September 9th, 2024: the path n.1 is closed from Fontane Nere to Les Laures due to risk of falling rocks. Follow the path n.1A from Fontane Nere to Les Laures to reach the lakes and the Ménabréaz bivouac.
Resorts: Brissogne
Over 1800 metres of altitude difference to reach the Ménabréaz bivouac and the three Laures lakes.
When you reach the end of the road above Grand Brissogne in the municipality of Brissogne, you take a private road, closed to traffic, which climbs up to the mountain homes in Larp where this road finishes. From here you take footpath no. 1 which climbs zig-zag through the mixed evergreen wood and runs alongside the Laures mountain stream, which accompanies the entire climb up with spectacular water-falls. Once past the Alpine pastures of La Vieille and Tramail, you reach the hollow of Lac d’en Bas, the first of the Laures lakes. You walk along the side of the lake and come to the Ménabréaz bivouac. Going past the inlet to the lake, you continue upwards between the glacier-shaped rocks as far as the nearby Lac Long at the foot of the Grande Roise. Continuing on from here you come to the highest of the three lakes: Lac d’en Haut
Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.