Punta Laval shares its route with the nearby Punta Gianni Vert.

Difference in height: about 1304m.
Ascent time: 4-5 hours.
Descent: along the ascent route.

Go right starting from the car park of Gimillan: after few meters the indications for Lussert Lakes, St. Marcel Pass, etc. are found.
The pathway is indicated by the yellow circle 9A and by yellow strips marked on stones along the route. The path begins going immediately uphill, then the slope decreases as we go beyond a little chapel dedicated to the Virgin (1836m).
Soon the path resumes to go up and splits in two, before it begins to penetrate into the Grauson valley: it's possible to continue following the right one that goes down as far as the Ecloseur bridge (1904m), but in such a case we must go up again; it's better to follow the left one that, in practice without losing height, arrives at the bridge under the alpeggio Pila (2025m), cross it and, following the stepped pathway, overcome the rocky bastion beside a fine waterfall (at the left).

At this point the path turns right markedly, entering, high on the torrent, into a small valley; by an alternation of steep and slight slopes, it reaches a panoramic cross, on the edge of a pleasant plateau ( superb view of the far La Grivola!). The path goes through the meadows, slightly descendind: after the Alpi di Grauson Vecchie (2271m), cross the torrent on the Pikaciù bridge and by a steep trail beside the stream, reach the wide upper part of the Grauson valley.

At the junction before Alpeggio Pralognan (about 2400m), instead of going straight ahead along the pathway n°4 leading to the head of Vallone di Grauson, go left till to Alpeggio Grauson Nuovo (2540m), where once there was the burned Tentori Bivouac. Just on the right of the building, go along the pathway, indicated by the yellow circle N°9 and by yellow strips marked on stones along the route, in the direction of the Coronas (or Corona) lake: cross a brook and by broad hairpin bends, after a small lake on the left, reach the Coronas lake (2702m).
Cross the effluent of the lake and continue on the right as far as the Colle di Saint Marcel (2916m), about 1.45 hours starting from the junction with the pathway n°4.

After the Pass, the pathway becomes intuitive, keep always right and begin to ascend the Punta Laval along the NW side, paying attention since the route goes on along wrecks and broken rocks. After about 40' the double summit of Punta Laval is reached (3091m / 3102m), just in front of Punta Gianni Vert (3148m).



Pay attention in the case of snow, in particular during the crossing between the two summits of Punta Laval: stay always under the ridge, avoiding to walk on the snowy cornices, lethal in the event of collapse .