Welcome to SP!  -   
 
 New features are here! - Read More... 
Areas & Ranges·Mountains & Rocks·Routes·Images·Articles·Trip Reports·Gear·Other·People·Plans & Partners·What's New·Forum

Chaligne from Buthier
Route

Chaligne from Buthier

 
Chaligne from Buthier

Page Type: Route

Location: Aosta Valley, Italy, Europe

Lat/Lon: 45.76930°N / 7.23970°E

Route Type: Path

Time Required: A long day

Difficulty: Easy walk

Route Quality: 
 - 3 Votes
 

 

Page By: maria grazia s

Created/Edited: Aug 3, 2004 / Nov 4, 2006

Object ID: 161714

Hits: 1052 

Page Score: 86.27% - 2 Votes 

Vote: Log in to vote

 

Approach



Drive till Buthier, go on along the road, and park at the beginning of the two tracks forbidden to the cars, m. 1540.

Route Description



Walk a few hundreds meters along the track on your left, at the first cross, after the Mendey farm, bring the track number at your right, and immediately leave the track and bring a path (yellow sign 3a) on your left; this path is not steep, and cross a few times the truck, till the Chaligne farm, m. 1935 (water - 1 hour)
Follow again a path in the bush (yellow number 2), and you will arrive in a very wide grassland, around the Tza de Chaligne farm (m. 2225- 2 hours, last water)
Follow again the path till the Met Pass, and from the pass, turn left to the top (3 hours).
You can come back along the same way, or it's possible to follow the north ridge till the Tardiva Pass, and from there, back to the Tza the Chaligne farm (path 3, and after, 3b, yellow signs)


Essential Gear

Normal excursion.
Ski mountanering: this route is higly recomended for ski mountanering; the slopes are fantastic, the bush quite sparse, the snow, due to the orientation to east, often powder.
Take care along the last slopes after the Met col: with the snow are quite steep. Don't come dow directly from the top along the east side: it's very dangerous.

Miscellaneous Info


Images

Le punte Chaligne (2607 m)Mont SaronSki mountanering to the...Walking up: Mont EmiliusSki mountanering to the...The nice slopes of the Croix...
The last part of the route...The Valpelline and the...The nice slopes of Chaligne;...Coming down the first slopes...Ski mountanering: map from...The Croix de Chaligne view...
[ View Gallery - 2 More Images ]



"Fate is my only master. Destiny signs my checks."   --The Tick   

© 2006-2012 SummitPost.org. All Rights Reserved.