• Feast of Our Lady of the Snows in Miserin

    Traditional celebrations

Feast of Our Lady of the Snows in Miserin

Resorts: Cogne

Miserin lake - Champorcher valley

04 August 2026 - 05 August 2026

Contacts

Parrocchia di Sant'Orso - Don Carlo
Address
Rue Doct. Grappein 11012 COGNE (AO)
Telephone
(+39) 340 4856463

Pilgrimage from Cogne to the Sanctuary of Lake Miserin in the Champorcher Valley, crossing the “Finestra di Champorcher” pass.
To mark the festival, the unpaved farm track in the Urtier valley is open to cars as far as the Sogno di Berdzé mountain hut in Peradzà.

Timetable and access arrangements: from 2.00 pm on 4 August until 9.00 am on 5 August, access is permitted uphill towards Ponton and Peradzà, the starting points for the pilgrimage to the sanctuary; the return journey is permitted only on the afternoon of 5 August.

  • Drive up to the mountain hut
  • Walking time from the mountain hut: approximately 2 hours (one way) on foot
  • Holy Mass at the campsite

 

See also

Traditional celebrations
Processione Santuario Miserin

Feast of the Madonna delle Nevi at the Sanctuary of Miserin

Champorcher

5 August is the feast day of the “Champorchereins”: at three in the morning, the “great” bell of the parish church of San Nicola rings out, and in their homes the pilgrims awaken and finish off the preparations for their journey. An hour later, at four o’ …

Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.