To the chapel of Saint-Évence (m. 1650)


40 mins - Easy - also by mountain bike

This is a relaxing, pleasant walk. From the chapel of Saint-Pantaléon, the path is almost entirely on the level. Walk along a ridge covered with spruce, beech and pine that gives panoramic glimpses of the Valtournenche and Matterhorn on one side and, on the other, the Aosta valley and river Dora. You arrive at a plateau on which rises the chapel of Saint-Évence, a splendid place from which to admire near and faraway peaks.

Monte Cervino

To Col des Bornes (m. 1774)


30 mins- Easy - also by mountain bike

 
As well as going from Plan Prorion, following the cross-country ski run through the wood, this hill can also be approached from Col Saint-Pantaléon by proceeding along the forest path that starts from the side of the road.

To Col Fenêtre (m. 2182)

1 hr 30 mins from Plan Prorion
Reach the Chantorné hollow. From the edge of the wood, above the hollow, walk along the path that goes through a wood to Fenêtre, a narrow pass looking down on the valley of Saint-Barthélemy.

 

To Ponty (m. 1580)

30 mins from Torgnon

and the villages of Triatel (m. 1577) and Etirol (m. 1590) - Petit Monde

1 hr 30 mins from Torgnon - Also by mountain bike

 
This is a lovely walk in every season in that it winds along a made-up road. The route passes by Djeun where there is a television relay station – a panoramic point above the Marmore river and looking up at Punta Tsan. Continue to Ponty where, at the foot of a steep wall of rock, rises a chapel much loved by the people of Torgnon. It’s a poetic place and is situated along the road towards Petit-Monde. These two hamlets, with their stone and wood houses and old mill, preserve an old-world charm and are something of a little world of their own.

To the Lake and Refuge of Tsan (m. 2416 e 2482)

3 hrs 30 mins from Châté

From the village of Châté climb up the mule track taking you to Châtelard. The route continues as far as the little bridge of Lodetor. From there the path rises across to the left and then for a while picks up the farm road again, leaving it 300m after the Château pasture. Now the path climbs quite steeply past the Crotte de Loup pasture and after an hour reaches the Tsan refuge, to be found on the bank of the lake of the same name in sight of the Tsan summit.

Lake Tsan

To the Madonna degli Alpini del Monte Châtelard (m. 1845)

30 mins from Châte

By means of a farm track you arrive at the foot of a typically rocky summit that dominates the hamlet of Châté. In order to enjoy the view, climb up to the top either from the right, using the little path partly cut into the rock and purpose-built for the erection of two statues, or from the left, passing by the chapel of San Grato and then along a steep grassy slope.

Official web site of the Torgnon- Tourist Office: Piazza Frutaz - Tel. 0166.540433 - info@torgnon.net