Hiking

Becca di Viou from Roisan

Details

Roisan

Departure location

Roisan

Municipality

challenging

Effort

Difficulty

2.010 m

Ascent vertical drop

10h 20m

Total time

Description

Very long but very satisfying hike.From the summit, the view sweeps from the bottom of the Aosta valley to the peaks of the entire Valpelline.To be done only by very well-trained hikers.To shorten the route, it is possible to reach by car, from Saint-Christophe, the village of Blavy (this saves about two hours of climbing).

Services in the surroundings

Chez Duclos

Gignod 1.364 m

Counseling in Variney

Gignod 1.355 m

Nearby attractions

Casaforte Caravex

Gignod 1.257 m

Medieval tower

Gignod 1.357 m

Details

Roisan

Departure location

Roisan

Municipality

challenging

Effort

Difficulty

6h 30m

Ascent time

3h 50m

Descent time

10h 20m

Total time

846 m

Starting elevation

2.856 m

Arrival elevation

2.010 m

Ascent vertical drop

17.000 m

Total length

1D,105,25

Ascent signposts

25,105,1D

Descent signposts

Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep

Best period

medium

Crowding

Overview

Reaching the start

From the Aosta East tollbooth, take the tunnel along the E27 road leading into the Great St. Bernard Valley, at the end of which you meet the SS27 coming from the center of Aosta. Just before Gignod, immediately after the last tunnel, proceed to the right following the SR28 of Valpelline, following it for 5 km.Reaching the locality Rhins, immediately afterwards turn right with a sharp bend reaching in 2 km the village of Roisan. Continue until you see high above the road the church, leave the car in the parking lot on the right before the town hall.

The route

From the parking lot cross the road and head towards the church.Having passed the church you reach the road which you cross twice, having reached it again you follow it to the right, pass between the houses of Preil and continue along it.The road now climbs decisively, at the third hairpin bend on the right begins the path that leads to Blavy.You once again reach the rural road, which you cross and with a final ascent reach the beautiful basin in which the village of Blavy is situated.Having crossed the village and, again the road, you ascend along wide slopes, pass near a water reservoir and then reach the dirt road again.You follow it for a stretch and then take the path on the right that, climbing in the steep forest, reaches with a last traverse to the right the Viou alp.You now continue behind the alp along a nice little valley until you reach the wide basin below the Viou pass that you reach with a last steep slope.When you reach the pass, continue on the left following the wide shoulder (the Penne Nere bivouac is easily reached nearby to the north), which in the final part becomes a partly rocky ridge until you reach the summit on which there is a cross.The view sweeps westward over the Aosta plain and Mont Blanc and northeastward over all the mountains of Valpelline.