It all starts very gently, steadily increasing in angle to a steep but short pitch, to your high point, Col de Malatra at 2928m. It is very steep the far side, but not for long at all, before beautiful open slopes take you down and left, past the Frassati Hut. Traverse L here, then up to the Col de Ceingles. This has a really wild feel and there are probably no tracks here.

The following col, the Col de St Rhemy, has barely any uphill, more of a shoulder, but allows you access to the large valley system, that has come up from Aosta. Descend here to about 200m, to a hairpin on the road, before donning your skins for the final time. This starts steeply but soon eases off, with the novelty bonus of a section in a tunnel, usually snow filled, so you can still skin. This is a good plan, because the hillside the tunnel traverses is very steep. Emerging from the tunnel the far side it is a short skin to your destination for the night, the amazing Grand St Bernard Monastery.

It is well worth arriving in plenty of time, here to have a good explore of this massive building, including a look at the museum.