Alagna Valsesia is a small village high in the Valsesia alpine valley in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. it is a tourist site for mountaineering and winter sports, and it is internationally renowned for the freeride off-piste skiing (Freeride Paradise). It was originally settled by Walser. It is located at the upper tip of Val Grande, in Piedmont Region of Italy, at an elevation of 1,191 metres (3,907 ft) just south of the Monte Rosa, elevation 4,638 metres (15,217 ft) (the second tallest peak in the Alps); Since December 2005 a new cable car connects Alagna with Gressoney through the Passo dei Salati.
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A note on cache maintenance: The owner is regularly in the area for climbing and skiing. Feel free to check the maintenance history of our caches in the Zermatt, Aosta and Provence-Alpes area. See also our history of found caches in the Alpes. In addition the geocacher novagc (who owns the neighboring geocache ex funivia Alagna-Belvedere) is informed about the cache and can assist if the need arises.