Bois de la Tour
Saint-Nicolas
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Difficulties:E - Excursionist
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Best period:
April - October
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Departure:Fossaz Dessous (1200 m)
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Arrival:Fossaz Dessous (1200 m)
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Difference in level:88 m
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length:1857 m
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Ascent:0h27
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Duration coming back:0h28
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Trail sign:23
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GPS tracks:
The wood « Bois de la Tour » is a natural area in which you can see the main tree species of Aosta Valley.
Description of the route
From the centre of Saint-Nicolas, where you can park the car, walk until the church.
After a short stretch on paved road, take the path on right called Bois de la Tour. In this wood you can find an educational path, called “the itinerary of the trees” equipped for visually impaired people. The round trip gets deeply in the woods of larches, firs and birches.
In the surroundings you can find the equipped pic-nic area, the parish church and the Belvedere, a panoramic point in La Cure hamlet with a view on the central Aosta Valley and on peaks as the Grivola, Gran Nomenon, Mont Emilius and Becca del Merlo.
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