Gran Sasso is the highest mountain chain of the Apennines, in Abruzzi and is located entirely on the border between the provinces of L'Aquila, Teramo and Pescara.
The park Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso in the north it borders with the territories of Pietracamela and Isola del Gran Sasso of Italy, east to the Gole dei Popoli, it is limited to the south from Campo Imperatore while to the west-north-west border with the mountains Monti della Laga and the Campotosto Lake .
The Gran Sasso of Italy is an area protected by the establishment of the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga.
From its most distant points, the Passo delle Capannelle to the west and the Gola dei popoli to the south-east, the mountaingroup of Gran Sasso is about 50 km wide.
The major peaks of the Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso are located in the northern inner mountain-chain: the Corno Grande, which consists of three main peaks: the eastern (2903 m), the central (m 2893) and greater one, the western (2912 m) which is also the highest peak of all the Apennines and the Corno Piccolo (2655 m). Between the two horns we fin the Calderone glacier, the southernmost glacier in Europe.
Near the Gran Sasso National Park there are several hotels, bed and breakfast and agritourisms for your stay in the park.
Sport in the National Park of Gran Sasso:
Cycling mountain biking on the Gran Sasso
Freeride in the national park
Skiing in the Gran Sasso park
There are many ski-resorts on the Gran Sasso Calita with ski lifts to practice downhill skiing :
* Campo Imperatore, with 15 Km tracks fo the downhill skiing.
* Prati di Tivo.
* Prato Selva.
* Fossa Paganica (chiusi).
* Montecristo (last opening in the year 2000).
* Campo Imperatore, with 60 Km track for nordic skiing .
* Prati di Tivo.
HOW TO GET TO THE NATIONAL PARK OF GRAN SASSO:
From the west(Rome) take the highway A 24 and la A 25, from the north (Teramo, Ancona) take the highway A24 and l'Altopiano delle Rocche, from the south (Naples) direction of Valle Roveto and Avezzano, from the east (Pescara) take the highway A 25.
The buses of ARPA connect all the centers with L'Aquila and Avezzano
(for information Sistema Spa: L'Aquila Tel. 0862412808, Avezzano Tel. 086326561).
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