Staffal - Passo Inferiore della Bettolina (Betlinòfòrkò)
Map & route
GPX track — verify on the ground before hiking
Fitness level
A steep climb from Staffal to the Passo Inferiore della Bettolina (about 2,800 m), a panoramic pass between the head of the Lys and the Monterosa Ski area towards the Col d'Olen. The trail climbs grassy hollows and scree, the view widening over the Lys glaciers and the Gressoney valley floor. A high-altitude stage also used as a hiking variant of the Monte Rosa circuit.
Earth sciences
Geology & landscape
The bedrock is that of the Monte Rosa nappe — continental-crust gneisses and granites, greenstones of the Alpine ocean — carved and polished by the Lys glaciers, among recent moraines and roches moutonnées.
History & culture
This is Walser country: the Alemannic settlers who crossed the Monte Rosa glaciers from Valais in the 13th century left Gressoney the Töitschu language, timber-and-stone stadel and the German names of the peaks.
Getting there
Parking
Photo gallery
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Flora along the trail
Wildlife to spot
ACurated and verified by Andrea Rama
Data source: Catasto Sentieri Regione Autonoma VdA · Open data — DGR 899/2014
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