Valgrisenche

High Route 2 — Stage 5: Planaval → Rifugio Chalet de l'Épée

Avisos

  • Check weather and residual snow early season
  • Book huts in peak season
High Route 2 — Stage 5: Planaval → Rifugio Chalet de l'Épée
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Distância

12 km

Desnível +

+915 m

Desnível −

−51 m

Duração

4.5 h

Nível físico

~1323 kcal estimadas

Mapa e percurso

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

Descrição

Pontos-chave

Partida

Planaval · 1545 m

Chegada

Rifugio Chalet de l'Épée · 2366 m

Follow Valgrisenche valley floor via La Frassy and Gerbelle before the final climb to Chalet de l'Épée hut.

A mid-mountain stage along the east flank of the Valgrisenche: you touch the main village, worth a stop at the drap wool-weaving workshop, then skirt the great Beauregard reservoir — the dam that drowned the hamlet of Fornet in the 1950s — before the wooded climb to the Chalet de l’Épée balcony (2,370 m), face to face with the Grande Sassière.

Pontos-chave

  1. La Frassy

    1673 m · 6 km from start

Ciências da Terra

Geologia e paisagem

Side valley with hydroelectric basin: gneiss and crystalline schist outcrops, glacial cirques and lacustrine deposits in the valley floor.

História e cultura

Valgrisenche drap, rough wool woven on 18th-century looms, is one of the last traditional weaves in the Alps: the Les Tisserands cooperative has kept it alive since 1969.

Pontos de água

Fountains in Planaval and Valgrisenche; Chalet de l'Épée hut.

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.

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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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