Pas du Loup from Isola 2000

Date of your route : Jun 11, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Please check the snow conditions. At this altitude, even in June there is still plenty of snow, which covers the paths and makes walking difficult without snowshoes. Furthermore, the melting snow makes some sections difficult to navigate as they are flooded.

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Date of your route : Aug 15, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely walk. It can be tricky to find the start of the walk if you don’t use a mobile phone. An easy landmark to spot is the Marano Hotel. The signpost is nearby, by the car park.

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Date of your route : Jun 12, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An interesting and very scenic route, with sightings of chamois and a few marmots. Some snow around the lake and on the final climb up to the Pas du Loup. Magnificent views of the Italian side and of Malinvern

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I must have got completely lost. Even though I’m used to hiking and had a map and a compass, it took me an hour to find the starting point… which must not have been the right one!

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Date of your route : Jun 08, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

I don’t understand Hélène’s comment; the hike takes place in the Terres Rouges area, far from the ski slopes at Isola
A lovely little outing, which can be extended into Italy along a beautiful military track as far as La Lombarde, or completed by taking the ascent and descent via Druos to do a full circuit of the Red Earth lakes

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Hello Hélène,

I’m sorry to hear you’re disappointed. The author will no doubt reply to your message and, in any case, we’ll get in touch with him to see what needs to be done about this hike.

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Date of your route : Jun 24, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing

This route no longer exists in the area, which has been devastated by the construction of new ski runs

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Date of your route : Sep 11, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Excellent

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Date of your route : Aug 31, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely hike, meeting several people along the path leading to the Terre Rouge lakes. After a solo climb up to the Pas du Loup, the views were superb – and what a pleasure and a thrill it was to have a bite to eat at over 2,600 metres on the France/Italy border marker, with those stunning landscapes on both the French and Italian sides, and that feeling of being alone in the world. The walking poles came in very handy for the descent as there were plenty of loose stones on the path. I didn’t check my watch too often and took my time, but the suggested time seems a bit tight to me (or else you’d have no time for a break or to admire these beautiful landscapes).

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