High Route 2 — Stage 11: Rifugio Sogno di Berdzé → Rifugio Dondena

Warnings

Check weather and residual snow early season
Book huts in peak season

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Map & route

Official GPX track — Aosta Valley Region / lovevda.it

Description

Fitness level

~811 kcal estimated

Climb to Fenêtre de Champorcher, skirt Lake Misérin and Rifugio Misérin before descending to Dondena in Mont Avic Regional Park.

The Fenêtre de Champorcher (2,827 m) is the Alta Via’s last great pass: from the col, on clear days, Monte Rosa fills the north-eastern horizon. You descend to Lake Miserin and its sanctuary, destination of a centuries-old procession, and continue through high grasslands to the Dondena hut, inside the Mont Avic Natural Park.

Earth sciences

Geology & landscape

Southern flank of Mont Avic: micaschists, gneiss and phyllites; glacial lakes (Misérin) and Pleistocene moraine deposits.

History & culture

Every 5 August the Notre-Dame des Neiges procession climbs from Champorcher to the Miserin sanctuary: one of the oldest high-altitude religious festivals in the western Alps.

Water sources

Dondena, Misérin and Sogno di Berdzé huts; Champorcher village with bar.

Getting there

VITA buses and connections from Aosta; check seasonal timetables at vita.it.

Aosta Valley bus site Timetables (PDF up/down)

Parking

Parcheggi comunali nei paesi di valle; verificare limitazioni in alta stagione.

Open parking in maps

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Refuges & bivouacs

Rifugio Dondena Sogno di Berdzé Refuge

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