• Place Moulin – Aosta mountain hut

Place Moulin – Aosta mountain hut

Resorts: Bionaz

Technical Information

Route

From the Place Moulin parking area, continue along the dirt road that starts with a short rise an then continues along the flat right around the artificial lake (5 km) to the Prarayer mountain hut (2005 m).
From the mountain hut, continue through the valley, following path no. 10A, ignoring the paths that take up to the right (first for the Livournea valley and then for the Alpe Bella Tsa mountain pasture). Path 10A climbs up on the left, where it meets a magnificent 500-year-old larch tree, which has today reached a height of over 24 metres. The path then makes its way through the large main valley, until it reaches a walkway of 2520 metres. Here, instead of continuing towards the valley bottom (along an old equipped path that is now dangerous as a result of falling blocks of ice), head east towards a large moraine; climb up it and walk along it until the point where it meets the valley of the Tête de Valpelline glacier. After a brief descent, go back onto the path, which, after a series of little bends, reaches the mountain hut.

Duration going there

4h15

Recommended times

July - September

Difficulties

EE - Expert Excursionists

Difference in level

800 m

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