Lago Chamolé - Alpe Comboé - Lago Chamolé - L'eremo di San Grato - Pila (08/2019)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.63 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,411 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3,091 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,789 ft
- TrailRank
- 54
- Min elevation
- 5,804 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 4 hours 26 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2216
- Uploaded
- August 28, 2019
- Recorded
- August 2019
near Comboè, Valle d’Aosta (Italia)
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Itinerary description
From Pila, take the chairlift to Lake Chamolé. It's a short walk to the lake from the station. Of course, you can also bike from Pila to the lake.
Once at the lake, start towards Alpe Comboé (follow the signposts at the lake). You will descend sharply into a valley with a farmstead and a church. There is also a colony of marmots in the vicinity.
From here you can ascend to Becca di nona, but we only got to the foot of it before turning back, again towards the lake - but taking a different path.
Once the step ascent to the lake is done, follow the path leading to Eremo di San Grato (St. Grat's hermitage). From here onwards it's a constant descent. You will eventually come at a gravel road: you can either go on it, but it's quicker to follow the route markings which cut the wider road-bands short.
From the hermitage, it's a straight 30min walk back to Pila.
Once at the lake, start towards Alpe Comboé (follow the signposts at the lake). You will descend sharply into a valley with a farmstead and a church. There is also a colony of marmots in the vicinity.
From here you can ascend to Becca di nona, but we only got to the foot of it before turning back, again towards the lake - but taking a different path.
Once the step ascent to the lake is done, follow the path leading to Eremo di San Grato (St. Grat's hermitage). From here onwards it's a constant descent. You will eventually come at a gravel road: you can either go on it, but it's quicker to follow the route markings which cut the wider road-bands short.
From the hermitage, it's a straight 30min walk back to Pila.
Waypoints
Photo
7,582 ft
Start/Lake Chamolé chairlift station
The chairlift takes off from Pila (price: €8 one way / €10 return ticket).
Lake
Intersection
7,749 ft
Intersection #2
After this intersection, the path goes sharply right; this is the beginning of a pretty steep descent.
Fauna
6,934 ft
Marmot colony
Once you pass the Camboè church and farmstead, you a will arrive at a small field crisscrossed with streams. The ground is pocked with holes, and a colony if marmots lives here.
Bridge
Tree
Intersection
6,937 ft
Intersection #3
Follow the right-hand signs, they will lead you to around the crag you have previously descended. This time, it's a steep ascent.
Wilderness hut
Religious site
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