Rifugio Gabiet - Rifugio Pastore

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This stage passes through the Col d'Olen, on the border between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont.

Hike with a brief description, to be followed with the Visorando app.

This walk is part of a multi-day hike: From the Great Saint Bernard Pass to the Simplon Pass

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 14.29 km
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    Average duration: 6h 45 
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    Difficulty: Difficult
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    Back to start: No
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    Ascent: + 938 m
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    Descent: - 1,718 m
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    Highest point: 2,879 m
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    Lowest point: 1,580 m
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Olen Pass
Gabiet
Bocchetta delle Pisse
Alpe Pile

Description of the walk

From the Gabiet refuge, follow trail No. 6. The jeep trail sometimes follows the cable car line and crosses several other roads (ski slopes). Always follow the T.M.R. or Rifugio Guglielmina markings. After the Col d'Olen, follow the T.M.R. into the valley, then leave it at the intersection that joins the Passo Foric on the right. Continue downhill to the Pianalunga chairlift station.

Continue on this path No. 5, which climbs to a small peak called "la Bocchetta del Pisse". From there, take path No. 10, which leads to Alpe Balme, then Alpe Bors. After the hamlet of Bors, the path takes a long staircase. Continue towards Alagna (path No. 6) to finally arrive at Rifugio Pastore.

Markings: T.M.R. (Tour du Mont Rose). Trails No. 5, then No. 10 and No. 6.

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 2,363 m - Rifugio Gabiet
  2. 1 : km 0.37 - alt. 2,355 m - Crossroads - Tour du Mont Rose
  3. 2 : km 3.45 - alt. 2,877 m - Col d'Olen (2880 m)
  4. 3 : km 3.85 - alt. 2,849 m - Rifugio Città di Vigevano
  5. 4 : km 7.8 - alt. 1,997 m - Intersection - Pianalunga
  6. 5 : km 9.58 - alt. 2,391 m - Bocchetta delle Pisse (2396 m)
  7. 6 : km 9.65 - alt. 2,392 m - Laghi des Corno
  8. 7 : km 10.66 - alt. 2,207 m - Alpe La Balma
  9. 8 : km 12.53 - alt. 1,849 m - Alpe Bors
  10. E : km 14.29 - alt. 1,580 m - Alpe Pile - Rifugio Pastore

Notes

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