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The ''Alta Via dei Monti Liguri'' (AV, literally "High Route of the Ligurian Mountains") is a long-distance waymarked hiking trail in the
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. In about and 44 day hikes, it runs through the arc formed by
Ligurian Alps The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in northwestern Italy. A small part is located in France. They form the south-western extremity of the Alps, separated from the Apennines by the Colle di Cadibona. The Col de Tende and the Vermenagna valley ...
and Ligurian Apennines from
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( IM, in the westernmost part of the region) to Ceparana ( Bolano, SP, on its east side).


History

The Alta Via has officially born in 1983 from a joint project of Centro Studi Unioncamere Liguri, Club Alpino Italiano and Federazione Italiana Escursionismo. The trekking path is upheld by the ''legge regionale'' (
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law) nr. 5 of 25 January 1993 - ''Individuazione dell' itinerario escursionistico denominato "Alta Via dei Monti Liguri" e disciplina delle relative attrezzature.''


Route

The ''Alta Via'' crosses several nature reserves:
Parco naturale regionale del Beigua The Beigua Natural Regional Park (in Italian ''Parco naturale regionale del Beigua'') is a natural park located in province of Savona and the Metropolitan City of Genoa, both in Liguria (Italy). It's the largest protected area of the region. It g ...
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Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Liguri The Regional Natural Park of the Ligurian Alps (in Italian ''Parco Naturale Regionale delle Alpi Liguri'') is a natural park in Province of Imperia (Liguria, Italy). It was established in 2007 by the '' legge regionale'' nr.34 of 15/11/2007. Geo ...
, Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo and Parco naturale regionale dell'Aveto. Its highest point is
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(2201 m).''L’Alta Via dei Monti Liguri - Alpi Liguri e Val Nervia''; ed. Galata; see .pdf o
www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it
(access: 2015-04.29)


References


Further reading

* Centro Studi Unioncamere Liguri, Studio Cartografico Italiano, ''Alta Via dei Monti Liguri'', Genova, 1983 * Andrea Parodi, ''Alte vie della Liguria'', Andrea Parodi Editore, Arenzano (GE), 2003 * Alta Via dei Monti Liguri, Setti Mirco, Gruppo Editoriale l'
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