Hiking

Col di Serena from Crévacol

Details

Crévacol

Departure location

Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses

Municipality

average

Effort

Difficulty

3.0

Rating

884 m

Ascent vertical drop

4h 20m

Total time

Description

Col Serena (or Sereina) connects the Valley of the Great St. Bernard with Valdigne through the wide valley of Planaval.
The hike is one of the most popular in the area because of its ease and environmental beauty, with a route that is never too steep and allows for a pleasant ascent surrounded by nature.
The always verdant environment alternates in the first part of the beautiful coniferous forests, while beyond we pass through pastures some pastures below the steep grassy slopes of the ...

Services in the surroundings

Gran San Bernardo Ski School

Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses 138 m

Rental "Gal Sport"

Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses 177 m

Point of interest presentation image: Rental

Reviews

15/07/2025

priscilla

Description

Al parcheggio di Crévacol c’erano solo due macchine. Saliti velocemente con meteo variabile. L’ultimo tratto di sentiero prima di arrivare al colle è caratterizzato da terreno detritico, che in discesa non mi piace mai, ma che si è rivelato meno ostico del previsto. Al colle vento freddo e nuvoloni. Rientro immediato.

More info

Road access: Parcheggio enorme e deserto a Crevacol.

05/08/2022

climbandtrek

Description

Sentiero evidente ma da ribollare (come molti altri in Valle), l’unico bollo recente si trova all’inizio del percorso.

Comment

Salita mordi e fuggi in base alle previsioni meteo; un po' di pioggia in discesa. Visto un paio di escursionisti saliti da Planaval; altri dal nostro versante fermi alle baite in basso per pioggia. Con la moglie Stefania. più info e foto su climbandtrek.it

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Details

Crévacol

Departure location

Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses

Municipality

average

Effort

Difficulty

2h 40m

Ascent time

1h 40m

Descent time

4h 20m

Total time

1.663 m

Starting elevation

2.547 m

Arrival elevation

884 m

Ascent vertical drop

10.300 m

Total length

Signposts

Jun - Jul - Aug

Best period

high

Crowding

3.0

Rating

Overview

Reaching the start

From the Aosta East tollbooth, take the tunnel leading into the Great St. Bernard Valley and continue along it, passing the villages of Gignod, Etroubles, and Saint-Oyen.
Leave the road that climbs to the Great St. Bernard Pass on the right and continue on the E27 highway until you meet, on the right, the exit for the Crevacol ski resort.
Continue for about 500 m until you reach the station's large parking lot on its westernmost side.

The route

From the parking lot, follow the route of trail No. 9, which passes under the large hairpin bend of the viaduct of the road leading to the Great St. Bernard Tunnel.
After about a hundred meters, cross the stream on a bridge and then continue into a meadow in front of the Farettes Alp. After the rightmost building is the path to follow with a marker on a boulder.
You keep to the right side to overcome a wide slope, heading into the woods and continue for a short distance along the rural road and then take the path to the left that enters the woods.
On encountering the rural road at 1866 m you follow it for only a few meters to continue on the path to the left, climbing a grassy gully to a large boulder from which you need to continue to the right.
You come out in the clearing with the various huts of lower Arp du Bois 1946 m, from here you leave the farm road after about 100 m, resuming to climb on the path on the left.
After a grassy area you re-enter the forest, now sparser but also a little steeper, then reaching a wide plateau.
You continue in the wide valley, first along dry pastures and then on stony ground until you reach the pass, from where the view of the surrounding mountains suddenly widens.
With about ten minutes of slight descent to the left, on trail traces, you reach a beautiful Serena pond, enclosed between rocks.