オイアチェの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ20

The Gorza mountain pasture and lake are an ideal destination for those seeking a scenic walk immersed in nature. The mountain pasture offers vast pastures and splendid views of the surrounding mountains, while the nearby alpine lake offers a quiet haven perfect for a relaxing break.

ski area, even in summer it's a postcard

Nice outing, for all levels

The hut has been successfully modernized, combining old and new. Not much of the old hut's charm remains, but everything is now more spacious, well-designed, and bright, including a wonderful lounge with panoramic windows. The hut can also be reached as a day trip by taking the bus to the dam and walking around the lake—with a coffee stop at the Chanrion Hut.

The Rifugio Oratorio di Cunéy, perched at 2,652 meters in the heart of the Saint-Barthélemy valley, stands next to the sanctuary of the Madonna delle Nevi, one of the highest in Europe. Built on the ruins of a chapel dating back to 1656, it now welcomes hikers with simple warmth, wooden rooms, and home-cooked food, becoming a refuge and place of pilgrimage. The path to reach it from Lignan or Porliod winds through larch forests, pastures, and alpine lakes, up to the panoramic Col du Salvé, a prelude to the Cunéy basin, where the surrounding peaks protect this wild and sacred corner. In a single dive, sacredness merges with the mountain warmth: here the silence is profound, interrupted only by the wind and prayers, and every night captures the essence of haute montagne and alpine simplicity. At the back, a winter shelter (open all year round) is available to hikers who, having reached this place, wish to stop for the night, although the refuge and chapel are closed during the winter and low season.

The Bivacco Tzan, perched at 2,482m on the picturesque Lago Tzan in Valtournenche, is a small refuge that is always open and can accommodate up to nine hikers with a wood stove, blankets, mattresses and dishes. The path that climbs from Torgnon offers wide and uncontaminated landscapes, passing through mountain pastures, ruins and alpine meadows, until it reveals a high-altitude corner where the silence is broken only by the wind and the waters of the lake. The bivouac is a perfect mountain refuge: rustic, essential and intimate, it offers refreshment and warmth, making the experience of an overnight stay at high altitude a unique memory. Out there, the panorama ranges from the surrounding peaks to the Matterhorn, offering a fairytale sunrise or sunset.

near the refuge, the oratory is a witness to mountain civilization. Worth seeing are the ex-votos of the locals. Always open, the oratory reflects the great sacredness of the places and the mountains around.

Fantastic pit stop on the way from Aosta Valley to Breuil Cervinia