To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the CAI section of Parma and 70 years since Walter Bonatti's first complete ski crossing, the Parma section of the Italian Alpine Club, together with its network of partners and friends, is organising a collective mountaineering-skiing crossing of the Alps.
The event, ‘’CROSSALPS - The crossing of the Alps‘’, started on 7 January 2025 from Parma. The first stages will take place by bicycle up to the Sella di Godovici, from where, with ski mountaineering skis following Walter Bonatti's route, we will cross the Alps up to the Colle di Cadibona. We will then continue on foot and by mountain bike along the Sentiero Italia CAI to return to Parma on 27 July 2025.
Along the route there will be 8 villages of the crossing: weekends of thematic meetings, events and activities organised in collaboration with local communities.
Programme
from 11:00 to 18:00 CROSSALPS Village
- The collective crossing of the Alps, on the trail of Walter Bonatti | CAI Parma
- Skin in the mountains: beauty and challenge | Pilogen Carezza
- Cystic fibrosis and the mountains | LIFC Emilia, Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta with Giovanni Bizzarri
- Tastings with Consorzio del Salame Felino and Coppa Parma
- Photographic installation ‘The crossing of the Alps - The great peaks’.
3.30 p.m. - Palazzo delle Feste- foyer
Inauguration of the exhibition ‘From Walter Bonatti to Alberto Re, the great Bardonecchia Mountain Guides, photographs, equipment and materials’.
17:00 - to 19:00 Palazzo delle Feste - Sala Viglione
Meeting Our mountains and climate change organised by the University of Turin, CNR, Cottian Alps Park
8:45 pm - Palazzo delle Feste - Viglione Hall
Screening Walter Bonatti in Bardonecchia
Presentation of the documentary ‘Walter Bonatti in Bardonecchia’ by Riccardo Topazio, an account of the period Bonatti lived in Bardonecchia in 1955 and 1956. The evening is presented by Roberto Mantovani.
Saturday 7 June 2025
from 11:00 am Crossalps Village
Piazza Valle Stretta/Palazzo delle Feste
Free entrance