Excellent spring snow ski tour with a steep summit slope

Statistics

6 - 7

hrs

1,650

m

156

m

35

max°

Difficulty

FATMAP difficulty grade

Difficult

Description

Start from Gimillan.

Often by carrying the skis above the Cascate di Pila.

From here traverse above the river the summer hiking path to Grauson.

In this section potential avalanche and slipping hazard.

From Grauson up to the Grauson Hut.

By steep and flat section gain the start of the summit slope.

This one is getting steeper the higher you get.

Crampons highly useful.

The last meters to the summit are flat.

Incredible cool view on Aosta and all its mountains: From Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc to Matterhorn and Monte Rosa...