A magnificent mountain itinerary that will take you to discover 3 countries, 3 languages, and 3 different cultures, until the foot of the Mont-Blanc, at 3800m!

• Main activity: TREKKING
• Other activity: GLACIER HIKE
• Location : NENDAZ – CHAMONIX
• Duration: 6 DAYS
• For whom: SPORTS
• Comfort: CHARM & SPA
• Category: COLLECTIVE STAY

YOUR ADVANTAGES

• A guide or mountain guide at your disposal during the whole stay
• Small group from 6 to 8 people
• Comfort & authenticity with a selection of charming accommodation, including 1 night in a refuge
• Local products, wine and specialties
• Lightweight bags thanks to logistical assistance.
• All inclusive

INCLUDED

• 3 nights half-board in charming mountain hotels, in shared double room
• 1 night in a 4* hotel & spa, in a shared double room
• 1 night with half board in a mountain refuge
• 4 days with your guide in mid-mountain
• 2 days with 1 or more mountain guides
• Picnic for the days of hiking + some energy bars
• 7 aperitifs with appetizers or local products
• Taxi or transfers
• Baggage taxi
• Lift passes
• Insurance for the last 2 days of the trek, valid for mountain rescue in France and Italy
• Technical equipment for the glacier crossing, individual and group

NOT INCLUDED

• Your hiking equipment (see material list)
• Drinks, unless stated in the package
• Insurance (cancellation, rescue, repatriation, accidents …)
• Anything not specifically mentioned in this offer

PROGRAM

J0 Aperitif-briefing in Nendaz

Aperitif & Valaisan dish for the briefing with your mountain leader, place and time to be confirmed.

D1 Siviez – Mauvoisin

The cab will take you from Nendaz to Siviez, where you will take the ski lifts to La Chaux! The path goes along the Val de Bagnes facing its guardian, the Grand Combin. It will take you up the hillside to Lake Louvie, then downhill to Fionnay. From there, to shorten your first step, we can arrange for a cab to Mauvoisin.

19 km, +1150m/-1571m, 7h00, or 13,5km, +750m/-1500 for approx. 5h15 walking if cab

Included

• 1 night half-board in a mountain hotel, including water, coffee, and 1 glass of wine
• Picnic
• Welcome drink and appetizers
• Ski lift pass
• Transfer by cab
• Luggage transport

J2 Mauvoisin to Brunet

Magnificent stage via the Panossière hut, with an exceptional and glacial panorama at the foot of the Combins. You will evolve in a very mineral and mountainous universe, in particular at the foot of the Corbassière glacier, which you will cross thanks to a rather impressive but completely secure footbridge. The mountain path will finally lead you, on the hillside, to the Brunet hut, not without having crossed a second footbridge just as secure as the first one. You will not get your luggage back for this night in the cabin.

14km, +1290m / -1030m, about 6h.

Included

• 1 night in a refuge with half board, including water and coffee
• Picnic
• Welcome aperitif and local products
• 1 bottle of wine at the table offered by Rock up

J3 Brunet – Bourg-St-Pierre

From the Brunet hut, you will take the “Cols Alpins” path, relatively on the hillside, to finally reach the Col des Milles. You will continue on this path which will allow you to make a 180° around the Mont-Brunet, then go down in the Entremont valley to reach Bourg-St-Pierre.

20 km, +980m / -1450m, 6h30.

Included

• 1 night in a mountain hotel, half board, including water, coffee and 1 glass of wine
• Welcome aperitif & local products
• Picnic
• Luggage transport

D4 Bourg-St-Pierre – La Fouly

Depending on how tired you are, the cab (5′) can save you a bit of road for this long stage, at the beginning or end of the route. The itinerary will take you to the Bastillon pass from where you will dive on the magnificent Fenêtre lakes. From there, you will go down through the pastures into the Swiss Val Ferret, to Ferret, then La Fouly, a charming little village lost at the bottom of the valley.

About 16km, +885m/-1210m, 5h30 or 7h (with cab).

Included

• 1 night in a mountain hotel in a double room, half board, including water & coffee
• Picnic
• Welcome aperitif & appetizers
• 1 bottle of wine at the table offered by Rock up
• Luggage transfer
• Taxi

D5 La Fouly – Courmayeur

Departure from La Fouly on foot, first of all along the Dranse de Ferret. You will then go up through the alpine pastures of the Peule, to reach the Grand Col Ferret, entrance to the Italian territory. You will then start your descent in the Italian Val Ferret, passing by the Elena hut, with the typical and wild panorama of the southern slopes of the most famous 4000m, including the Grandes Jorasses and the Mont-Blanc. The last few kilometers will be in the valley bottom, on a 4×4 road with little difference in altitude. After a delicious aperitivo in the famous Italian Val Ferret, the cab will take you to your hotel in Courmayeur (10′).

Included

• 1 night in a superior double room in a 4* hotel
• Meal in a restaurant in the center of Courmayeur
• Picnic
• Aperitif garni
• Luggage transport
• Taxi

D6 Courmayeur – Aiguille du Midi 3842m – Chamonix

Crossing of the mythical Vallée Blanche, from Helbronner to the Aiguille du Midi. Departure by the brand new panoramic cable car Skyway whose cabins turn on themselves at 360°. Arrived at Helbronner, at 3463m, you will evolve in a grandiose and fantastic glacial universe, as much for its beauty, as for its imposing frame. You will zigzag around the crevasses at the foot of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe. You will finish this crossing with a last climb on a snowy and aerial ridge. The group can eventually split up, as we have 3 guides at our disposal, in order to avoid this last passage (lifts in this case). About 5 hours of glacier hiking

Included

• Glacier crossing with 3 mountain guides or variant without the crossing with 2 guides + panoramic cable car from Helbronner to Courmayeur
• Light picnic & cereal bars
• Breakfast in Chamonix, including table water and 1 glass of wine
• Individual technical and collective equipment
• Ski lifts
• Baggage taxi
• Transfer to Skyway and cab back from Chamonix to Nendaz

Collective stay & registrations

• Registrations must be made no later than August 20, 2022.
• The stay will take place only from 6 participants. In the event of insufficient participation, the course may take place if the participants so wish, subject to an increase in the price.
• Your registration will be refunded at 100%, free of charge, if the stay cannot take place due to the lack of participants.

Your addresses

• J1 Hotel de Mauvoisin, tel. +41 27/778 111 30
• J2 Cabane de Brunet, tel. +41 27 778 18 10
• D3 Hotel Bivouac Napoléon in Bourg-St-Pierre +41 27 787 11 62
• D4 Auberge des Glaciers in La Fouly +41 27 783 11 71
• D5 Hotel Svizzero in Courmayeur, +39 0165 848170

Your mountain leader & guide

• Anita Stadelmann, passionate about skiing, hiking and mountain biking with many years of experience, will accompany you for this hike.
• An aperitif-briefing around 6 p.m. the day before your departure with your mountain guide (or even the morning of the coffee / croissants departure). The latter or Rock up will also contact you the day before your arrival in Vex, in order to check with you the last details and confirm the meeting place and time.
• Massimo Datrino, mountain guide and passionate about the Aosta Valley, will accompany you for the last 2 days of your trek.

Prerequisites & info

• Good physical condition is necessary. Indeed, you have to be able to walk for 6 days with a small mountain bag, about 6 hours and 1000 to 1500 m of ascent/day.
• One to two days may be more challenging for people prone to vertigo (only a few passages).
• The habit of hiking in the mountains is a plus.
• A “mountain rescue” insurance is compulsory for all the trekking. We can contract one for CHF 5.00/day, for the first 4 days of the trek.
• See the list of useful equipment