Books about Gressoney and Monte Rosa

For years I have been collecting books on Gressoney and Monte Rosa. My collection is now slowly evolving, but every now and then I still find some gems on eBay.
I am building descriptive sheets for each of the books; I will post them on this page as soon as I finish.

If anyone was looking for a printed guidebook of Gressoney’s trails, the choice is a must.

La guida “Alta Valle del Lys – Monte Rosa“, edita da “L’escursionista“, scritta da Luca Zavatta, è senz’altro il libro da avere. Pocket-sized but well done, it lists all the major trails, which are described with great accuracy. It is often sold in conjunction with the excellent map“8 – Ayas – Gressoney – Alagna” in scale 1:25,000. It is easy to find online. In Gressoney Saint Jean, I saw it for sale in the Foto Guindani store.

The guidebook “Gressoney – Hiking Trails along the Lys Valley,” published by Musumeci Editore and written by Piergiorgio Bosio, has unfortunately been out of print for years (the last edition was published in 1999). Rarely in online used sellers does a specimen turn up, not to be missed. It is the book I have used for almost all of my hikes in the valley.

If the trails become narrow and you want to go further, the guidebook “Monte Rosa val d’Ayas e valle di Gressoney” (Monte Rosa, Ayas Valley, and Gressoney Valley), published by Idea Montagna and written by Andrea Greci and Federico Rossetti, is a veritable treasure trove of itineraries. It is not focused on trails, but to the peaks: it gives descriptions of normal routes for all (all) peaks in the Ayas Valley and Gressoney.