Punta del Dard or Waterfall's Point (2.033m) also Becca de R(i)en

Everybody believes that my preferred point is the Becca of Nona, that I have climbed about eighty times or the Emilius on the top of which I have had the honor to sojourn and to place the foot for over fifty or, even, the Garin, the Red Point of the Emilius, the of Valletta Point, the Leppe Point or the Black Head; or on the other side of the Dora Baltea the Becca of Viou and the Mount Fallère, tops where I have consumed the boots to strength to go you. Instead no: the point, among the climbed thousand, from me you favor it is the Point of the Dard that dangles above the roof of my house and from the sources of which The drinks every day of it the fresh waters and cleaning up. Hardly more in there, unsociable for this turnaround of mine, they are the "Becca" that the Emilius covers making to see a least of it "slice"; instead the Point of the Dard is really there above and in flood it approves and, when I open the window to the morning, it appears in all of its green very fascinating livery. They are also this way to her lover because so I have baptized her in the distant 1978 when I wrote "Guide of the Emilius Mountain" freeing it from an unfair anonymity, because until then it was it Mrs. Quota 2.033 meters, to everybody unknown.

 

The POINT of DARD (2.033m) into MOUNT EMILIUS (3.559m) GROUP with North-northeastern VIEW, by Salval.

 

 

But perhaps anciently and for the inhabitants of Charvensod the point already possessed a toponym as from "33 ROUTES OF MONTE EMILIUS" as from SP, Part A, Sector 2: "f) - Punta of the also Pointe du Dard or Pecks also "Becca" at of R(i)en ("Worthless Point" of "nothing" other - wise of "copper?" or "Copper's Point", in the presence of Ancient Coppermine)" And nowadays and here we add: "Or Stings of Nothing, that is petty (especially in comparison to the neighbors and mastodontic he Pecks at and Emilius); but another version is advanced by the ex Mayor of Charvensod Eusèbe Imperial and that is; "he doesn't Peck at de Ren, that means Nothing in dialect, but he Pecks at de Rem and therefore of the Copper, since from the tradition it would seem that they extracted this mineral in a place to locate in the small vallon inside the Black Forest of Combatissière and very probably between the Point of the Dard and the Point Valletta"… What as we will see and we will read to the Route D), was used once for the sheep farming and for the transport of the livestock. And therefore, and besides, always from the Primary-School Teacher Eusèbe: "But the everything is to verify, also because nowadays the ground become uncultivated results to a large extent covered by the sharp pain brushwood and from the vegetation"... Hoping that then some young of good wish patiently goes to verify facing the busillis, loosening the terrible ENIGMA, that doesn't allow us to sleep, and bringing to us with sum abundance and accurately in detail the rhesus final account. It is not that after sometime is mostly become It, also because it is a timid Girl and rather reserved, that doesn't love very the intrusions of the crowds and being chaste Miss loves to grant only him to few reserved and carefully select. We am among those people. Situated at the end of the long crest watershed, dividing aloft the Vallon of Arbolle from that of the Plan de the Eyve, in mean that of the Comboé from the Basin of Pila and in low that from which he takes name from the splendid Black Forest of Combatissière to East of the Hermitage of Saint Grat, it is small top of the long buttress that comes down toward North from the Valletta's Point (3.090m), the originated and mother point. Its wooded and rocky layers fall uphill streets toward East above the homonym vallon and the notorious Torrent de Comboé, while to North they decay above the tall Alps of Les Pouces, Les Lezières, Combatissière in the Commune of Charvensod, taking the distances with sum reservation from the City of Aosta that, well as everybody knows, it is the town of the Emilius and of the "Becca". Ours is dark instead small Country and it looks well at dib belong to the élite. Toward Midday a slender path the league to the Point Valletta and to the Point of Ponteilles, near the Hill Plan Fenetre, true mouth of entry to the Vallon of the Comboé, that an ample rocky slope, fractured in his mean by the Fall of Ponteilles, it divides from the underlying one for the note of the Dard. The same is situated to the most elevated extremity and it is not to confuse with the underlying Fall of Chenaux, Fraction of Pollein 's Municipality, at the end of the same narrow valley, where a Gym of Rock S.M.A exists. (Military School Alpine) enough frequented by the climbers up to the year 2000 in which the Great Flood was verified, such to cause seven corpses in this solo village. The works of restructuring and prevention with cementing, subsequently effect, they have in practice disabled the access to the same one, for which thing today results entirely almost abandoned. Beautiful unusual sights, and to few reserved, on big part of the Northern sector of the Valley of Aosta and on his principal bourg.

 

The POINT of DARD and in the foreground the rocky "his Bride's Jump", above Pollein 's Municipality. by Salval

 

 

 

The binome & the tryptic of the POINT of DARD with its "Maidservants" Valletta Point (2.164m; always to right or West) and Ponteilles 's Point (2.282m), by the Artist Photographer SalVal.

FIRST ASCENTS

• First on the summit: Unknown.
• In Winter: Ilario Antonio Garzotto, Dario Sergio Cardellina and Osvaldo Cardellina, Apr 11th, 1966, in day from Pian Felina Village to Reveriers Alps and Ponteilles's Waterfall.
• Directly through Eastern Slope: Ilario Antonio Garzotto, Dario Sergio Cardellina and Osvaldo Cardellina, Apr 11th, 1966, in day from Pian Felina Village, Reverier Desot and Damon.
• Directly by Northerly Face: Emilio Bertona and Osvaldo Cardellina, Jul 06th, 2005, from Pila Low Station of Cable-Way, Hermitage of Saint Grat and Combatissière's-Les Pousses Alps.

*** Winter Approach & Ascent on Dard's Valley, near Ponteilles Alp & Waterfall 1966/Avvicinamento & Salita Invernale nel Vallone del Dard, presso Alpe e Cascata di Ponteilles 1966 * * *

GETTING THERE

BY CAR:

 

 

 

 

The DARD POINT, by Antonio, between the Point of Ponteilles (left) & the Valletta Point with, in bottom, Les Pousses Pastures.

APPROACHES

 

1) - From Pila-Pilaz/Restaurant Lion Noir (1.815m around), Pilaz Pasture (1.840m around) and, through the path n° 16, to fork 2.099m, with the traverse path n° 14/19A/19. from Gorraz Dèsot (= Lower); therefore, by the commune paths n° 14/16/19/19A, to Chanté Pasture (2.114m; now exclusively remains), Chamolé's Prairies and Alp (2.152m; not to cross but obligatorily to edge by) and with the following path, n° 16/20A toward the fork 2.190m about (with the path from Saint Grat Hermitage and Pasture), Plan Fenêtre Pass (2.229/34m), descent to Comboé Pastures (2.114m; little chapel), Comboé Dessous (2.041m), fork 1.975m around (wooden cross; from the "Vallone" of Dard and relative Ponteilles Pasture and Waterfall) toward Morion Old Pasture (1.948/52m. To abandon on the right (East) this deviation and to go down with the beautiful path formed from small hairpin bends, instead the promontory-slope, along the parallel path to the course of the Torrent de Comboé and to the Waterfall of Ponteilles among the 2.000/1.750 meters reaching with to brief diagonal ending the homonym Alpe (1.706m); from this, through the dirt road "poderale" to still go down to brief line up to the intersection 1.612 meters, where, near the torrent, the same one intersects the paths n° 14D, coming from Les Pousses also called Pouce and n° 14 that salt from the floor valley (E; 2h'00/2h'15).

 

The ETCHING of PONTEILLE's WATERFALL into DARD's VALLON, over PONTEILLES ALPAGE, by Gianni JUNOD.

 

 

2) - From Pila, Parking lot near Pesein to 1.865m around with the path, triplexly numbered 14/19A, with slope to the overhanging and recently restructured Alp of Gorraz Désot (1.930m) and, with direction passing below the Chair lift Northeast for Chamolé Loch near the pylon n° 10 of the same, through the Bois Jardin Public (Wood of the Public Garden) to reach at first the alternative 2049m and immediately after the fork 2.099m, connecting again itself to the street of approach precedent (E; 2h'00).

 

 

3) - From Pila - Saint Laurent (1.800m) or from parking (1.841m), Hotel Lion Noir, dirt road/path n° 14L to Saint Grat Hermitage (1.787m; fountain and pic-nic wooden area) and through the dirt "poderale" starting just before the Sanctuary to Upper omonym pasture (1.835m around; fountain) to Chamolè's Alp (2.152m) and through the path n° 16/20A toward Plan Fenêtre Pass (2.221m), "Lower" Comboè little Valley (2.001m) joint to preceding route (E; 2h'15). More direct APPROACH passing from the Hermitage and from the Alp of Saint Grat, dirt road "poderale" of the Forest Rangers, alternative 2.140m and Hill Plan Fenetre.

 

PONTEILLE's Waterfall & FRIENDS, by maria grazia schiapparelli, Ines Alasonatti & various authors.

 

 

4) - From the Sanctuary and of Saint Grat Pasture through the "poderale" to overcome the first winding road toward right and to reach a second of it; from this crossroads he abandons another dirt road "poderale" that goes down to the Alps of Combatissière (1.750m; in the grassland two very beautiful "rascards" in wood to visit him) to continue with other two windings and, after a brief rectilinear line, to reach an alternative. From this toward right it continues the road toward the Alp of Chamolé, while in opposite sense (East-northeast) it begins to said similar poderale of the "Forest Body" that reaches alternative the 1.983 meters; from this the aforesaid poderale is undoubled sending to Southwest deviation that again connects him to that original of departure to quota 1.953 meters and another ramification toward East-northeast, that flows, subsequently, in to small path addressed at first toward the Valletta Point (2.164m) and then, with wide turn to South, it reaches the Hill Plan Fenêtre. Don't use two anybody, on the contrary from the alternative 1.983 meters to take a path/mule-track not numbered that, with narrow and rather steep hairpin bends, reaches to the intersection 2.140 meters the path n° 20 coming from the Alp of Chamolé and, through this, to reach the hill connecting again itself to the preceding approach (E; a quarter of now in less, but well more fatiguing). APPROACHES VARIAOUS, for the starts I mediate tall and forced passage through Pousses Alp, also by the Rongachet's Bridge and the water intake of La Mare resort for departures middle low, always passing along and through the Dard's Vallon, Alp and Waterfall of Ponteilles at the entrance into Low Valley of Comboé, near the fork 1975m around.

 

a) -, b) -, c) -, d) -, e) -, f) -, g) -, h) - From and toward:

a) - the Saint Saloo also called Salò Village (1.307m) and with concomitant path with the dirt road "poderale" for Les Gorres in the first line and then with autonomous path n° 14E that, passing to South of the village and again crossed the "poderale" toward East-southeast, it goes to join around himself to quota 1.480 meters about with the path n° 14D, coming from few above the Fraction of Chateau-Charvensod (823m), passing into Bondine's Village (1.043m);

b) - Les Gorres Village (1.385m), through the preceding route; or from the alternative 1.332 meters on the road of Pila with deviation to the left (descriptive poster and of prohibition of transit with auto) reaching on dirt road "poderale" the village. Same give to continue Southeast with the path n° 14E and then to reach the alternative 1.500 meters around, as soon as before the Alp Les Leyzères (1.517m); from this to rejoin him, through brief slope of connection, to the precedent path n° 14D and to reach Les Pousses Pasture (1.601m), to the entry of the "Vallone" of the Dard (Valley of the Waterfall).

c) - with departure from the Village of Le Champex (1.290m; attainable after two elbow windings road on the road for Pila and with a brief line of dirt "poderale") to go himself with the path n° 2, coming from Reverier Dessus (1.124m), toward West actually to reach the path n° 14D as soon as above the same one and with this to continue toward Les Pousses Pasture (1.601m), to the entry of the Valley of the Dard and underlying the homonym point (2.033m).

d) - Les Pousses attainable also through the dirt road "poderale" that from Les Gorres Village, with very wide turn toward Southwest it touches the Alp of Le Vaccoz (1.469m) for then to reenter toward East-northeast;

*e) - Even from Pila: or with the path n° 14L that, even beginning from Pila, it passes for the Hermitage of Saint Grat, it goes down to the Combatissière's Pastures (1.750m; splendid "rascards"), Les Usellières (1.566m), Vaccoz and from these passing under and in parallel to the road poderale) through the continuation of the dirt road or with the path n° 14L, described hardly above, to reach Les Pousses Pasture (1.601m) to the intersection with the path n° 14D, as soon as over the long stall.

f) - beginning from the Alp Les Leyzères (attainable from the path n° 14E that salt from the alternative among the two small Villages of Les Carnières (1.180m) and La Pissine Salà (1.307m); or with the long path n° 14L that, departing from Pila-Hermitage of St. Grat, it entirely crosses the Black Forest of Combattissière), through the continuation of this last toward East or on the impending and parallel dirt "poderale", to reach shortly Les Pousses Alp.

g) - with departure from Les Pousses oppure Pouce (1.601m), at the beginning of Dard's Valley, through the path n° 14D, along a diagonal to South and near the old brook for irrigation, arriving to Comboé Torrent in quota 1.670m around; and, after forded across on the same and crossed the dirt road, reach the Ponteilles (1.706m) Pastures.

** h) - Variant: even through the below dirt road "poderale", fording twice the Comboé Stream reach the alp. From Alp, through a more steep slope side by side in East with the Waterfall (1.750m around).

 

i) -, l) -, m) -, n) - from the little Fractions and Villages toward:

i) - with beginning from the Fraction of the Pont Suaz (567m), near the homonym bridge on Baltea Dora Stream it to the doors of Aosta, immediately to depart from the alternative behind the little church and to leave the Regional Road for Pila on the right; to take to the left instead that in asphalt and direct toward South. When this, concomitant with the path n° 14D/intervalleys n° 102 (what it crosses the GROUPs of the Mount Emilius, Point Tersiva and Mount Glacier reaching the lakes of Champdepraz) develops on the left (East), to abandon it; to continue through the aforesaid path and on the fund of a small "vallone" reaching Charvensod, situated on the hill in south of the Aosta's Town, between the places of Les Condemines and Le Chateau (820/3m). From the Chief town, abandoning to the right (South) the aforesaid path that is addressed to Peroulaz Fraction (1.359m), to go up again instead Southeast the impending hill through the path 14L that, through the wood and meadow lines, it reaches first the dirt road "poderale" and then the inhabited area of Bondine (1.043m; beautiful fountain in stone in the small place of the center village); from this to continue, same direction and same path, reaching the overhanging Village of Les Carnières (1.180m). Left the alternative to South, with path n° 14E, addressed to La Pessina Sala(à) and Les Gorres (1.307m, 1.385m), to continue instead with 14D and, crossed the Regional Road to quota 1.260 meters, actually to the alternative 1.460 meters, impending this last pasture. From this point to continue with the approaches under described to Les Pousses (1.601m).

l) - from the Village of Pian Felina also called Plan Félinaz (565/68m), with the path n° 14 that it passes to the superior Fraction of Felina (588m) to join himself with that coming from that of Roula(z) (835m around), with numeration 14 again, and in quota 835m around for then to reach at first the dirt road "poderale" for the Village of Le Pointier (976m) and immediately after the same and connecting itself to the Village of Reverier du Tzat passing between woods and meadow expanses (you see more before the Approach h) -.

 

The Dard Point, by emilius, obscured in evening from Emilius & "Becca" 

 

 

"Old" Approach for the ascent in day from the floor valley: the old path (that historical of the ascension to the Wall North in '66), that, departing from Pian Felina fraction passed from the Fraction Le Créton (609m), it crossed the old path Felina among Tall and the Municipality of Charvensod ("The Path of the Corpses", because the dead ones of the floor valley were transported to shoulders to the Chief town), reaching the first one and the second winding road toward East on the Regional Road for Pila it doesn't exist anymore, because "swallowed" from the vegetation). The same, continued subsequently toward the sundry Villages of Reverier (of Cat, Lower and Upper), with some approaches today used still and here described, for then to insert him in the "Vallone" of the Dard following the line of slope dictated by the Comboé Torrent.

m) - from Chenaux Village (600m about about) also from these of Chenières (613m) e Cretes (591m), above the hill just under the Chief town. With departure directed by the Village of Chenaux with the path n° 2 or indirect, through the small road asphalted town, from the adjoining Fractions of Chenières and Cretes. From the first village the path immediately departs behind the small Church of St. Lawrence near the new town road in asphalt and open to the traffic, that salt on the traces of the old sporting plant of the traditional sled or "ludge", reaching Terre Blanche Dessous (White Earths of Under; 1.015m), the alternative 1.050 meters around under the Alp Gorettaz (1.089m), the small Village of Rongachet (1.100m) and the following bridge in wood (1.090 meters around), where it gathers him to that coming from Reverier Dessous, in the Charvensod 's Municipality. Otherwise, to follow the aforesaid path/mule-track that, going up again in the almost abandoned wood, it reaches it crossing twice her to quota 960/70 meters around, for then to directly continue to South toward the "handful" of houses of Rongachet; from this with the "poderale" in asphalt (asphalted farmsroad) traverse to the homonym bridge, for then to be connected with himself to the precedents approaches for the "Vallone" of the Dard.

n) - with start from Chenières with path n° 13E, that it almost immediately gathers him with the path n° 13 coming from Cretes, he goes up again through in the wood the first thin to again cross with the second (what it completes a wider turn to East, always in the wood) to quota 810/20m around; from the fork to continue, always in the same direction and with the same characteristics, reaching the Chénoz Alp (1.017m; "Tchino" on the spot; where the "poderale" comes with also a small descent from Terre Blanche Dessus). To continue towards West using this last, or to continue along the path n° 13 that, passing as soon as below, it directly reaches this alp; again through the "poderale" to reach Rongachet and relative bridge, from where to the precedents approaches.

 

 

o) -, p) - from the little Villages of Le Pointier, Reverier du Tzat, Reverier Dessous and Dessus: through path with numeration 14 toward West reaching the dirt road "poderale", to quota 1.010 meters around, for Reverier du Tzat (= of the Cat; 1.019m) and from these with two possibilities:

o) - through the path with still numeration 14 and with direction Southeast to reach Reverier Dessous (= Lower; 1.042m; nice chapel devoted to St. Joseph as soon as above the log cabins); with the same, and progressively approaching itself to the Torrent de Comboé to reach this last to the Bridge in wood of Rongachet (1.090m around; * * * * it was this bridge to explode, for cause of a knapsack of water formed him below the same one, falling on the inhabited of Saints Bénin, Chenaux, Chenières, Felina Superior and Plan of Felina provoking seven corpses). Don't cross it, on the contrary to follow the small path, that places side by side it in the wood, reaching the taking of water in the place La Mare (1.187m; * * * * * attention the wooded rocky line suspended is precarious and in the zone they are effecting jobs of restauration chaining the rocky front); from La Mare to always continue beside the stream on the path n° 14, here protected from fences in wood and with the indications for the Shelter of Arbolle (2.500m). With a wide turn rather and to seeds circle to South-southeast and then toward South-southwest, the same proceeds autonomous, always beside the Torrent, thin to meet the conjunction with the Torrent of Morion(d), coming from the overhanging and homonym rocky promontory; from this point, and mostly proceeding toward West, it approaches at the most it flowing parallel, for then to ford it as soon as before the dirt road coming from the Les Pousses Pasture, from where shortly to the Alp of Ponteilles (1.706m) and from this, wanting to visit it quickly to the homonym fall (between the 1.750/1.800 meters around)).

p) - through to small path, that salt through the lawns to reach Reverier Dessus (= Upper; 1.124m; inhabited for the whole year) on the Regional Road; continuous to for brief the treats then with this for, in to curved to elbow near to small parking in earth, to take the dirt road "poderale"/path n° 2, that it conducts toward Southeast to the taking of the water of La Mare, from where as before (E; 1h'00/1h'30; classification of the difficulty and time of route indicatively valid for all the departures from the tall hill of Charvensod or from the low mountain).

 

 

 

In the sequence of four pictures B&W, by Oswald, and in bottom: the DARD POINT, with the great Watershed between Cogne Valley-Arpisson's Vallon/Arbolle's Vallon and Pila Basin from Garin Hill, Plan Bessey Point, of Valletta Pass towards of the Valletta Point. Amongst Arbolle Vallon and Plan de l'Eyve Tableland, with Mount Belleface and Testa Nera (Black Head); between Comboé Vallon/Eastern Pila Basin from Chamolé's Pass & Coastline, Replan Northern and Southern Hills & Point, Signal Sismonda Point, Plan Fenêtre Pass, of Ponteilles & Valletta Points to Dard Point & Dard Vallon/Combatissière's Black Forest. * * *

 

 

 

 

 

 

The WINTER TALL DARD's VALLON, by Antonio Giani, under the Testa Nera in the entrance of COMBOE's VALLON.

 

 

 

 

The DARD's POINT, by livioz, on the end of Watershed Dard Vallon/Pila's Basin and Valletta Point (2.163/4m; to right) with, in bottom, Reverier's Dessus, Les Pousses's, Les Leyzères's, Les Gorres's-Saint's Saloo, Le Vaccoz's, Les Usellières's, Chevrère's and Combatissière's small Villages & Pastures, Villa Tea, all into Black Forest, towards of Saint Grat Hermitage. In background Becca di Nona & Emilius North Walls

 

 

 

 

*** North Wall and Great N-NE Crest from the Dard's Point into omonym valley 1966/Parete Nord salendo la Punta del Dard sopra Ponteilles 1966> * * *

 

 

 

 

At the entrance of Dard Vallon, Northerner extension of the Dard's Point & nearby the Chenaux's Village with its S.M.A. Rock Gym, under the Chenaux's Waterfall.

 

 

 

In the beginning of the Dard's Vallon, with Chenaux's Waterfall into Comboé's Torrent, descending without a break from Frozen Lake (in the Southern foots of Mount Emilius)-Arbolle's-Comboé's-Dard's Vallons & Water Games.

 

 

ROUTES

At the entrance of Dard narrow Valley, nearby the Chenaux's Village with its old Rock Gym of the Aosta's School Military Alpine & various select Routes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The trail from DARD's POINT, by emilius, toward Ponteille's Point, Plan Fenêtre Pass. Signal Sismonda Point and Replan's Hills, over the Chamolé's Lake.

 

 

D) - Through the Black Forest and the Western Slope: also the Western Slope of the mountain doesn't appear among the most advisable for a possible slope, since steep, steep and complicated. Nevertheless to street of slope that turns him to the neighbor Punta Valletta exists (2.164m), that was anciently used always departing from the line of intermediary path among the hermitage of Saint Grat and the Alps of Combatissière, as he is read in RM of the C.A.I 1889, pages 6-10, speaking of the presumed first winter slope to Nona's Becca at: "Comé drives her, all of to sudden it made us abandon the road that conducts in the Vallon of the Dard for Pouce and Ponteilles, and to fold up to the right toward the farms of Pessinas, from which continuing to climb above for the briefest uphill street torch of the mountain for the steep colanders that serves to the skid of the livestock, we touched the farms of Combatissière and the Fountain of Currant (**** not of the fruit currant, on the contrary of the Rebès, in patois of Aosta's Valley, or that it is undoubled; n.d.r.), crossing then the Black Forest of Combatissière, in head to which was reached the crest of the small buttress that the Vallon of the Dard separates from the inlet of Chamolé and the Hermitage of Saint Grat… We continuous on the crest toward south, and overcome to hump we found us on the Hill of Plan Fenêtre sinking deeply in the snow.". For this slope, to only enunciate from the historical point of view, times, difficulty and consideration of that are worth to the preceding route.

 

 

D) - Tramite la Foresta Nera ed il Versante Occidentale: anche il Versante Occidentale della montagna non appare tra i più consigliabili per un'eventuale salita, poiché scosceso, dirupato e complicato. Tuttavia esiste una via di salita che si rivolge alla vicina Punta Valletta (2.164 m), che veniva anticamente utilizzato partendo sempre dal tratto di sentiero intermedio tra l’Eremo di San Grato e le Alpi di Combatissière, come si legge in RM del C.A.I 1889, pagine 6-10, a proposito della presunta prima salita invernale alla Becca di Nona: "La guida Comé, ad un certo punto, ci fece abbandonare la strada che per Pouce e Ponteilles conduce nel vallone del Dard, e piegare a destra verso i casolari di Pessinas, dai quali proseguendo a salire per la più breve erta faccia del monte su per i ripidissimi colatoi che servono allo slittamento del bestiame, toccammo i casolari di Combatissière, e la fontana di Ribes (**** non del frutto ribes, bensì del Rebes, in patois locale, ovvero che si sdoppia; n.d.r.), attraversando poi la foresta Nera di Combatissière, in capo alla quale si raggiunse la cresta del piccolo contrafforte che separa il vallone del Dard dalla insenatura di Chamolé e dell'Eremitaggio di San Grato … Proseguiamo sulla cresta verso sud, e superata una gobba ci trovammo sul colle di Plan Fenêtre affondando profondamente nella neve.". Per questa salita, da enunciare solamente dal punto di vista storico, valgono tempi, difficoltà e considerazione di quella alla precedente route.

Campings

Remember that free camping is forbidden (except for emergency reasons, over 2.500m, from darkness until dawn).

Mountain Condition

• Meteo: you can find all the needed informations at the official site of the Valle d'Aosta Region:
• Valle d'Aosta Meteo

Books and Maps

• "Guida del Monte Emilius", di Osvaldo Cardellina Editore in collaborazione con il Club Alpino Italiano Sezione di Aosta, Dicembre 1978.
• "Guida dei Monti d'Italia – Emilius Rosa dei Banchi Parco del Mont Avic" di Giulio Berutto e Lino Fornelli - Club Alpino Italiano/Touring Club Italiano, Marzo 2005.
• "Guida delle Alpi Occidentali" di Giovanni Bobba e Luigi Vaccarone C.A.I. Sezione di Torino Volume II (parte II), 25 Maggio 1896.
• "80 itinerari di Escursionismo Alpinismo e Sci Alpinismo in Valle d'Aosta", di Osvaldo Cardellina, Ed. Musumeci, Giugno 1977 (in Italian); seconda Ed. Luglio 1981; terza Ed. Luglio 1984; (in French), prima Ed. Febbraio 1978; seconda Ed. Marzo 1980.
• "Diari Alpinistici" di Osvaldo Cardellina e Indice Generale accompagnato da Schedario Relazioni Ascensioni 1964-2019 (inediti).