How to get here

Tollbooth of Aosta, take the tunnel heading towards Gran San Bernardo. Before the tunnel’s entrance take, to your right, the road of the Colle del Gran San Bernardo, pass the village of Saint-Rhemy and continue towards the colle or pass. Pass customs clearance and reach the ospizio or hospice.

Description of the route

From the parking area to the pass you go up the paved road to the left, before reaching the hill, until you reach the museum and the historic dog breeding facility. A muletrack breaks off from the facility, to the left, and, in about fifty meters, reaches the very old cableway facility. To the right a trail can be seen, marked with white lines. You climb up a very severe environment, passing a few fields to the left and going around some rocky gorges to the right. The aim is to reach the arrival aerial station of the Ospizio (hospice) at 2770 meters.
Therefore, continue to the right, always in ascent, (written Ferret red) on the broken path always on the trail marked by lines with three danger triangles… Once at the third mark there is a metal ladder that passes an overhang and leads to a cable. A second ladder leads to inclined rocks that allow you to go on the ridge. Proceeding to the left for a few meters you reach the peak of the Grande Chenalette which is distinguished by a metal pole. Be very careful in the winter because the broken area looks like a huge snow pile. The trail’s difficulty increases at the PD. The descent is carried out along the itinerary of the ascent.