Lo Pian - Col de Panaz

A long route that from Lo Pian (551 m), above Aosta in the municipality of Charvensod, climbs to the Col de Panaz (2375 m) with more than 1800 metres of ascent — one of the steepest height gains in the area. The difficulty is Expert Hikers (EE) for its length and the upper sections, where the path crosses pastures and scree to the pass between the southern side-valleys of the central valley. You start almost from the valley floor and reach the full alpine belt: a height gain for the well-trained, with a dawn start and stable weather. From the col the view opens over the mountains separating the Aosta basin from the inner valleys.