Hiking

Chapel of Verdonaz from Oyace

Details

Vernosse

Departure location

Oyace

Municipality

average

Effort

Difficulty

1.057 m

Ascent vertical drop

5h 30m

Total time

Description

One of the many wild side valleys of the Valpelline.
The first part of the trail climbs the steep wooded slope, but in the second part the valley becomes flat.
The basin where the Verdonaz alp is located is a beautiful clearing isolated among rugged mountains.
A religious procession takes place every year at the Verdonaz Chapel.
In less than 30 minutes, the Arpeyssaou Pass can also be reached from where the La Lliée bivouac is visible just below, in the Verdignolaz valley.

Services in the surroundings

Lac Lexert

Bionaz 1.979 m

Municipal Police

Oyace 589 m

Nearby attractions

Betenda Ravine (Betenda Bridge)

Oyace 1.074 m

La Tornalla

Oyace 358 m

Details

Vernosse

Departure location

Oyace

Municipality

average

Effort

Difficulty

3h 30m

Ascent time

2h 0m

Descent time

5h 30m

Total time

1.280 m

Starting elevation

2.337 m

Arrival elevation

1.057 m

Ascent vertical drop

6.000 m

Total length

Signposts

Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep

Best period

medium

Crowding

Overview

Reaching the start

From the Aosta East tollbooth, take the tunnel leading into the Great St. Bernard Valley and continue along it.
After about a hundred meters from the exit of the second tunnel, turn right into Valpelline.
You reach the built-up area of Valpelline, which you pass, without reaching the main town of Oyace, just below the spur on which Tornalla dominates, turn right at Vernosse.
You cross the stream and continue to a small lay-by where the road that can be traveled by car ends.

The route

From the small parking area, take the steep path on the left that climbs up the slope until you reach the clearing where the Verdonaz Alp is located.
You continue along wide turns until you reach the Broiller Alp where the valley opens up completely.
The path continues for a flat section and then climbs up on the left until the beginning of a gully.
It crosses it and climbs it along the steep shoulder, then it moves to the right to reach the beautiful upper plateaus.
The trail crosses the stream and reaches the remains of the Tsa di Broiller, absolutely worth seeing the beautiful vaults built of dry stone of the stables where the animals were housed.
You still continue with a short ascent and reach the Verdonaz alp.
In early summer (late June - early July) the meadows around the Verdonaz alp are white with a beautiful bloom of anemones.
From the alp in a few minutes you reach the Verdonaz Chapel.