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Vernante
Vermenagna valley village on the road to the Tenda pass, its houses painted with Pinocchio murals, beside the Alpi Marittime park.
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Routes
11 from neighbouring places
AVU Tappa 5C: Gias Valera Sottano
A short stage with an enormous amount of climbing, ending at the Gias Valera Sottano herding hut above Entracque.
- 4.6 km
- Distance
- 2 190 m
- Ascent
- 11 h 27 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 4: Limonetto
A stage over the Ligurian Alps ridge, ending at Limonetto, the upper village of Limone Piemonte.
- 11.1 km
- Distance
- 990 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 14 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 5: Palanfrè
A stage in the Maritime Alps ending at Palanfrè, a hamlet above Vernante with an old protected beech wood.
- 11.4 km
- Distance
- 2 200 m
- Ascent
- 12 h 18 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Anello del Vermenagna
A steep ring above Limone Piemonte, climbing the flanks of the Vermenagna valley to the ridge near the French border.
- 10.7 km
- Distance
- 1 575 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 6 min
- Duration
- 6
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 5A: Palanfrè
A long stage climbing to the hamlet of Palanfrè above Vernante, crossing the Croce della Moler and the Bric Martinet in the Vermenagna valley.
- 12.0 km
- Distance
- 1 540 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 4 min
- Duration
- 6
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 4A: Limone Piemonte
5.6 km away, in Limone Piemonte
A short stage with heavy climbing out of the Vermenagna valley at Limone Piemonte, on the high route through the Maritime Alps.
- 4.5 km
- Distance
- 1 280 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 54 min
- Duration
AVU Tappa 5B: Trinità
6.2 km away, in Entracque
A long climbing stage in the Maritime Alps finishing at Trinità di Entracque, at the foot of the Argentera group.
- 13.2 km
- Distance
- 2 320 m
- Ascent
- 13 h 6 min
- Duration
- 5
- Check-ins
Locanda del Sorriso 1 097 m- Bivacco Speranza 2 270 m
Lago della Vacca 2 268 m- Gias d'Ischietto 1 355 m
- Gias dell'Adreit 1 648 m
AVU Tappa 6: Trinità
6.2 km away, in Entracque
A stage of the high route down to Trinità, the hamlet above Entracque where the Valle Gesso paths meet.
- 13.5 km
- Distance
- 1 550 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 18 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 7A: San Giacomo di Entracque
10.3 km away, in Entracque
A big stage in the Maritime Alps park finishing at San Giacomo di Entracque, at the head of the Gesso della Barra valley.
- 21.2 km
- Distance
- 2 800 m
- Ascent
- 16 h 26 min
- Duration
- 32
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 7: San Giacomo di Entracque
10.3 km away, in Entracque
A short but relentlessly steep stage down to San Giacomo di Entracque in the Gesso valley, deep in the Maritime Alps park.
- 6.1 km
- Distance
- 1 790 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 38 min
- Duration
- 21
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 8: Rifugio Ellena-Soria
13.7 km away, in Entracque
A stage over high ground in the Maritime Alps to the Rifugio Ellena-Soria in the upper Valle Gesso della Barra.
- 8.1 km
- Distance
- 2 475 m
- Ascent
- 13 h 17 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 8A: Lago Brocan
14.3 km away, in Entracque
A long, steep stage in the Maritime Alps above Entracque, ending at the Lago Brocan below the Argentera.
- 14.3 km
- Distance
- 2 550 m
- Ascent
- 14 h 23 min
- Duration
- 42
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Morelli Buzzi 2 351 m
- Hotel-Terme Reali di Valdieri 1 372 m
- Lagarot di Lourousa 1 980 m
Passo del Chiapous 2 526 m
AVU Tappa 9: Rifugio Genova-Figari
14.8 km away, in Entracque
A stage in the Gesso valley above Entracque, ending at the Rifugio Genova-Figari inside the Maritime Alps park.
- 5.1 km
- Distance
- 2 890 m
- Ascent
- 15 h
- Duration
- 60
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 1: Pian delle Gorre
12.1 km away, in Chiusa di Pesio
A demanding first stage from the Rifugio Pian delle Gorre past the Mondovì and Garelli refuges, over the Porta Sestrera and Porta Biecai.
- 12.0 km
- Distance
- 2 230 m
- Ascent
- 12 h 31 min
- Duration
- 69
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 1A: Pian delle Gorre
12.1 km away, in Chiusa di Pesio
A short valley walk above Chiusa di Pesio, passing the Cascata del Saut waterfall on the way up to the valley-head refuge.
- 4.5 km
- Distance
- 1 850 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 45 min
- Duration
- 22
- Check-ins
AVU Tappa 3: Rifugio Don Barbera
14.4 km away, in Briga Alta
A long stage along the French-Italian border ridge from the Col de Tende, crossing a string of cols to the Rifugio Don Barbera.
- 20.5 km
- Distance
- 2 260 m
- Ascent
- 13 h 40 min
- Duration
- 65
- Check-ins
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Featured route
AVU Tappa 5C: Gias Valera Sottano
A short stage with an enormous amount of climbing, ending at the Gias Valera Sottano herding hut above Entracque.
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