Gran Paradiso Tour — Stage 2: Valnontey → Rifugio Vittorio Sella
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1 / 25.7 km
+922 m
−61 m
4 h
Nivel físico
Mapa y ruta
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Descripción
Puntos clave
Salida
Valnontey · 1667 m
Llegada
Rifugio Vittorio Sella · 2581 m
From Valnontey climb the historic hunting mule track of King Vittorio Emanuele II, in regular bends through woods and pastures, to Rifugio Vittorio Sella al Lauson (2,588 m). Ibex grazing at dusk are almost guaranteed here.
The royal mule track climbs at a gradient designed for mules and kings: Vittorio Emanuele II had it built in the mid-1800s for his hunts, and its perfect switchbacks still make the 900 metres of ascent surprisingly fluid. You pass the royal hunting lodge of Lauson and reach the pasture basin where the hut stands, named after the mountaineer-photographer Vittorio Sella. Afternoon hours are best for watching the ibex that graze here by the dozen; the nearby Lauson tarn mirrors the Grivola at sunset.
Ciencias de la Tierra
Geología y paisaje
Gran Paradiso, like Monte Rosa, is an internal crystalline massif of the Penninic nappes: augen orthogneisses derived from Permian granites, wrapped in a sheath of calcschists with greenstones — metamorphosed ocean floor the tour crosses at the Lauson, Rosset and Entrelor passes. At the Nivolet the plateaus are carved in the softer calcschists, while the Valnontey walls expose the massif’s gneissic core.
Historia y cultura
The hut occupies the 1860 royal hunting stables: from here Vittorio Emanuele II saved the ibex — by reserving it for himself — when barely a hundred head survived in these very valleys.
Fuentes de agua
Water at the stage's support points (Valnontey, Rifugio Vittorio Sella). On the high ground and at the passes springs are not guaranteed: fill bottles in the valley and at the huts.
Cómo llegar
Aosta Valley side served by VITA buses and connections from Aosta; many valley heads have summer shuttles. Check seasonal timetables at arriva.it / vita-vda.com.
Aparcamiento
Refugios y vivacs
Galería de fotos
Photos are published immediately. JPG/PNG/WebP, max 6 MB.
Etapas contiguas
AEditado y verificado por Andrea Rama
Fuente de datos: Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso — rete sentieri ufficiale · Traccia calcolata su rete sentieri OpenStreetMap (ODbL); verificare sul terreno
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