• Mario Gontier Bivouac

Mario Gontier Bivouac

Resorts: Aymavilles

Technical Information

Route

Altitude: 2,310 m
Location: Grand Nomenon
Sleeping places: 6 - (emergency shelter not equipped under the roof)
Open: pick up keys up by the Gontier family mob. +39 338 1771841
Difficulty: E
Trail sign: 5
Ascent: 3h30 from Vieyes
Coordinates UTM -WGS84: EAST 364173
Coordinates UTM - WGS84: NORTH 5053888

The bivouac, inaugurated in 1985, is dedicated to Mario Gontier, a mountaineer from Aymavilles who died in 1983.

Access:
From Vieyes, follow the path n. 5 that goes up through the woods towards the houses of Plan Pessey until you reach the crossroad in direction of Becca Plana pass and Arpissonnet. Continue straight ahead, keeping to the side of the torrent until you pass some abandoned cottages and have to cross the torrent towards the houses of Petit Nomenon. Cross the torrent on the wooden footbridge and, continue going up alongside the torrent until you reach the Grand Nomenon mountain pasture, where the bivouac is located.

Equipment: Bunk beds, matresses, blankets, kitchen appliances, wooden stove.

See also

One-day excursions
Bivacco Mario Gontier

Epinel - Gontier Bivouac

Cogne

From Epinel, a hamlet on the road to Cogne, cross the Grand Eyvia stream and take route 27 which goes up to Alpe Pianesse. Just before the houses, near a crossroad take route 27B on the right, which crosses the hillside of Bois de Ronc and leads to Alpe …

One-day excursions
Bivacco Mario Gontier

La Nouva - Pastures Nomenon - Gontier Bivouac

Aymavilles

When you get to Vieyes, a hamlet along the Cogne road, 10 km from Aymavilles, continue a further 3km. Take the last right turning before you get to the “La Presa” dam over the Grand Eyvia stream in La Nouva. You are now on route 27C, which starts just …

One-day excursions
Bivacco Mario Gontier

Vieyes - Arpissonet - Gontier Bivouac

Aymavilles

Vieyes is a hamlet situated on the Cogne road, 10 km from Aymavilles. Take the path that leads to Plan Pessey (route 4) until you come to a fork junction near two cabins. Follow the right branch (still no. 4) and, after crossing the woods, you come to …

One-day excursions
Bivacco Mario Gontier

Vieyes - Pastures of Nomenon - Gontier Bivouac

Aymavilles

Park your car in Vieyes, continue on foot on a dirt road as far as the pastures of Plan Pessey. Ignore the right branch of route 4, and continue on route 5 going up the slope and running alongside the Grand Nomenon stream until you come to Alpe Petit …

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