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Pontboset
Village of the Champorcher valley, where stone bridges cross the Ayasse gorge below the hamlets.
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- 14Routes
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Highlights
5 from neighbouring places
Cappella Del Gom
A wayside chapel at Pontboset, above the Ayasse gorge in the Champorcher valley.
Torre medioevale e chiesa parrocchiale
5.3 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
6 km away, in Champorcher
A museum at Champorcher on the hemp growing and hand-loom weaving that clothed the valley.
RIFUGIO DONDENA
9.6 km away, in Champorcher
A former royal hunting lodge in the green Dondena basin above Champorcher, on the edge of the Mont Avic park.
RIFUGIO MISERIN
11.7 km away, in Champorcher
A hut beside the Miserin lake above Champorcher, once a pilgrims' hospice below the Rosa dei Banchi.
Il Castello di Verrès
8.9 km away, in Verrès
A single great cube of masonry above Verrès, built by Ibleto di Challant in the fourteenth century.
Historic siteNothing of this kind in Pontboset.
Routes
Percorso dei sei ponti
A short round at Pontboset over six old stone bridges, spanning the gorges where the Ayasse meets its side streams.
- 4.9 km
- Distance
- 205 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 40 min
- Duration
Tête du Mont
A steep, short ascent of the Tête du Mont on the slope above the lower Champorcher valley.
- 6.8 km
- Distance
- 836 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 58 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Champorcher
A long circuit on the slopes above Champorcher, linking the pastures and old hamlets on both sides of the valley.
- 15.8 km
- Distance
- 1 477 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 41 min
- Duration
- 5
- 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
Donnas
A second long circuit around Donnas, on lanes and mule tracks through the vineyards of the lower Aosta valley.
- 19.9 km
- Distance
- 1 150 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 27 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
La Borney Troume
A climb from Pontboset to the Borney Troume alp, on the steep wooded slope above the Ayasse.
- 8.0 km
- Distance
- 730 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 34 min
- Duration
Colle della Fricolla e Lago Cornouy
A loop over the Colle della Fricolla and the Lago Cornouy, joining the Vallone della Legna above Champorcher with the Vallone della Manda at Pontboset.
- 15.0 km
- Distance
- 1 283 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 8 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Lago Champas
A climb from Pontboset to the Champas lake, a small tarn in the pastures above the Ayasse valley.
- 8.0 km
- Distance
- 743 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 38 min
- Duration
Lago di Champas 1 930 m
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
Pont-Bozet
A round based on Pontboset, whose Franco-Provençal name is Pont-Bozet, climbing the terraces and hamlets above the Ayasse.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 610 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 1 min
- Duration
Retempio e col Pousseuil
A long ascent from Pontboset by Retempio to the Col Pousseuil, on the ridge above the Champorcher valley.
- 10.1 km
- Distance
- 1 017 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 14 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Brenve e col Valbella
A long day from Pontboset by Brenve to the Col Valbella, crossing to the ridge above the Champorcher valley.
- 13.3 km
- Distance
- 1 506 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 3 min
- Duration
- Lago Di Lesiney 2 181 m
Dortoir Crest 1 165 m
Lago Cornuto
A long climb above Champorcher to the Lago Cornuto, going over Mont Digny on the ridge between the side glens.
- 14.2 km
- Distance
- 1 307 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 9 min
- Duration
Mont Digny 2 134 m- Quota 2101 2 105 m
Col Boset 2 077 m- Bivacco Forestale 2 429 m
- Lago Cornuto 2 412 m
Val Champorcher bassa
A demanding day on the lower valley slopes above Pontboset, past the Orrido basso, the Dortoir Crest and several climbing crags.
- 21.0 km
- Distance
- 1 767 m
- Ascent
- 11 h 16 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Pontboset yet.
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Featured route
Percorso dei sei ponti
A short round at Pontboset over six old stone bridges, spanning the gorges where the Ayasse meets its side streams.
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