Feast of Madonna delle Nevi – Sanctuary of Cunéy

Resorts: Nus

Cuney Sanctuary

Friday 05 August 2022

Rifugio Cunéy e Parrocchia di Saint Barthélemy

Address

Saint-Barthélemy 11020 NUS (AO)

Telephone

375.6875114

E-mail

prenotazioni@rifugiocuney.it

Web Site

www.rifugiocuney.it

Patron of the highest Sanctuary in Europe, at an altitude of 2656 m., in a beautiful mountain setting.

Routes to reach the Sanctuary

path n° 11 from Lignan, crossing the Tsa-de-Fontney mountain pasture and the Salvé Pass (3 hours’ walk)
path n° 11B from Porliod, crossing the Tsa-de-Fontney mountain pasture and the Salvé Pass (2 1/2 hours’ walk)
path n° 11C from Porliod, crossing the Sarreun mountain pasture (2 h 50 mins’ walk)
path n° 12 from Praz, along the central valley and the La Servaz and Les Retse mountain pastures (3 1/2 hours’ walk)

Dirt roads open for access. The last stretch is along an easy path (about 45 minutes).

08:30 - 16:30

From 8 to 9: transport by helicopter from Alpe Beauregard (for a fee - reservations required 375.6875114 - 329.2265882 by 3 August)
9.00: Holy Mass
10.30: Holy Mass
11.30: Procession to the water source
12.30: Lunch outdoors at the Cunéy refuge (for a fee, reservations required)
14.00: Pro-sanctuary auction sale
15.30: Recitation of Vespers in the sanctuary
16.30: Return by helicopter (for a fee - reservations required 375.6875114 - 329.2265882 by 3 August).

Traditional celebrations