• Place Moulin - Prarayer refuge

Place Moulin - Prarayer refuge

Resorts: Bionaz

Beautiful route along the lake, confortable even in mountain bike or with a stroller.

Technical Information

Difficulties
T - Tourist
Recommended times
June - October
Departure
Place Moulin (2011 m)
Arrival
Prarayer Refuge (2002 m)
Difference in level
44 m
Length
4.520 m
Duration going there
1h15
Trail sign
9 - 10

Route

The Place Moulin dam is situated in the municipality of Bionaz and can be reached along the Great St Bernardo state road 27 at the Variney junction, where regional road 28 starts and goes up Valpelline. This large artificial lake with jade green waters has a capacity of around 105 million m³ and stretches for 4 Km in length from Place Moulin to Prarayer. The Place Moulin lake is flanked by a dirt road which is not open to vehicles.

This is a comfortable flat hike (1 hour’s walk) amid steep rocks, waterfalls, meadows and woods, and leads to the historical Prarayer pasture (2005 m) and the modern mountain refuge of the same name.

Accessible to disabled people in wheelchairs if accompanied.

Duration going there

1h15

Length

4.520 m

Recommended times

June - October

Difficulties

T - Tourist

Difference in level

44 m

Rascard a Place Moulin
tramonto da Prarayer
Il lago di Place Moulin
Sentiero lungo il lago di Place Moulin in autunno
GPS track
GPX , KML

See also

Lakes / waterfalls
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Lake of Place Moulin

Bionaz

Known as ‘Place Moulin’, this is the highest altitude arch dam of Europe and can be reached along the regional road leading to Bionaz along the Valpelline. At the entrance of the village a junction can be found: take the road to the left towards the …

Mountain huts
Esterno rifugio

Mountain Hut Restaurantt Prarayer

Bionaz

Situated in the upper Bionaz valley, it is an ideal starting point for climbs, excursions, fishing and trips on mountain bikes in the summer and for ski-touring trips in the winter and spring. Restaurant with typical Valle d’Aosta cuisine. The refuge can …

Architecture
..

Place Moulin Dam

Bionaz

The upper Bionaz valley’s landscape changed between 1961 and 1965 due to the construction of the enormous Place Moulin dam. The dam create Lake Prarayer, an artificial basin nestled between the mountains. In the background you can see le Petites and les …

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