42: From Rifugio Lago Verde to Le Roux.
  D43: From Le Roux to Rifugio W. Jervis.
  D44: From Rifugio W. Jervis to Rifugio Barbara Lowrie.
  D45: From Rifugio Barbara Lowrie to Pian del Re.
  D46: From Pian del Re to Refuge du Viso.
  D47: From Refuge du Viso to Rifugio Savigliano.
  D48: From Rifugio Savigliano to Chiesa di Bellino.
  D49: From Chiesa di Bellino to Serre di Val d'Elva.
  D50: From Serre di Val d'Elva to Ussolo.
  D51: From Ussolo to Chiappera.
  D52: From Chiappera to Larche.
  D53: From Larche to Bousiéyas.
  D54: From Bousiéyas to St-Etienne-de-Tinée.
  D55: From St-Etienne-de-Tinée to Roya.
  D56: From Roya to Refuge de Longon.
  D57: From Refuge de Longon to St Sauveur-sur-Tinée.
  D58: From St Sauveur-sur-Tinée to St-Martin-Vésubie.
  D59: From St-Martin-Vésubie to Belvédère.
  D60: From Belvédère to Col de Turini.
  D61: From Col de Turini to Sospel.
caption: Sospel, Maritime Alps, S,E. France
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