Tour du Rutor — Stage 6: La Rosière → La Thuile

From La Rosière climb gently to the Little St Bernard pass (2,188 m), with its prehistoric stone circle, hospice and Chanousia botanical garden. Re-enter Italy along the great Verney lake and descend to La Thuile (1,441 m), where the Rutor loop closes.

The farewell crosses one of the most historic passes in the Alps: at the Little St Bernard, an Iron Age stone circle 72 metres across — bisected by the border — shares the col with Jupiter’s column, the medieval hospice and the Chanousia botanical garden, founded in 1897 by Abbot Chanoux with over a thousand alpine species. You re-enter Italy along Lake Verney, the region’s largest natural lake and an anglers’ favourite; then the old military road descends in wide bends to La Thuile, where the Rutor loop closes over a glass of Génépy.