ブールサンピエールの天然記念物・トップ18

The highest road pass in the Aosta Valley and a place that has always fascinated the writer for its thousand-year history, the austere Mauritian hospice and the profound beauty of the landscape.

The Lacs de Fenêtre can be reached from the Val Ferret or from the Col du St. Grand Bernard via the 2,698-meter-high Fenêtre de Ferret mountain pass. The scenery, with the heart-shaped lake and the imposing peaks of the Mont Blanc massif, is indescribably beautiful.

Very panoramic hill, reachable only with bike on your shoulder

You may see families of wild goats as they don't seem to be bothered about people

Luckily, the lakes are in Switzerland and not Italy, so you can swim in them.

Just get a little bit higher up the valley so you get the full view of all the three lakes.

The Col des Otanes is located at an altitude of around 2880 m as a mountain pass between the Cabane FXB Panossière hut on the Corbassière glacier and Mauvoisin in the Dranse valley. Its pass is located between the Grand Tavé (southeast; 3158 m) and the Becca de Corbassière (north; 2690 m). Fascinating views of the nearby glacier and the Combin mountain massifs to the south can be seen. To the north, the view sweeps across the wide valley (Val de Bagnes) and across to the surrounding mountain ranges - including the striking Dents du Midi massif. The path here leads through red-brown or grey-black colored boulders and scree slopes. The path for the ascent to the Grand Tavé branches off to the east very close by.

A wonderful sight after a long climb - in early summer, when the lake is just waking up from hibernation, you can sometimes see very beautiful pictures of melting ice, snow marbled with Sahara dust and blue water.