Grand Tournalin mountain hut - Valtournenche
Champoluc /Ayas /Antagnod, Chamois, Valtournenche
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Alta Via no. 1
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Departure:Grand Tournalin mountain hut (2535 m)
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Arrival:Valtournenche (1520 m)
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Difference in level:+294 m -1317 m
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Ascent:3h15
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Duration coming back:4h30
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Trail sign:alta via 1
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GPS tracks:
Description of the route
From Grand Tournalin mountain hut descend for a short while on the unmetalled road and then take the path to the right.
Having made a long diagonal crossing through meadows, you reach a rocky cliff.
Having passed this, the trail continues to climb over grassy and rocky humps until it reaches Col di Nannaz.
From here it descends into a grassy valley just below the pass, before climbing upwards a little way to Col des Fontaines on a rocky ridge.
The route now begins its descent, among wide open meadows, reaching the summer pasture of Champ-Sec and, further down, the district of Cheneil.
It continues its descent, entering a conifer wood and passing beside the summer pastures of Promindoz, situated on a grassy panoramic plain, before completing the descent at the village of Valtournenche.
