FOOTPATHS

CROSSING

ALTA VIA NO. 1

... OTHER WALKS

Plan Prorion (m. 1750) - Chavannes (m. 1850) - Châtelard (m. 1800) - Ospice de Chavacour (m. 2100) - Chantorné (m. 2000) - Col des Bornes (m. 1774) - Plan Prorion (m. 1750)

4 hrs 30' - Easy

Also suitable for mountain bikes. The route follows farm tracks almost entirely. A relaxing stroll through woods and fields, with a stretch of it leading to a number of footpaths higher up. (see map)

 

Col de Saint-Pantaléon (m. 1650) - Plan Prorion (m. 1750)

1 ora 30' - Difference in height m 100 - Easy
(see map)

 

Lodetor (m. 1920) - Pallu (2066) - Château (m. 2087)

2 hrs - Difference in height m. 167 - Easy
(see map)

 

Château (m. 2087) - Cima Bianca (m. 3009)

3 hrs - Difference in height m. 922 - Challenging
(see map)

Crotte de Loup (m. 2250) - Fenêtre de Tsan (m. 2736)

3 hrs - Difference in height m. 486 - Challenging

After leaving farm tracks 1 and 2 follow a path that crosses several streams and runs under calcareous rocks until it reaches the Tsan refuge. From there descend to the small lake of the same name and follow a stretch of Alta Via No 1 as far as Fenêtre de Tsan, a broad window looking out on the valley of St Barthélemy, opposite Becca di Luseney. (see map)

 

Lodetor (m. 1950) - Château (m. 2087) - Alpe Grand-Drayères (m. 2350) - Bivacco Rivolta (m. 2906)

2 hrs 30' - Difference in height m. 956 - Challenging

Follow signposts for No 1, leaving the track immediately after the ruins of the Ospice de Chavacour. Walk for a long stretch alongside the filled-in canal of Verrayes as far as Alpe Chavacour. From there the path becomes steep and skirts Alpe Grand-Draye`res, its vaulted shape recognisable from a distance. Carry on past the Rivolta refuge, a few metres from Col de Fort (2,908m). The final section of the route is very challenging. (see map)

 

Beutsôlo (m. 1890) - Tsanté de Guerra (1930) - Col Chomioï (m. 2603)

4 hrs - Difference in height m. 713 - Challenging
(see map)

Triatel (m. 1577) - Beutsôlo (m. 1890) - Gilliarey (m. 2187)

2 hrs - Difference in height m. 610 - Easy

From the hamlet of Triatel, which together with Etirol comprises Petit-Monde, the first section follows the asphalt municipal road; Etirol can , however, be reached by car. Between the two villages is a typical mill, which was in operation until a few years ago. After leaving the road follow a path that is almost entirely within a wood and pass in front of Alpe Comianaz until you reach Gilliarey. A part of the route follows the Great Balcony walk that circles the Valtournenche, No 107. At Gilliarey the view of the valley and Matterhorn is memorable. (see map)

Golette (m. 1800) - Fontarin (m 1870) - Mont Méabé (m. 2615)

2 hrs - Difference in height m. 815 - Easy
(see map)

Châté (m. 1680) - Châtelard (m. 1800) - Becca d'Aver (m. 2469)

3 hrs 30' - Difference in height m. 789 - Challenging
(see map)

 

Poutaz (m. 1040) - Triatel (m. 1577)

1 hrs 30' - Difference in height m. 537 - Easy
(see map)

 

Mongnod (m. 1498) - Becca d'Aver (m 2469)

3 hrs - Difference in height m. 971 - Easy

From the centre of Torgnon follow the old mule path that links the hamlets of Chatrian and Septumian until you reach the bottom of the ski lift at Chantorné. With the chapel on your right, follow the charming path that, immediately after a hut, enters the wood and then ascends to Becca d’Aver, from where the view is magnificent. (see map)

Antey (m. 1074) - Maisonnet (m. 1450)

2 hrs 30' - Difference in height m. 376 - Easy
(see map)

Mongnod (m. 1498) - Maisonnet (m. 1450) - (Col de Saint-Pantaléon (m. 1650)

1 ora 30' - Difference in height m 152 - Easy

This walk starts from the centre of Torgnon and continues to the hamlet of Ronc-Dessous and the almost flat meadows of Maisonnet. From there climb into the pine forest to Colle di Saint-Pantaléon. If you wish, you can continue – for the most part in a wood – as far as the Sanctuary of Saint-Évence, a panoramic point above the valley. (see map)

Antey (m. 1074) - Ruvère (m. 1015) - Cappella di Saint-Evence (m. 1650)

3 hrs 30' - Difference in height m. 576- Challenging
(see map)

Chantorné cablecar entrance (m. 1850) - Chantorné Gordza' (m. 2000)

30' - Difference in height m. 750 - Easy
(see map)

SIC Lodetor - Sito di Importanza Comunitaria

45' - Tourist
(see map)

Col Portola - Monte Zerbion - Promiod - Antey-Saint-André - Triatel - Brusoney - Col Fenêtre

7 hrs - Challenging

(see map)

Breuil Cervinia - Perrères - Finestra di Cignana - Cignana - Gilliarey -Torgnon

7 hrs 45' - Challenging

(see map)

 

Torgnon - Antey-Saint-André - La Magdeleine - Chamois

4 hrs 30' - Challenging

(see map)

 

Chamois - Colle Cheneil - Cheneil - Desert - Layet - Breuil Cervinia

6 hrs - Challenging

(see map)

 

Fenêtre de Tsan - Fenêtre d'Ersa - Rifugio Barmasse - Valtournenche - Cheneil - Col de Nana

6 hrs 30' - Challenging

(see map)

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

40' - 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.

 

To Col des Bornes (m. 1774)

30' - 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 hrs 30' 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

A Ponty (m. 1580) 30' from Torgnon centre
e ai villaggi di Triatel (m. 1577) ed Etirol (m. 1590) - Petit Monde 1 hrs 30' from Torgnon centre - 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 Tsan (m. 2416 e 2482)

3 hrs 30' 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.

 

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

30' from Châté

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.