La Thuile

High Route 2 — Stage 3: La Thuile → Promoud

Avisos

  • Check weather and residual snow early season
  • Book huts in peak season
High Route 2 — Stage 3: La Thuile → Promoud
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Distância

16 km

Desnível +

+1428 m

Desnível −

−882 m

Duração

7 h

Nível físico

~1745 kcal estimadas

Mapa e percurso

Traço GPX oficial — Região Vale de Aosta / lovevda.it

Descrição

Pontos-chave

Partida

La Thuile · 1440 m

Chegada

Promoud · 2485 m

From La Thuile, climb the Rutor valley via La Joux, waterfalls and glacial lakes to Rifugio Deffeyes and Promoud bivouac.

You leave the La Thuile basin up the Rutor valley beside its three waterfalls, then the trail bends towards the Passo Alto (2,857 m), a stern gap among boulder fields where snowfields linger into July. The descent into the Planaval valley, beneath the walls of the Grande Rousse, reaches the tiny village of Promoud, whose gîte d’étape is the only support.

Pontos-chave

  1. Rifugio Albert Deffeyes

    2494 m · 10 km from start

Ciências da Terra

Geologia e paisagem

Rutor valley: metamorphic bedrock and active glacial deposits. Retreating Rutor glaciers with proglacial lakes and recent moraines visible from the trail.

História e cultura

The Rutor waterfalls fed Italy’s earliest glaciological studies in the 19th century: sudden outbursts of the Santa Margherita glacial lake repeatedly devastated the valley until the basin drained naturally.

Pontos de água

Services in La Thuile. Rifugio Deffeyes and Promoud bivouac with water in season.

Como chegar

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

Estacionamento

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

Cumes próximos

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Refúgios e abrigos

Galeria de fotos

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Flora do trilho

Fauna para observar

Etapas adjacentes

AEditado e verificado por Andrea Rama

Fonte dos dados: Catasto Sentieri Regione Autonoma VdA — Alta Via n.2 · Open data — DGR 899/2014

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