• Chanavey - Bruil - Chaudane - Thumel (Nature Trail)

Chanavey - Bruil - Chaudane - Thumel (Nature Trail)

Resorts: Rhêmes-Notre-Dame

The Nature Trail « The Valley Floor » : the descriptive panels along the path allows you to discover the territory from the morphological, naturalistic and ethnographic point of view. The path is accessible with strollers.

Technical Information

Route

After leaving the car in Chanavey hamlet in front of the Gran Paradiso National Park Visitors Centre, cross the bridge and continue for a few metres.
The path, marked with signposts SN and 9A, starts on the right along the river. The itinerary runs along the course of the Dora stream until Bruil village , then it passes Chaudanne hamlet, where you can see the restored mill and oven. Later the path reaches Pellaud hamlet, where you can take a break near its lakes surrounded by larch and spruce woods. The itinerary ends in Thumel hamlet.
 At the departure point you can find panoramic binoculars.

Duration going there

1h51

Length

6419 m

Recommended times

May - October

Difficulties

E - Excursionist

Difference in level

246 m

See also

Parks and reserves
Summertime

Gran Paradiso National Park visitor centre - "Bentornato Gipeto"

Rhêmes-Notre-Dame

Located inside the visitors centre of the Gran Paradiso Park in Chanavey, entering the village, with the Granta Parey in the background, the museum tells the history of an extinction, an ambitious project, the return, and perhaps a happy ending for …

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