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A small village located at the start of the Valgrisenche climb; interesting fact: this is the birthplace of Maurice Garin, winner of the first Tour de France.

View of the Alpine giant

After crossing the bridge over the Dora Baltea, State Road 26 now winds along a straight stretch with almost zero gradients, the perfect place to look up and enjoy the view of the highest mountain in Europe.

A typical Aosta Valley village nestled in the mountains, a crossroads for Colle San Carlo, the Piccolo San Bernardo, and Pré-Saint-Didier. A little trivia: it was here that, at the end of the Second World War, a partisan brigade and a small republican brigade, putting aside all hatred, jointly opposed De Gaulle's attempt to annex the Aosta Valley to France.

Morgexから: 困難で容赦のない登り。良い軍用道路から非常に規則的な勾配で登り、自分のペースを見つけたら、あまり問題なく頂上まで着実に進むことができます。 Pré-Saint-Didierから: La Thuileまでは非常に簡単な登り（勾配約4〜5％）。そこから、登りは急勾配で困難になります（有名なMorgex側ほどではありませんが）。 夏は交通量（下り坂、両側とも十分注意してください）と南向きの露出に注意してください。南向きの露出は午後に非常に暑くなります。

Lake Verney is the largest natural alpine lake in the Aosta Valley. Of glacial origin, it lies at an altitude of 2,088 m, between Bec des Rousses, the promontory of the Little St. Bernard Pass, and Mount Chaz Dura. The lake's shores are colonized by hygrophilous vegetation, including prized botanical varieties such as cotton grasses, sedges, and rushes, as well as sphagnum moss, a typical peat bog species. On the sides, nature's work has left moraine deposits rich in springs, a perfect habitat for primroses and saxifrages. In ancient times, over 2,000 years ago, the Salassi people considered these waters sacred: they were used to bless fields, marriages, and children, and to propitiate a fruitful summer or a benevolent winter. When Salassi leaders returned victorious from battle, they offered the swords of their fallen adversaries to Graius, the god of war and rocks, as a sign of thanks. Today, Lake Verney is a favourite destination for many tourists as well as a fishing reserve.

Once you drive past Runaz you can have stunning views on the peak and the glaciers, showing 4000 vertical meters of the massif. Impressive how it stands out in the valley!!

Every kilometer, you'll find a stone with the following information: - remaining kilometers - average gradient for the next kilometer - current elevation