• Vieyes - Arpissonet - Gontier Bivouac

Vieyes - Arpissonet - Gontier Bivouac

Resorts: Aymavilles

Technical Information

Route

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 Alpe Tsantel and the Gran Paradiso National Park lodge. From here, continue along route 5A on the left up the hillside, then cross the amphitheatre of the Nomenon basin, until you come to a crossroad below the Grand Nomenon pasture. Take route 5 on the right and go up to the hamlet and Gontier Bivouac.

Duration going there

3h50

Length

6.871 m

Recommended times

July - August

Difficulties

E - Excursionist

Difference in level

1.145 m

See also

Bivouacs
The Mario Gontier bivouac

Mario Gontier Bivouac

Aymavilles

Altitude: 2,310 mLocation: Grand NomenonSleeping places: 6 - (emergency shelter not equipped under the roof)Open: pick up keys up by the Gontier family mob. +39 338 1771841 Difficulty: ETrail sign: 5Ascent: 3h30 from VieyesCoordinates UTM -WGS84: EAST 364 …

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