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Donnas
Valle d'Aosta village where the Roman road is cut into the living rock, at the mouth of the Lys valley.
Photo: Donnas_dal_bec_di_nona.jpg : F Ceragioli derivative work: Patafisik · CC BY-SA 3.0 licence
- 4Highlights
- 15Routes
- Featured summit · Truc Chaveran
Highlights
All 4 from neighbouring places
Cappella Del Gom
5.6 km away, in Pontboset
A wayside chapel at Pontboset, above the Ayasse gorge in the Champorcher valley.
Il Castello di Verrès
10.1 km away, in Verrès
A single great cube of masonry above Verrès, built by Ibleto di Challant in the fourteenth century.
Torre medioevale e chiesa parrocchiale
11 km away, in Champorcher
A crenellated medieval tower and the parish church in the hamlet of Chateau, the old centre of the Champorcher valley.
Ecomuseo della Canapa e del Telaio
12 km away, in Champorcher
A museum at Champorcher on the hemp growing and hand-loom weaving that clothed the valley.
Nothing of this kind in Donnas.
Routes
Vigneti
An easy, low-level walk among the vineyards around Donnas at the mouth of the Valle d'Aosta, with very little climbing involved.
- 4.5 km
- Distance
- 120 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 21 min
- Duration
Peredrette
A climb above Donnas at the mouth of the Aosta valley to the Truc Chaveran.
- 4.8 km
- Distance
- 455 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 49 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Donnas
A long low-level round based on Donnas at the mouth of the Lys valley, in the vineyards of the lower Aosta valley.
- 20.3 km
- Distance
- 1 164 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 36 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Rifugio Bonze
A climb from Donnas through chestnut woods to the Bonze refuge, on the ridge between the Lys and the Dora Baltea.
- 9.1 km
- Distance
- 724 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 39 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Cammino Balteo 4° tappa
The fourth stage of the Cammino Balteo, leaving Donnas and crossing the Tête de Cou high above the Dora Baltea.
- 13.2 km
- Distance
- 1 080 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 45 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Albard di Bard
A steady climb out of Donnas up to the hamlet of Albard, on the slopes above the narrows of the lower Valle d'Aosta.
- 7.5 km
- Distance
- 639 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 4 min
- Duration
Tête de la Cou
A long climb above Donnas by way of the Forno di Verale and the Col de La Cou to the summit ridge of the Tête de Cou.
- 11.8 km
- Distance
- 1 072 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 43 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Cammino Balteo 23° tappa
The twenty-third stage of the Cammino Balteo, passing through Pontboset in the Champorcher valley.
- 13.8 km
- Distance
- 442 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 43 min
- Duration
Crest
A long climb from Pontboset to the pastures of Crest, high on the flank of the Champorcher valley.
- 14.5 km
- Distance
- 1 039 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 28 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Lungo Lys e Dora
An almost level walk along the valley floor at Donnas, following the Lys down to where it joins the Dora Baltea.
- 7.7 km
- Distance
- 23 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 51 min
- Duration
Traversata Moia Bonze
A traverse from Moia to the Bonze refuge above Donnas, high on the slopes east of the Dora Baltea.
- 12.2 km
- Distance
- 1 293 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 52 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Rifugio Alpe Bonze 1 861 m
Col de Liet 1 947 m
Lago Di Liet 1 691 m
Places
A hillside walk above Donnas, climbing several hundred metres to a scattered hamlet on the slopes of the lower Valle d'Aosta.
- 7.7 km
- Distance
- 484 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 19 min
- Duration
La Moillaz
A climb to the pastures of La Moillaz above Donnas, on the wooded flank of the lower Aosta valley.
- 10.9 km
- Distance
- 958 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 3 min
- Duration
Torre Pramotton e Pianas
A climb from Donnas to the medieval Pramotton tower and on to the Pianas meadows, high above the Dora Baltea.
- 8.9 km
- Distance
- 900 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 32 min
- Duration
Pian Bosonin e Alpe Cormoney
A steep ascent from Donnas to Pian Bosonin and the Cormoney alp, high pasture above the Dora Baltea.
- 8.5 km
- Distance
- 1 195 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 57 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Donnas yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Vigneti
An easy, low-level walk among the vineyards around Donnas at the mouth of the Valle d'Aosta, with very little climbing involved.
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