Gressoney-la-Trinité - Colle Bettaforca

One of the classic Gressoney hikes: from the basin of Gressoney-La-Trinité you climb at a steady gradient towards the Colle della Bettaforca (2,672 m), a grassy pass linking the Lys valley with the Ayas valley. The trail crosses the high alps of Ciaval and Bettlatz, still grazed in summer, while behind you the view widens over the Lys glaciers and the Lyskamm wall. From the pass, overlooked by the Monterosa Ski lifts, the eye ranges over Castor and the four-thousanders: it is the busiest pass on the Monte Rosa hiking circuit and a crossroads of shepherds for centuries.