{"id":1102,"date":"2026-06-07T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/cogne-lillaz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"cogne-lillaz","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/cogne-lillaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Cogne &#038; Lillaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">Cogne is one of the finest gateways into the Gran Paradiso National Park. Through the side valley Valnontey, trails lead into the realm of ibex and chamois, and at the hamlet of Lillaz the Cascate di Lillaz plunge down over several tiers. In winter Cogne is a well-known cross-country centre.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Gateway into the Gran Paradiso<\/li>\n<li>Cascate di Lillaz waterfalls<\/li>\n<li>Ibex and chamois watching in the Valnontey<\/li>\n<li>Well-known cross-country area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">National park<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Gran Paradiso<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Side valley<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Valnontey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Highlight<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Cascate di Lillaz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Winter<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Cross-country<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> By car from Aosta to Cogne; bus connection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Hiking and wildlife watching June to September; cross-country in winter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Nature access free; guided tours payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Trails marked; mind high-mountain weather.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Early in the morning in the Valnontey the ibex are most active, bring binoculars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>Cogne lies in a wide, sunny high valley in the Aosta Valley, on the edge of the Gran Paradiso National Park, the oldest national park of Italy. This was founded in 1922, but went back to a royal hunting reserve which the kings of Savoy once established in order to preserve the Alpine ibex, threatened with extinction, for their own hunting. It is thanks to this early protection that the ibex is today once again native to large parts of the Alps, and Cogne is to this day regarded as an excellent area for observing ibex, chamois, marmots and rare birds in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>For centuries Cogne lived not only from alpine pasture farming but also from mining: in the mountains above the village high-quality magnetite iron ore was extracted, whose mining deeply shaped the region and which was conveyed into the valley by its own railway, before operations were finally discontinued in the second half of the 20th century. In the nearby hamlet of Lillaz the waterfalls of the Urtier plunge in several roaring stages over the rocks, a popular and easily reached hiking destination. So in Cogne and Lillaz a rich, protected wildlife, royal hunting history and the quiet traces of the former Alpine mining come together.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/voegel-der-alpen\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Bird species in the region \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/fernglaeser-tierbeobachtung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Binoculars &amp; spotting scopes \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/vogel-ausruestung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Birding gear \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/naturfotografie\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Nature photography \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/wildtierbeobachtung-alpen\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Watch wildlife \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cogne ist einer der sch\u00f6nsten Ausgangsorte in den Nationalpark Gran Paradiso. Durch das Seitental Valnontey f\u00fchren Wege ins Reich von Steinb\u00f6cken und G\u00e4msen, und beim Weiler Lillaz st\u00fcrzen die Wasserf\u00e4lle Cascate di Lillaz \u00fcber mehrere Stufen. Im Winter ist Cogne ein bekanntes Langlaufzentrum. Highlights Ausgangspunkt in den Gran Paradiso Wasserf\u00e4lle Cascate di Lillaz Steinbock- und [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1131,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,35,74,30],"citadela-item-location":[69],"class_list":["post-1102","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-tierbeobachtung","citadela-item-category-vogelbeobachtung","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-aostatal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1482,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1102\/revisions\/1482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}