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Hiking the Aosta Valley 6 mountains

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August 25, 2020
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It’s a marvellous idea – six mountain huts have joined forces to create a seven day hiking tour, starting and ending in the village of Champoluc. Each night is spent in a different rifugio and the package includes dinner, prepared with local products, and DOC wines from the Aosta valley.

The route roughly follows a figure of eight, exploring three valleys, with marvellous views of the Italian Alps including the Matterhorn and the Monte Rosa range.

Leaving Turin, after crossing the flatlands, a tortuous drive through twisting hairpins, climbs to the village of Champoluc, in the upper reaches of the Ayas Valley. In earlier times this area was considered uninhabitable until it was populated by the Walser people, escaping poverty in Switzerland. These days it’s a thriving resort with skiing in the winter and mountain biking and hiking in the summer.

Before I arrive,  which provides me with a GPS route, and at the I get a map, a lightweight towel and sheet sleeping bag. Although there is an option to get your baggage transported I’m going to be carry everything on my back so I’ve reduced my load to the bare minimum. I’ve also decided perhaps foolishly to double up on a couple of stages, reasoning that I can easily manage seven hours of walking in a day.

Day 1: Champoluc to Rifugio Gran Tournalin 15km

The weather is clear and sunny as I set out climbing up through the forest by a stream and waterfall. It’s fairly steep but I’m fresh and anxious to get on. This is one of those two stage days, so I’m anxious to get on. I reach the tiny Walser village of Mascognaz, nothing more than a few houses and a church, and follow the side of the Ayas valley to Rifugio Ferraro. This would be normally the end of the first stage so I stop for a lunch of polenta and vegetables, washed down with a glass.

It’s then a steep descent on a pleasant path to Saint-Jacques at the head of the valley before climbing up through forest on the other side. Above the treeline at around 2000m, there are rumbles of thunder and it begins to hail.

This turns to light rain but I reach Rifugio Grand Tournalin at around five o’clock without getting really wet. As in all the huts sleeping arrangements are in dormitories but I’m relieved to be sharing with only one other. There’s a hearty meal of minestrone chicken with fried courgette and lashings of local and I’m in bed by 10pm.

Day 2: Rifugio Grand Tournalin to Rifugio Ermitage 10km

After my double exertions yesterday, I’m only doing a single stage today so can take it easy. Weather is sunny as I climb up to the Col di Nana and am overtaken by a large group of Russian hikers all carrying heavy packs. I leave mine at the Col to climb the Becca Trecaré, a pointed peak at 3000m and am joined at the summit by the Russians. They’re from the Moscow Club Alpino and give me some chocolate, telling me it’s a tradition to share at the top.

Day 3 Rifugio Ermitage to Rifugio Vieux Crest 15.5km

Unlike the trail runners who leave at 4am to catch the sunrise. I leave at 8am prepared for a long day. There’s been a thunderstorm during the night but it seems to have cleared. I’m crossing back to the Ayas Valley, so there’s a steep climb to Col Pillonet, but I’m rewarded with glorious views of the Matterhorn and the Monte Rosa range. There’s a pleasant grassy track all the way down and I can see Champoluc below me.

Unfortunately I’m going to be hitting the valley lower down so it’s a long hot descent to the Evancon River. I’m not particularly pleased to have to climb up again to Mascognaz, which I passed on the first day, but the walk follows a figure of eight and there’s no choice.

I arrive at Rifugio Vieux Crest parched as I’ve run out of water, but there’s draft and a pleasant welcome from the Sara, the owner. Even better I get a room with toilet and shower and make full use of it. Food here is also good.

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